Example sentences of "[v-ing] for her " in BNC.
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| 1 | A large woman who is not apologising for her size is certainly not a figure to invite the dominant meanings which our culture attaches to femininity . |
| 2 | ‘ The cow grows hoarse , weeping for her calf … . ’ |
| 3 | He stirred under her touch and turned towards her , his head rooting for her shoulder , like a child 's . |
| 4 | While a lioness is lactating for her cub she will not produce another cub ; but when her cub is killed ( or is weaned ) she soon becomes ready to reproduce again . |
| 5 | It was a chilling thought that the very circumstances she was using for her own purpose accorded only too well with the Empress 's schemes . |
| 6 | Bunny loves cooking ( she is trained to cordon bleu standard ) and after a lifetime 's experience of entertaining , cooking for her guests presents no problem . |
| 7 | She is a local farmer 's daughter and was quite used to cooking for her six brothers and one sister . |
| 8 | When I was finally called one wintry Monday by the neighbours , she looked quite dreadful ; her faced was bruised from several falls the previous night , she was struggling for her breath , her legs and thighs were painful and very swollen . |
| 9 | We have a small group already praying for her protection and have seen our prayers answered . |
| 10 | She smiles apologetically , as though one might find fault , and looks anxious : clearly , she 's dying for her sister to take over the conversation . |
| 11 | But what alarmed and frightened her most and had her leaping for her pen was this talk of ‘ us ’ , of Oreste and Ellen being a pair who were ‘ happy together ’ and would never come to Italy . |
| 12 | A result of all the strain she 'd been through , she thought distractedly , groping for her handkerchief . |
| 13 | She wriggled up , away , trying to hide her nakedness from him , groping for her clothes , avoiding his look , his touch . |
| 14 | Each , it is true , has her own perspective : for France , it is about cocking a snook at the Americans , for Germany about playing the leading role in a superstate , for Italy about compensating for her chronic democratic weaknesses ; for others it is to be able to benefit from German largesse . |
| 15 | Fabia at once volunteered , her heart aching for her sister . |
| 16 | By woman wailing for her demon-lover ! |
| 17 | A savage place ! as holy and enchanted As e'er beneath a waning moon was haunted By woman wailing for her demon-lover ! |
| 18 | Here , the Christian and the pagan meet , at the nexus of the wild and the refined , of Good and Evil , of love and hatred ( ‘ woman wailing for her demon-lover ’ ) , of growth ( ‘ the green hill ’ ) and decline ( ‘ a waning moon ’ ) . |
| 19 | Mrs Alderley was hunting for her pocket handkerchief . |
| 20 | Police hunting for her attacker say they 're saddened by the news . |
| 21 | I used at times to feel somewhat worried when she would play the supremely confident coquette with me and I would be enthralled by her charms , but then I came to the conviction , some time ago , that such moments of relatedness could only be nourishing for her developing personality as well as delightful to me . |
| 22 | Kate used to wait in the hallway , sitting patiently on the stairs , listening for her father 's boots to clump up the tiny pathway . |
| 23 | My mother was more restless and ambitious , wanting for her children the education she had been denied . |
| 24 | The thieves took £80 that 73-year-old Peggy Metcalfe had been saving for her electricity bill . |
| 25 | ‘ Which she received at twenty to nine , when she was dressing for her wedding ? ’ |
| 26 | She spent a leisurely morning doing some school work , reading the newspapers and then finally taking time dressing for her lunch party . |
| 27 | She could hear Mrs Lorimer shouting for her favourite lodger , then she heard her say in a loud voice , ‘ It 's a woman . |
| 28 | She was looking for her cigarettes . |
| 29 | She was looking for her genius … |
| 30 | At 7.00 a.m. on 28 September armed police entered Mrs Cherry Groce 's house in Normandy Road , Brixton , looking for her son . |