Example sentences of "[vb past] she [modal v] [verb] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Occasionally , he took his hand off the gear lever and reached out for hers , and sometimes he glanced towards her with a look so full of tenderness that she felt she could weep for joy . |
| 2 | Mrs Whitehouse , in turn , began to organise those organisations on whom she felt she could count for support . |
| 3 | In the life she led it would have been all too easy to succumb to the myriad temptations on offer , but she had seen them for the shallow , worthless things they were , and valued her self-respect too highly to accept dross when she knew she must seek for gold . |
| 4 | There was one particular youth whom she thought she might approach for information . |
| 5 | Anne came back with cigarettes and chocolate and magazines and said goodbye to Terry , then she said she would wait for Sarah at the entrance and left them together . |
| 6 | When asked about this revolt the Prime Minister replied that he ‘ thought speed was important and hoped she would send for Lord Home immediately-as soon as she got back to the Palace ’ . |
| 7 | From the slight incline where she sat she could see for miles the neatly sown fields , the healthy crops and the spotless cattle . |