Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] for her [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Carrie got up and walked around the table , feeling suddenly sorry for her aggressive attitude towards him . |
| 2 | The mistress of the church school in a Somersetshire parish in 1805 was not a widow but still sufficiently poor for her ten-year-old son to be killed working in a coal mine . |
| 3 | Mrs Reid used her independent income to practise warm-hearted benevolence and was soon well-known for her ardent altruism , supporting , for example , a scheme of Harriet Martineau [ q.v. ] to enable poor people in the Lake District to buy their own houses . |
| 4 | It is simply that one is a more likely response for the middle-class housewife and one is more likely for her working-class sister . |
| 5 | But the Princess Sabatini was no more responsible for her egotistical grandson than she was for tonight 's overblown charity event . |
| 6 | But , ever concerned for her two daughters , she quickly added , ‘ You and Cara are all right ? ’ |
| 7 | While referring to Wayne 's persistent ex-girlfriend ( Twin Peaks ' Lara Flynn Boyle , very funny ) , his subtitles read : ‘ The irony is , I feel partly responsible for her self-nullifying behaviour . ’ |
| 8 | She uses her car for company business ( about 2,000 miles a year ) and it is also available for her private use . |
| 9 | The 1834 Act had made the mother wholly responsible for her illegitimate child so that the privileges of marriage would not be extended to the undeserving . |
| 10 | Clare was a true Breakspearean. too subtle for her own good . |
| 11 | Lou and I have always presented a good public face : we make a happily married couple , a busy professional pair ; she in the media — seen as a little suspect , a little too clever for her own good — he in the interpretive arts : sensitive , hard-working , dedicated : often away . |
| 12 | Her dark eyes , which seemed almost too large for her small features , held an expression of great sadness . |
| 13 | In the end she 'd been too good for her lowly position . |
| 14 | Oh , yes , from what Father Dolan had said and through information he had got from Constable Fenwick , much too beautiful for her own good . |
| 15 | Suddenly she was beginning to find working in close proximity to Niall Grant much too disturbing for her own peace of mind . |
| 16 | Her lips were pale , and nearly too full for her small mouth , like something bled but bruised . |
| 17 | However , some fabrics to which Laura now aspired were , she knew , too lavish for her own company to produce . |
| 18 | Too determined for her own good really , which was why he had had to agree to last night in the first place . |
| 19 | Doreen Banks though , she was just too nosey for her own good ! |