Example sentences of "she for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I intended at first only to teach her needlework to qualify her for a genteel position , for you see she has a delicacy in her person that makes it a pity ever to put her to hard work , but she masters everything so fast that now I am desirous to have to divert and entertain me in my thoughtful hours . |
| 2 | By the time she reached Venice , they had had enough : ‘ they would not go with her for a hundred pound ’ , and left her on her own . |
| 3 | In fact I knew her for a tough-minded young woman with feminist leanings and rather more interest in student politics than would be helpful in her academic work . |
| 4 | He chortled as Herr Nordern shuddered , and laughed again as the waitress , a stout fifty year old , brought the beer and refused his offer to take her for a sensuous holiday in Siberia . |
| 5 | As they stood patiently in a doorway waiting for the column to pass , Catherine turned to say something to McLeish and he looked down at her for a long moment . |
| 6 | I gazed at her for a long time , slowly enraptured . |
| 7 | Evelyn looked at her for a long moment . |
| 8 | His voice was sharp , yet as intimate as if he had known her for a long time . |
| 9 | I did n't want Mary to go because I thought I would n't see her for a long time , and I ran over to her and pleaded . |
| 10 | We talked about her for a long time , and I think our Chairman was impressed . |
| 11 | He took another step backwards and stared at her for a long moment before saying , ‘ This is the last time I 'll ever look on you willingly . ’ |
| 12 | He stared down at her for a long moment , his mouth very close to her own . |
| 13 | It was about time she stopped feeling sorry for herself , the hurt and pain of losing mam would be with her for a long time , but Hari knew she could not let her grief incapacitate her , if she did not mend and make shoes she did not eat . |
| 14 | He looked at her for a long moment , puffing on his seisha , then spoke for the first time . |
| 15 | She would have liked to take the girl in her arms and hold her for a long time . |
| 16 | By then she felt that she had seen enough paintings , churches , marble floors and medieval palaces to last her for a long time . |
| 17 | Sheila talks to her mother about the situation and her mother says the social workers are quite right ; Sheila was heavy-handed with the children and has had this coming to her for a long time . |
| 18 | Dierdriu had looked at her for a long moment . |
| 19 | His eyes were ice-bright , and pierced her like twin blades as he regarded her for a long moment . |
| 20 | I did n't always agree with her Chopin , and her Liszt was a disaster area , but I 'd listen to her for a long time if it 's Schumann . |
| 21 | ‘ From what you 've told me , I do n't think we 'll see her for a long time unless your Mr Wyatt finds them , and while he thinks you are Dana he wo n't be looking very hard , will he ? ’ |
| 22 | His eyes , glittering with rage , bored into hers for one deadly moment ; then he was out of the office before she could move , and minutes later the showroom door closed with a precision she knew would remain with her for a long time . |
| 23 | He looked at her for a long , silent moment , and Merrill dragged her gaze away with difficulty , maddened by her erratic heartbeat . |
| 24 | The blue eyes bored into her for a long moment , and she fought the urge to look away from his coldly penetrating look . |
| 25 | He gazed down at her for a long moment , then shook his head in disbelief . |
| 26 | My brother was with her for a long while . |
| 27 | He had been watching her for a long time before she realised he was awake . |
| 28 | Mr Braybrooke looked at her for a long moment . |
| 29 | He gazed down at her for a long moment , studying her features as if trying to re-gather his thoughts . |
| 30 | She spoke with such soft intensity that he stared at her for a long , thoughtful moment . |