Example sentences of "she [verb] for some [noun] " in BNC.

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1 She asked for some answers to specific points .
2 Then she stoops for some pebbles and warns that I 'd better come in now .
3 She says for some reason he did n't come back for it .
4 ‘ I mean … ’ she strove for some kind of coherence ‘ …
5 did she hesitate for some time before the answers ?
6 She thought for some time before saying : ‘ In some degree ’ puts it quite well . ’
7 oh wow , she sent for some curtains
8 That might in itself imply that she felt for some reason that she would be suspected , or perhaps she knew who the killer was and preferred to keep quiet .
9 She waited for some minutes on a platform , a train came and she would have got into it if that had been possible .
10 She was sitting back relaxedly and looking more contented than she had for some time .
11 She longed for some excitement , some stimulation .
12 And , as soon as she had paid the driver and he had gone on his way she stood for some moments , looking at Ven 's house , photographing it in her mind 's eye because she knew — she would never come this way again .
13 He has been pressing her to move for some time .
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