Example sentences of "to her for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then she said she felt happy enough to skip the Ecstasy experiment and , instead , to have an early night , so I refused to talk to her for the rest of the meal — rightly , I think — and on the way home I walked stiffly three yards ahead of her . |
| 2 | I did n't speak to her for the rest of the day , of course , and this made her laugh , I do n't know why . |
| 3 | He would chatter away egotistically to her for hours . |
| 4 | Hers was a friendly and comfortable presence and he was grateful to her for it . |
| 5 | He felt grateful to her for dragging him out of the pit and back into the daylight . |
| 6 | It did not occur to her for a moment that she might not be right . |
| 7 | ‘ And you must be grateful to her for everything she does , and for all the sacrifices she must make on your behalf . |
| 8 | And Jeannie , I remember Jeannie well and wrote to her for a while , but she was not much of a correspondent . ’ |
| 9 | He was very upset ; and still , after five years , he turned to her for comfort and advice ; still like a child , her child . |
| 10 | ‘ What were you talking to her for ? ’ |
| 11 | Charles had given it to her for a joke , suggesting she use it as a visual aid to introduce Saussurean linguistics to first-year undergraduates , holding the tube aloft to demonstrate that what is onomatopoeia in one language community may be obscenity in another . |
| 12 | Everyone came to her for advice , as if she did not have enough of her own problems to solve . |
| 13 | Here she would receive such visitors as happened to be staying in the house , and subsequently reverential visitors , who appealed to her for aid or sympathy . |
| 14 | Not only her own people but other people used to come to her for advice … |
| 15 | Paula had at last persuaded Tweed to hand over the driving to her for awhile . |
| 16 | One can imagine how ordinary people coming to her for help would have gone away cheered and instructed by this sane visionary . |
| 17 | I am most grateful to her for allowing me to use this remarkable case study of John . |
| 18 | Anne herself found that when she voiced her grievances quietly and calmly , rather than screaming them , her family paid attention to her for the first time . |
| 19 | Preparation for classes , actual teaching and administrative duties necessarily limit the time available to her for bedside teaching . |
| 20 | I beg you to allow me to speak to her for a few moments , and , if you would be so kind , also to yourself . |
| 21 | She went with Breeze to call upon Mrs Rossitter , who was so charmed with her voice that she engaged her on the spot to read to her for two hours every day . |
| 22 | We kissed goodnight , and I again apologised to her for the fright she had . |
| 23 | Seeing that my daughter Anna has not availed herself of my advice touching the objectionable practice of going about with her arms bare to the elbows , my will is that , should she continue after my death this violation of the modesty of her sex , all goods , chattels , moneys , land , and other that I have devised to her for the maintenance of her future life shall pass to the oldest of the sons of my sister Caroline . |
| 24 | After a while , though , I started receiving letters from her , and on Sunday evenings my Pop would take me to the phone booth , where at a prearranged time I would ring a phone booth in Scotland and talk to her for 3 minutes . |
| 25 | ‘ I expect she realizes now that Prince Edward is lost to her for ever ! ’ |
| 26 | He was however grateful to her for curing him ; he had not had to use the purple crystals again . |
| 27 | Offers poured in to her for future leading parts ; there was even one from New York . |
| 28 | So it was natural for Sarah to turn to her for help in her troubles — and last year 's annual royal holiday pilgrimage to Balmoral seemed the perfect opportunity . |
| 29 | Is she approachable and easy to talk to , or do you find yourself apologising to her for forgetting things or because your child has heaps of energy ? |
| 30 | ‘ She warned me that the constables were on their way , right enough , and I 'll always be grateful to her for that . |