Example sentences of "she [vb past] for " in BNC.
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| 31 | Even Denise had aged a little , got heavy and puffy in her thirties , from the big cooked dinners she made for hungry Keith . |
| 32 | As she made for the doors she was suddenly halted by the realization that she had no money with her . |
| 33 | He stood up at the same time as she did , and caught her as she made for the door . |
| 34 | She picked unenthusiastically at the breakfast she made for herself , and afterwards wandered out into the garden . |
| 35 | She made for an armchair , knowing it would be wise to keep him at a distance , but she did n't reach it . |
| 36 | Clutching her stick as if it were an offensive weapon , she made for the door . |
| 37 | She made for the door , but as perforce she had to pass him he put out a hand and caught her by the wrist . |
| 38 | She made for the wood . |
| 39 | I sip from the cup that she made for me . |
| 40 | I was very proud of those she made for outdoor wear , perhaps because they were different ; they were generally made from offcuts of the various dress lengths being made up into ladies ' costumes . |
| 41 | She made for the new extension , hoping she had imagined that speculative look in her young assistant 's eye , and feeling that she 'd better let him think the Palmer & Pearson file had dropped on her desk while he was absent on Friday . |
| 42 | So , hoisting her bag over her shoulder with an element of pride that for a brief moment made her lose sight of how important it was to try and pin him down for an interview , she made for the door . |
| 43 | Despite her criticism of their dancing they knew she cared for them and always stepped in in any family crisis : |
| 44 | She cared for religion as little as I for politics — less , for politics painfully makes itself heard and-felt ; twice it came near to breaking up my life , even though I defied it to interest me . |
| 45 | A wife 's vivid account of how she cared for her declining husband . |
| 46 | Alison Berry describes how she cared for a patient with a difficult leg wound in the community |
| 47 | In one situation , a younger daughter was being constantly criticized by her older sister for the way she cared for their mother . |
| 48 | 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 . |
| 49 | Well , there was n't much Maureen could do about this injury , but the wound did heal up nicely and she cared for the bird for over a year . |
| 50 | She cared for him , probably more than either of us understand . |
| 51 | And that 's how Millie saw them when she entered the kitchen again , carrying the plate of chitterlings : the two people she cared for most , and who were about to lose her , laughing their heads off . |
| 52 | He might even take against her and she cared for him . |
| 53 | Esther Clark moved to Tetbury , where she cared for her step-daughter and took an active interest in local charities . |
| 54 | I ca n't bring myself to say she does n't care about her father , but she does n't act as if she cared for him very much . " |
| 55 | Well as she cared for him , he was quite an embarrassment to his mother , and the less he was evident in her life the better . |
| 56 | Preliminaries , it seemed clear , were not something she cared for . |
| 57 | She knew her limitations better than she knew her worth , and she taught in a private school because it gave her a little more latitude to come and go as she wished — an important point , since she cared for an old mother whom eighty years had made exacting . |
| 58 | It also became clear why he 'd wanted to make love to her ; to make her believe he cared , because if she cared for him who better to persuade the colonel to tell his friends on the council to let the plans go through ? |
| 59 | She recorded everything that passed in the room , but she cared for only one person . |
| 60 | ‘ I think she cared for Benedict . ’ |