Example sentences of "she [vb past] he for " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was offering her an out and she respected him for that . |
| 2 | She rebuked him for being so long . |
| 3 | The 5 sins were such things as letting his Bible fall by accident , jumping about for a few minutes on the sabbath , forgetting that it was Sunday , and hesitating to lend his sister a book which she asked him for . ' |
| 4 | She had forced him to live against the grain of his own nature which was weak and pleasure-loving and stubborn with it , so that when she beat him for laziness or lying , he became more determinedly idle and sullen . |
| 5 | And she scolded him for frightening children Adam , six , Louise , four , and two-year-old Carl . |
| 6 | ‘ They do say , ’ said Caspar thrillingly , ‘ that she pursued him for positively centuries , until he gave in , purely to get her out of his way . |
| 7 | To cover the fact that she had far too many feelings altogether , she ignored him for the first part of the morning . |
| 8 | Managing the boat , he was in total command , and she admired him for the ease with which he wove between the countless busy craft , the pleasure boats , gondolas and the small and large ferries , his eyes constantly alert . |
| 9 | She admired him for betraying neither bafflement nor contempt . |
| 10 | Stephen was talking to a tall , elegantly dressed woman , who looked younger than she actually was , and her much older husband when she joined him for lunch in the beach bar . |
| 11 | She felt she had been tactically outwitted , and she hated him for it . |
| 12 | She hated him for what he was doing to her . |
| 13 | His calmness was a goad she hated him for . |
| 14 | The truth was there in his eyes , and she hated him for that , too . |
| 15 | Instead of asking Robert to spend more time with her at the weekends , she blamed him for being absent when something quite minor happened to one of the children . |
| 16 | She blamed him for all this . |
| 17 | She thanked him for that as well . |
| 18 | ‘ Pity to shut you away down here , ’ Mr Priddy said gruffly when she thanked him for his recommendation . |
| 19 | He said , ‘ Did you have a good Christmas ? ’ , and not looking at him she thanked him for asking and replied that it had been quiet but nice . |
| 20 | ‘ I 'll be working like a Trojan for the next twelve weeks , ’ Lisa smiled back as she thanked him for the coffee . |
| 21 | It took only minutes for Lubor to drive her to her hotel , but as she thanked him for lunch and he handed her back her parcel , he replied , ‘ Lunch was a happy time for me also , ’ and did n't waste a moment to enquire , ‘ Shall we have a happy dinner together this evening ? ’ |
| 22 | So , ‘ Goodnight , Ven , ’ she bade him for a third time , only this time she stretched up to him and touched her lips to his cheek . |
| 23 | Years later , she acknowledged the debt she owed him for those early lessons in self-determination . |
| 24 | Carolyn knew that he was angry with her , for some reason which she could n't fathom , and that the more she pressed him for an explanation the more he clammed up over it . |
| 25 | It was too much but she loved him for it and let him kiss her when he came and stood beside her again . |
| 26 | He blushed to think of how shamelessly he 'd paraded himself when he 'd had Judith on his arm ; how he 'd joked that she loved him for his cleanliness , and for his taste in bidets . |
| 27 | She loved him for having the consideration to stop now . |
| 28 | It was strange how she loved him for that business with Tommaso so long ago , how she had such a feeling for the intricate conventions of the old code , and saw him as a man of honour , a duellist . |
| 29 | She watched him for a moment . |
| 30 | She watched him for several moments , then looked about the large dining-room , trying to fathom the reason for his actions . |