Example sentences of "[verb] she [verb] [vb pp] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fortunately it was a price she could afford , and she had made the arrangements , coming back to her room to eat the best meal and sleep the best sleep she had done for quite a while . |
| 2 | She had sensed that he believed she had asked for the locket , that she was guilty of abusing his father 's generosity . |
| 3 | After the letter came she had hoped for a miracle and prayed for one , too , but Richie Daly 's visit had snuffed out that hope in one short sentence . |
| 4 | She remembered Jeff and the deep affection and caring she had felt for him . |
| 5 | Oh yeah I know she 's played for four times |
| 6 | Later I discovered she 'd arranged for one of her friends to phone and distract me so that she could make off with her booty ! |
| 7 | I cried after the girl had gone and he seeing my distress and I explaining I feared your anger he put his arms around my neck and comforted me and said he was sure his real mother could not but love her sister and believe she had acted for the best . |
| 8 | The couple 's apparent reconciliation will have done little to lessen Princess Diana 's anger at the knowledge that the man who once told her he loved her has fallen for a beautiful woman , 10 years younger than herself . |
| 9 | ‘ It were a night like this when your mother went off , lass , and Jake near lost his mind when he knew she 'd gone for good . |
| 10 | There was n't a note , but he knew she 'd gone for good . |
| 11 | Leith was about to state , quite forcefully , that she was there to work , not to flirt with every male who chanced his arm , when suddenly she realised that if he knew she had worked for Vasey 's for only a short while then there was a fair chance either someone from Personnel , or Mr Catham , had given him a brief run-down on each employee before he met them . |
| 12 | Her park knew she was up there watching and waiting over it , and it tossed off a loving welcoming wave ; it — the tractor , the boys and the bulbs in the earth — knew she had chosen for them and was coming back to them . |
| 13 | She was still in the dark coat and dress she had selected for the Jockey Club hearing and Nick was in pinstripes . |
| 14 | A MOTHER-of-four has been left devastated by burglars who ransacked her home and stole Christmas presents she had bought for her children . |
| 15 | Penny says a close friend recently asked her to sum up what she thought she 'd done for the Princess of Wales . |
| 16 | Did she get paid for doing that ? |
| 17 | Alexa said she had applied for a modelling but had received no reply . |
| 18 | ‘ She said she had known for some time that she and Fabien could not remain at La Tour Monchauzet after their marriage — that they had been talking together about moving away — of going , perhaps , as far as Australia or California and starting a totally new life . |
| 19 | He knew that he 'd been close , but then somehow it had all slipped away from him ; when Alina had n't come out and the three of them had finally gone into the building , it was to find incomprehension from the woman who lived alone and an empty flat where she said she 'd gone for help . |
| 20 | Hyacinth felt excluded from it all , and rather wished she had waited for Carole Swan , or for Angela Cartwright , the delegation 's leader . |
| 21 | But although they both tried to smile still , neither of them failed to notice the past tense she had used for the word ‘ love ’ . |