Example sentences of "she [vb past] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | She read for a long time , and I had the bonus of knowing my father was waiting impatiently to fuck her again on this night of nights which was really their honeymoon . |
| 2 | She read for a while , trying to close her mind to the sounds from the galley , the picture of Fen enjoying his supper and — simply — any pictures of Fen at all . |
| 3 | A woman who caused a row when she applied for a teaching job under a false identity has now joined the debate over children 's reading . |
| 4 | Annis Garfield , caused a major row 2 years ago when she applied for a teaching post under a false name and was offered an interview , despite her application being littered with spelling mistakes . |
| 5 | She applied for a grant , and in , er in career , it says like , |
| 6 | The debate as to whether this institutional framework exercised a determining ( ideological ) influence on film output has been an ongoing one , but the importance of Claire Johnston 's contribution to it in the mid seventies is that she argued for a reading of Hollywood entertainment films which made a space for ‘ collective fantasies of women 's desire ’ . |
| 7 | Alison Berry describes how she cared for a patient with a difficult leg wound in the community |
| 8 | She fought for a separation … and her wish was granted . |
| 9 | There , she checked for a pulse , fearing for a moment that she had killed him . |
| 10 | She said she asked for a lift for herself and a male friend as a joke . |
| 11 | She was lifted out of her perch above the engine and made for the customs shed where she asked for a mirror so that she could restore order to her wrecked coiffure before she went into Paris . |
| 12 | She asked for a sign ; some proof to verify her experience . |
| 13 | She had repaid £35 in seven monthly instalments of £5 , when she asked for a second loan . |
| 14 | She asked for a second helping of spinach . |
| 15 | Last time I went up she asked for a little bell , so she could ring for me . |
| 16 | Last year she asked for a big French dictionary for her birthday . ’ |
| 17 | Her output was not impressive but at least she succeeded for a couple of hours in driving the memory of Sybil 's murder into the back of her mind . |
| 18 | She phoned for a taxi which arrived in a few minutes . |
| 19 | She might have guessed that as soon as she tried for a little peace and quiet the whole place would be inundated with callers . |
| 20 | Pulling herself out of the dazed state into which the woman 's embittered words had thrown her , she tried for a non-committal tone . |
| 21 | She tried for a neutral tone . |
| 22 | She tried for a brighter smile . |
| 23 | TOP model Claudia Schiffer has slammed gossip alleging she posed for a series of kinky snaps . |
| 24 | She stopped for a moment and took a deep breath before checking the next crate . |
| 25 | She stopped for a second to point something out to the Doctor . |
| 26 | She took her notepad from the pocket of her apron as she went , and at the doorway she stopped for a moment as if to gather herself . |
| 27 | She stopped for a moment , and put her shoes back on for walking on the hard tarmac . |
| 28 | She stopped for a moment , as if the basket were overburdening her , and put it down . |
| 29 | She stopped for a moment to brush the dust from her hands and clothes and set off back to the house . |
| 30 | But on the way she noticed a crowd listening to a preacher and she stopped for a while to join them . |