Example sentences of "for she [to-vb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Celia hung back , and Juliet waited for her to draw level with her . |
| 2 | The police are very unwilling to interfere in family matters and apparently when she threatened to go to the police whatever he told her he would say to them if she did report her daughter missing convinced her it would be useless for her to take such action . |
| 3 | She 's supposed to have Tamazepan and Frumil is it okay for her to take these ? |
| 4 | He understood the need for her to say that , too . |
| 5 | But sexual jealousy of an unsatisfactory husband 's former wife — this did n't seem likely : Viola 's own love-life , Greg guessed , had been varied enough for her to ignore any previous entanglements of her second husband 's . |
| 6 | The effect was for her to wave both her arms out in front of her holding her hands together , then surprisingly a seeming third hand was under her jumper and was moving up and down . |
| 7 | But despite all Creggan 's entreaties for her to talk more of Callanish , Minch refused , saying she was tired and must rest . |
| 8 | US prosecutors and lawyers for Imelda Marcos , widow of the late Philippines president , have discussed a possible deal for her to plead guilty and make a full disclosure in a racketeering case in exchange for a suspended sentence , Manila 's chief government lawyer said yesterday . |
| 9 | How terrible it must be for her to attend this service for Mrs Wright whose baby had survived and while the Padre was speaking the Collector accompanied his words with a silent , sympathetic prayer for Mrs Bennett : " O God , whose ways are hidden and thy works most wonderful , who makest nothing in vain , and lovest all that thou hast made , Comfort this thy servant whose heart is sore smitten and oppressed … " but the rest of the prayer was no longer in his mind , stolen no doubt by the foxes of despair that continued to raid his beliefs … in any case , it faded into a mournful reverie in which he sought an explanation for the death of Mrs Bennett 's child . |
| 10 | Having been to a coeducational school , she did not find men a novelty , and in theory ought to have been able to discriminate better than Liz ( who endured some fairly dreadful experimental evenings in her search for entertainment ) , but her natural kindness made it almost impossible for her to refuse any overture , however offensive , however louche . |
| 11 | The value of money was relative and it was becoming an increasingly difficult task for her to reconcile those early years of poverty with her present position . |
| 12 | Why had she felt so — so vulnerable , so edgy with him , that , when Cara was so desperate for her to do that interview , she had by her uppity manner just about said goodbye to all chance of that . |
| 13 | Well I think , I think she 'll be that fed up being here all that time , she 'll be glad to get back to America to be quite honest with you Chris , what is there for her to do all that time ? |
| 14 | It takes time and effort for her to do this : constantly tapping her nose on the typewriter is exhausting , but then so is making her noises understood . |
| 15 | It was OK for her to do this kind of thing when in a mediumistic trance , but this was n't quite that , was it ? |
| 16 | What probably happened was that she suddenly decided the time was right for her to do some publicity and she had something to talk about , her book , Elizabeth Takes off . |
| 17 | When her father died it had been necessary for her to do some kind of work and the training in librarianship had seemed the most suitable . |
| 18 | So it is particularly refreshing to come across one company that not only recruited its company secretary and main board director when she was four months pregnant , but also waited for almost a year for her to join full time . |
| 19 | Another option would be for her to negotiate some ‘ good quality ’ time for them to spend together , when they give each other the best of their attention . |
| 20 | He did n't wait for her to argue further but turned on his heel and disappeared . |
| 21 | She started wondering whether permission might not be sought from the parents for her to give private tuition to Matilda after school . |
| 22 | Rain worried how long she would bear the bruises , whether it would still be cold enough in London for her to wear high-necked sweaters when she got back . |
| 23 | We got about six sentences too deep in our conversation for her to institute personal questions about my background , without appearing offensive ( she had to treat me as a person now and not a peon ) , even for Asians who delight in asking pertinent questions as to age , income , etc. , unthinkable for more backward Europeans . |
| 24 | And even Gazzer did not appreciate the strength of character it needed for her to make that choice . |
| 25 | Owning an animal also makes it easier for her to make new friends and contacts , particularly children . |
| 26 | Looking up in surprise , she found he had one eyebrow raised as though waiting for her to make some sarcastic comment , which successfully ensured that she did n't do any such thing . |
| 27 | This is the first show of Cooper 's dedicated exclusively to this medium that I have ever seen and it impresses me as providing the ideal means for her to achieve that tenuous balance between coy decorativeness and crude primitiveness which she uses successfully to convey the psychological weight of a figure 's gesture . |
| 28 | In the first place , there is a gap between say and do : however cooperative a mother , it may be genuinely difficult for her to provide undistorted information about her behaviour and feelings as they impinge on her child . |
| 29 | It 's hard for her to work this out . |
| 30 | Dr. Favor said , " Audra , " very low , meaning for her to keep quiet . |