Example sentences of "mrs [noun prp] [verb] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs Langley seemed to grope for words . |
| 2 | She sipped some of the cocoa Mrs Blakey had made for her . |
| 3 | Mrs Frost began working for the education authority in 1943 , carrying out secretarial work in the area office . |
| 4 | ‘ This meatloaf which that poor Mrs MacDonagh has cooked for us today , God help her . |
| 5 | The set had reached deuce when Mrs Beattie decided to go for the advantage point . |
| 6 | Anxiously she hoped not , although she had had one or two uneasy moments about certain other guests who were not simply here to witness the ceremony like the gentlemen from the mill and the dressmakers , but would have to be entertained to champagne and bride-cake and all the other delicacies Mrs Drubb had prepared for them afterwards , at Frizingley Hall . |
| 7 | Mrs Parkin came to stay for a week and went after a day . |
| 8 | A number of personal papers were taken away too , together with a hot water bottle bearing the name Benji , and clothes that Mrs Mackenzie had purchased for some of the children in the family of fifteen . |
| 9 | ‘ I feel better now , ’ said young Tilney to Toby , as the boys sat around eating supper — a potato pie that Mrs Garfitt had left for them , and which Toby had put in the oven . |
| 10 | Mrs Clinton has apologised for suggesting in a magazine interview that her husband has been the victim of double standards over claims of adultery . |
| 11 | ‘ Naylor 's your cousin — and a bachelor ? ’ questioned Leith , still trying to work out why ‘ Naylor ’ had ‘ naturally ’ been the one Mrs Hepwood had sent for . |
| 12 | A spokesman for Turning Point said that Mrs Page-Alucard had worked for the the charity for three years and was a very experienced and valuable worker . |
| 13 | True , she had had a pleasant bed-sitting room , and Mrs White had cooked for her and always been welcoming , but on some cold summer evenings , sitting in her Lloyd Loom armchair by a gas fire , turned low for reasons of economy , Agnes had experienced some bleakness . |