Example sentences of "her for [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am most grateful to her for allowing me to use this remarkable case study of John . |
| 2 | A final problem was the potential conflict with her stepson , who blamed her for allowing Mr Allen 's problem to become so serious . |
| 3 | She was philosophical about her stepson blaming her for allowing his father 's foot to become so black , saying that Alex had to look after himself . |
| 4 | The servant also said Mick phoned Jerry on Monday and blasted her for discussing their marriage in public . |
| 5 | He was usually decrying her for displaying that vice . |
| 6 | She wondered if fate had just punished her for picking wild flowers . |
| 7 | Especially the ‘ ancient ’ family who had sold her the house and now , pathologically , could not forgive her for buying it , since they had lost caste by moving away — unfortunately for Jane , only a mile away . |
| 8 | On the same day that Bathsheba arrived home , Mr Boldwood went to apologize to her for speaking so violently the last time he had seen her . |
| 9 | He admired her for dealing with it so capably . |
| 10 | The girls at work admired her for living with a man and not being married to him , but she could forgo that pleasure , she thought , for the baby 's sake . |
| 11 | Prince Philip blamed her for bringing shame and ridicule on the Royal Family and ordered her to ‘ help maintain the dignity of the Crown ’ . |
| 12 | He felt grateful to her for dragging him out of the pit and back into the daylight . |
| 13 | When people apologized to her for breaking a glass or making a remark which , upon sober reflection , they found themselves regretting she would smile the vague smile of the hostess who is at once too preoccupied and too superior to notice the faux pas of those around her . |
| 14 | He condemns her for trying this trick , which is followed by a terrible fall downstairs in the course of an attempt to end her pregnancy . |
| 15 | How could such a proud gentleman be so much in the power of one of his servants that he could not even punish her for trying to kill him ? |
| 16 | The fishmonger blessed her for calling and wished her a continued pleasant time in their beautiful city . |
| 17 | Thank her for straining her brain cells for us . ’ |
| 18 | And so perhaps he was angry with her for influencing her father against him . |
| 19 | Ballater had , on that visit , thought the place loathsome — it still was — but he had felt a degree of sympathy with her for wanting to stay . |
| 20 | Her first series on the Munros drew strong reactions from people who either loved her approach or criticised her for including ‘ flip ’ material . |
| 21 | It was a bitter irony that he condemned her for loving a man who was out of reach . |
| 22 | In the unconscious of the men concerned , a part aims to give his mother a son , like himself , as an expression of his gratitude to her for bearing him into the world . |
| 23 | Then she could dress herself — though Ember was right : the others laughed at her for wearing clothes in the burrow , even the other two or three towers , and their mockery made her retreat in teenage confusion when she walked shyly into the crowded common-room . |
| 24 | The local people had stoned her for wearing trousers in the street and Fernando had ruefully added how things had changed since then — now anything went in Majorca . |
| 25 | For days he 'd been in the blackest of moods , furious with her for wasting herself on a man old enough to be her father , and even more furious with himself for not having taken her forcefully after that Christmas evening when he 'd known her feelings were as inflamed as his own . |
| 26 | He also added that Moore had never asked them to forgive her for throwing their lives into grief and chaos . |
| 27 | Samy slaps her across the face and storms out , criticizing her for suggesting actions that could cost him his job . |
| 28 | He blamed it all on business , but could not resist taunting her for expecting him to be at h-er beck and call , while disapproving that he was rich . |
| 29 | He had never forgiven her for reporting his indiscretion in front of her husband . |
| 30 | June welcomed Kay Evans and thanked her for sparing time once again to attend our training day ; also Rita Quick who had made the long journey south from Newcastle to assist with the training . |