Example sentences of "she [vb past] for [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We feel Betty Willis may well be a record-breaker with the super-size socks she made for her super-size son-in-law whose super-loud voice gave him fifth place ( out of 100 contestants ) in the 1991 world championships for Town Criers . |
| 2 | Esther Clark moved to Tetbury , where she cared for her step-daughter and took an active interest in local charities . |
| 3 | In one situation , a younger daughter was being constantly criticized by her older sister for the way she cared for their mother . |
| 4 | She refused to let him touch her sexually , but she cared for his appearance , kept him active and stimulated , managed his beer consumption and dealt with all money matters . |
| 5 | Fabia asked , her wide green eyes looking into his dark ones as she sought for his understanding . |
| 6 | All she got for her pains was a slight smile but no verbal reply as with efficient ease he filled and switched on a percolator . |
| 7 | Then I paid the woman the five shillings she asked for her hospitality and went on my way . |
| 8 | She asked for her boys to be taken into care because she was terrified that she would do it again . |
| 9 | She asked for her name not to be used because she wanted to protect her relationship with regular callers . |
| 10 | And she asked for their support over a difficult period . |
| 11 | cos they 're not X directory if we can get hold of the number , er so she 's going to say to her could she do it any quicker and I said well the woman said if she could do it any quicker she would ring me , she asked for me phone number . |
| 12 | She said he had agreed to do so but had driven off when she shouted for her father . |
| 13 | ‘ I know , but she phoned for her results — she was surprised to get me , she seemed to have hoped you 'd be waiting by the phone — and when I told them you 'd gone , her mother took the phone and was in quite a tizz and had a word with Mr Fry and then said they 'd get the next plane home . |
| 14 | ‘ It was one she designed for our château at Fabien 's request . |
| 15 | The only brush she possessed was the one she used for her make-up , and the only pencil the one she had found lying about on the sideboard . |
| 16 | So I put Lianne 's name down and what she used for her age . |
| 17 | If in a particular language a woman referred to a large number of men other than her husband by the same term as the one she used for her husband , this implied , for Morgan and Engels , that in an earlier stage of this system , a woman would have been wife to all of these men . |
| 18 | ‘ From Philadelphia , ’ she added for my benefit and with yet another winning smile . |
| 19 | She brought her haul of county match appearances up to 99 , while the number of times she played for her club — she was playing for Ganton up until a few months before her death — must have constituted a record . |
| 20 | However , she came for her appointment alone . |
| 21 | The memory of his last visit would not leave her ; there was a jagged edge to it — for had she not tried to force him against his will and had he not been aware of that and too kind to give her the direct reaction she deserved for her over-boldness ? |
| 22 | After the banning of The Well of Loneliness Radclyffe Hall was denied the recognition she deserved for her mastery of the narrative technique of interior monologue and as a writer who dealt with a great variety of themes , such as World War I , materialism , Catholicism , and the suppression of women by patriarchal society . |
| 23 | She begged for my forgiveness . |
| 24 | She paid for her purchases , tucking the detergent under the other things . |
| 25 | This was such a beautiful city , Merrill thought a couple of hours later as she paid for her coffee and left the pavement café . |
| 26 | I went to Norway and she paid for my treatment . |
| 27 | She paid for my mother to take French lessons and helped her find work as a seamstress with various drapers in the city . |
| 28 | Without waiting for a reply , she put her head into the room and said in that all-things-bright-and-beautiful voice she reserved for her mother-in-law , which Greg found grating even on first acquaintance : ‘ I 've got a lovely surprise for you , Mother dear . |
| 29 | One version circulating at the Palace is that Her Majesty realised that Her Other Majesty did n't yet know the result when she arrived for their weekly get-together . |
| 30 | With a sinking heart she arranged for her things to come up by an outside porter , and then set off for home . |