Example sentences of "she [verb] for [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And er so she goes to Guatemala , and she goes for my er one of my daughters a wedding present , and she er a lovely dress , and she bought it in Guatemala for thirty pounds , she . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | A wife 's vivid account of how she cared for her declining husband . |
| 4 | Esther Clark moved to Tetbury , where she cared for her step-daughter and took an active interest in local charities . |
| 5 | In one situation , a younger daughter was being constantly criticized by her older sister for the way she cared for their mother . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Fabia asked , her wide green eyes looking into his dark ones as she sought for his understanding . |
| 8 | She will be paid £4.5 million for the follow-up , compared with the £1.5 million she got for her first Disney singing-nun movie . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Then I paid the woman the five shillings she asked for her hospitality and went on my way . |
| 11 | She asked for her boys to be taken into care because she was terrified that she would do it again . |
| 12 | She asked for her name not to be used because she wanted to protect her relationship with regular callers . |
| 13 | And she asked for their support over a difficult period . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | That was the fatal way — sometimes she trembled for her dear one . |
| 16 | She said he had agreed to do so but had driven off when she shouted for her father . |
| 17 | ‘ 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 . |
| 18 | ‘ Only there is a young lady as lodges with me , who asks me every day what Mrs Browning writes and is eager to know for she announces she lives for your poetry . ’ |
| 19 | A girl who has been shy or awkward can become quite self-possessed as she cares for her new baby . |
| 20 | One wife , who has now returned part-time to her own career while she cares for their two small children , accepted before marrying that her high-powered executive husband would not give any help in the house . |
| 21 | Reciprocal arrangements with another nurse or friend can work — so long as you are flexible and no money exchanges hands , but if you have a child under five and payment is involved then your ‘ childminder ’ will either have to register with the local authority ( that is if she cares for your child in the minder 's own home ) or be employed as a nanny in yours . |
| 22 | Who wants to body bash ? ’ she shouts with her body language , as she looks for her type of guy in the park — a hunky Dobermann or a Rottweiler usually twice her size ! |
| 23 | ‘ It was one she designed for our château at Fabien 's request . |
| 24 | er Nothing or nobody in England make anything anywhere near to what she needs for her disability . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | So I put Lianne 's name down and what she used for her age . |
| 28 | An excited fan planted a kiss on the Duchess of York 's cheek yesterday as she practised for her new role as a United Nations roving ambassador . |
| 29 | She apologises for her simplicity , giving a busy woman 's reason : ‘ T is true I write in shortened measure , Because I scrawl but at my leisure ; For why ? — sublimity of style Takes up a most prodigious while … |
| 30 | ‘ From Philadelphia , ’ she added for my benefit and with yet another winning smile . |