Example sentences of "she [vb past] [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs M. 's husband , a coal-miner , had been out of work for nine months when she applied unsuccessfully for her union card . |
| 2 | She argued passionately for better housing , education , and welfare services for the poor , and was a particularly strong advocate of the National Health Service , making herself an expert on mental health . |
| 3 | She made straight for her favourite upstairs room , the kitchen . |
| 4 | Mrs Chalk was nowhere to be found , so she made straight for the medicine cupboard in the spacious Georgian-style kitchen with its enormous , old-fashioned white-painted cupboards and scrubbed-elm table , and located the painkillers , swallowing the dosage with water before setting about making the tea . |
| 5 | Turning from him , she made quickly for the door . |
| 6 | Oh , dear heavens , had Naylor , by seeing she was hurt , seen too that she cared deeply for him ? |
| 7 | From the beginning she had never tried to pretend that she was in love , although she was very fond of him , and Fred had told her he was happy that she cared enough for him to become his wife . |
| 8 | ‘ But the truth is , there was never anything between us — not after I 'd discovered she cared more for her mirror than for anything or anyone else . ’ |
| 9 | It was too late to run away then , though , as she fought desperately for composure by mentally going through Cara 's lists of questions , Fabia discovered that she could not remember one of them ! |
| 10 | She realised now for the first time that she had left her purse behind in Edward 's room . |
| 11 | She sought desperately for an answer , but could find none . |
| 12 | Polly 's grip on the wheel tightened as , head and heart in raging conflict , she sought wildly for some means of escape . |
| 13 | She asked then for you , miss . |
| 14 | She shouted defiantly for a second , tears forming in her eyes , tears of terror and relief . |
| 15 | She sucked sweetly for a while , her busy tongue teasing at the shaft with exquisite enthusiasm . |
| 16 | She calls the photographs ‘ snapshots ’ , unpretentious statements of courage that she tried unsuccessfully for years to sell ( they sell well now ) . |
| 17 | She posed carefully for each exposure . |
| 18 | Still able to feel the firm sand beneath her feet , she swam quietly for a few minutes , before turning over on to her back . |
| 19 | He stood for a moment laughing at her as she cast furiously for the vanished rabbit , and walked on , to catch her up , along the raised embankment . |
| 20 | After pulling on her clothes , she headed downstairs for the perfunctory glass of orange-juice which served as breakfast . |
| 21 | She headed straight for the coffee-pot . |
| 22 | ‘ No — perhaps I 'll call in as I leave , ’ she added pointedly for Feargal 's benefit . |
| 23 | Thus she monitored many clients whose situation was felt to be unstable , and she negotiated widely for other services . |
| 24 | She studied there for three years with Frederick Brown and Henry Tonks [ qq.v. ] , winning a certificate for figure drawing ( 1896–7 ) and the Melvill Nettleship prize for figure composition ( 1897–8 ) . |
| 25 | She drove aimlessly for hours , stopping to fill the car with petrol , then carrying on , barely noticing where she was going . |
| 26 | She came downstairs for all her meals . |
| 27 | She came across for the first time today , I was out egg yard getting some eggs |
| 28 | ‘ Yes , go , you misbegotten hound ! ’ added Lady Merchiston in the caressing tone she reserved only for her pet . |
| 29 | For instance when he visited Manchester in 1814 he wrote 9th September — an exceedingly pleasant ride all the way from Leicester to Manchester … we found my poor mother ( actually his step-mother ) surprisingly well for a person of 80 — dined at Brother 's and drank tea with my mother and Aunt Weston ’ , and on ‘ Sunday , I went to my mother 's and walked back with Aunt Evans to my brother 's , she walked wonderfully for a person of 82½ — drank tea again at my mother 's . |
| 30 | At the one-way door that led back into the station 's tiny foyer and reception area , she stepped aside for him and said , ‘ I hope you find her . ’ |