Example sentences of "[vb past] for her " in BNC.
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| 1 | Reluctantly , Scottie had to be left in kennels in Ostend while her family applied for her entry papers in England . |
| 2 | Next day the father ( the patient 's husband ) applied for her discharge . |
| 3 | Helen let out a wail and plunged for her doll . |
| 4 | Daughter who cared for her father |
| 5 | She may experience a crisis of disbelief in her religious faith , or direct her anger towards the medical or nursing staff who cared for her husband , for failing to save his life ; or she may blame family or friends and have feelings of guilt and anger against herself for things that were done or not done during his lifetime . |
| 6 | A wife 's vivid account of how she cared for her declining husband . |
| 7 | Their only appeal to Clara lay in their austerity , which sometimes reached a point where it bordered on the dangerously extreme ; there was one sad tale , for instance , of a little girl who cared for her cruel stepmother with unfailing devotion , and who died of pneumonia after running out in her nightgown to look for her stepmother 's cat . |
| 8 | Esther Clark moved to Tetbury , where she cared for her step-daughter and took an active interest in local charities . |
| 9 | It was I who cared for her murdered child through his last days . ’ |
| 10 | Around her the crowd ebbed and flowed in a flurry of noise and colour , and Lucenzo 's arm curled around her body as if he cared for her safety . |
| 11 | When Ali Marwash 's daughter died the custom was followed to the letter since the girl was Ali Marwash 's only child and he cared for her more then he probably would have done had there been sons in the family . |
| 12 | Marjorie ( Joanna Lumley ) , for instance , whom Shirley envied for her academic prospects , ends up with only the freedom of high-class prostitution . |
| 13 | Before she could add , as she was evidently about to , that she never bought anything at the door , he announced himself hurriedly and asked for her husband . |
| 14 | He asked for her help in resisting attempts to ban the sale of fresh turkeys at Christmas . |
| 15 | Then I paid the woman the five shillings she asked for her hospitality and went on my way . |
| 16 | The police driver asked for her documents but the woman explained , with a pleasant smile that they were at her home nearby . |
| 17 | She asked for her boys to be taken into care because she was terrified that she would do it again . |
| 18 | ‘ I was desperate when I rang Anne and asked for her help . |
| 19 | Mandy and Debby looked the part all right , they looked tough enough for this , particularly Debby , who gave me so much eye-contact and hand-on-knee and dressing-gown disclosure that I almost asked for her telephone number . |
| 20 | Occasionally he asked for her opinion but showed no particular reaction when she gave it , so that she had no way of knowing if he was completely satisfied with her grasp of the work . |
| 21 | She asked for her name not to be used because she wanted to protect her relationship with regular callers . |
| 22 | Last night , as Lesley fought for her life in the intensive care unit at the Royal Liverpool hospital , a 28-year-old man was being questioned by police . |
| 23 | Christine fought for her balance as he grasped her with hooked fingers . |
| 24 | We feel Betty Willis may well be a record-breaker with the super-size socks she made for her super-size son-in-law whose super-loud voice gave him fifth place ( out of 100 contestants ) in the 1991 world championships for Town Criers . |
| 25 | Laura , knowing how much this vehicle meant to Bernard , had a miniature of it made for her husband , which he kept in his office . |
| 26 | The knowledge which Mary made for her Son , Brigid breathed through her palms . |
| 27 | She will be paid £4.5 million for the follow-up , compared with the £1.5 million she got for her first Disney singing-nun movie . |
| 28 | All she got for her pains was a slight smile but no verbal reply as with efficient ease he filled and switched on a percolator . |
| 29 | ‘ I know , but she phoned for her results — she was surprised to get me , she seemed to have hoped you 'd be waiting by the phone — and when I told them you 'd gone , her mother took the phone and was in quite a tizz and had a word with Mr Fry and then said they 'd get the next plane home . |
| 30 | That was the fatal way — sometimes she trembled for her dear one . |