Example sentences of "she [vb past] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ANC sources said the funds of the ANC Department of Social Welfare , which she heads , had been frozen on the orders of the movement 's treasurer-general after she failed to account for more than 400,000 Rand ( £80,000 ) that is missing . |
| 2 | However , this morning Beth Christie was brighter than usual ; she planned to shop for the dinner party she was holding later in the week . |
| 3 | She planned to stay for a couple of days in the Arts Club in Edinburgh , as she belonged to a London club that had a reciprocal arrangement . |
| 4 | On one occasion she agreed to pose for photographs on the condition that she would then be left alone . |
| 5 | Prunskiene , who had resigned as Prime Minister on Jan. 8 , 1991 [ see p. 37944 ] , consistently denied the accusations ( made in April — see p. 38880 ) , claiming that a document bearing her signature in which she agreed to work for the KGB was a forgery and that the trial was politically motivated . |
| 6 | She became noted for her work on the Fringe and is now at the RSC with a fine version of A Woman Killed with Kindness . |
| 7 | When she bent to pour for him her breasts swung against the fabric of her robe and he could see the press of the nipples . |
| 8 | She helped to create for him widening circles of friends , the cathedral community , the university , the clergy of the diocese , the students . |
| 9 | When she saw Hannah in the sequence where she played the tiny organ at Low Birk Hatt , she tried to arrange for her to come to Lartington to try the unique Aeolian pipe organ in the chapel . |
| 10 | She tried to pray for her father at the same time , but Madeleine danced across her invocation , Madeleine provocative in yellow piqué and high-heeled sandals disrupted her holy words . |
| 11 | Sleepily she tried to adjust for this situation , flipping over and snuggling into the heated surface of his chest . |
| 12 | She pretended to think for a moment . |
| 13 | She knelt to pray for the soul of God 's servant Hereward , his wife and all who worshipped there . |
| 14 | He pulled at his Mum 's coat and she stopped talking for a minute . |
| 15 | Penny says a close friend recently asked her to sum up what she thought she 'd done for the Princess of Wales . |
| 16 | But then , he did n't know what she 'd done for him and was going to do . |
| 17 | That was more than she 'd done for Dane , she realised , feeling the first faint stirrings of doubt . |
| 18 | There had been so much to see and she 'd ached for Fernando to be beside her to show her everything . |
| 19 | Consequently she 'd prepared for the worst while hoping for the best . |
| 20 | She reached down to the floor where her candle stood , and when she 'd groped for the matches , which proved , as always , astonishingly difficult to locate , she lit it . |
| 21 | She 'd headed for the historical centre and spanned out , taking in the churches and palaces and the Lonja — the commodity exchange which housed , among other historical interests , the fine arts museum . |
| 22 | She 'd stopped for him , though . |
| 23 | She swept back a handful of Lucy 's hair and pinned it up , first on one side and then on the other ; but before she 'd reached for the scissors to begin , Charlie 's face appeared around the doorway . |
| 24 | He 'd deceived and manipulated her again and again , and she 'd fallen for it every time . |
| 25 | Just for a few seconds she 'd fallen for the powerful aphrodisiac of music , her senses sharpened by aquavit and the potent charisma of a man who would stop at nothing to achieve his desired ends ! |
| 26 | There was a long pause while she cleared the bed of her things , and she was aware of his eyes on her every movement as he checked over the items she 'd packed for any signs of decadence . |
| 27 | ‘ It were a night like this when your mother went off , lass , and Jake near lost his mind when he knew she 'd gone for good . |
| 28 | There was n't a note , but he knew she 'd gone for good . |
| 29 | He knew that he 'd been close , but then somehow it had all slipped away from him ; when Alina had n't come out and the three of them had finally gone into the building , it was to find incomprehension from the woman who lived alone and an empty flat where she said she 'd gone for help . |
| 30 | Ash stopped so suddenly I wondered where she 'd gone for a moment . |