Example sentences of "to look for her [noun] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 I said no , it was just that before we went to bed last night , Aunt Kit had decided to look for her money .
3 Hofmeyr was certain that the mother had returned to look for her calf and associated him with its disappearance .
4 He said nothing , merely walked away leaving them to push it open and then shut it after them , and on Philippa explaining to his departing back that she wanted to look for her earring and take back the vases and one or two things ‘ out of his way ’ , he said as ungraciously as he could ‘ I suppose so ’ .
5 Her marriage had ended the night when she told Neil Fraser she was going back to Ireland to look for her brother .
6 ‘ The view is , she 's gone over to look for her brother .
7 Sarah watched for a few moments when the game began , then went off to look for her Nature treasures .
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