Example sentences of "it for her " in BNC.
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| 1 | Phoebe could not , try as she might , despise it for her , because it was so obviously making Lisa happy ; while she , clinging to a nostalgic and increasingly sentimental vision of the household , was patently not happy , not useful , and not passionate . |
| 2 | Her nose is all cold and wet and I want to wipe it for her , but I do n't . |
| 3 | He asked permission to leave it for her the following day . |
| 4 | ‘ Mistletoe ! ’ cried Mary , finishing it for her . |
| 5 | Possibly JTR got it for her in Edinburgh ? |
| 6 | ‘ Should you see a lady that you know , carrying a basket , and you are going in the same direction , offer to carry it for her . ’ |
| 7 | I ran like mad to open it for her . |
| 8 | Because her expectations were realistic , she accepts without rancour the fact that she must either do the work herself or employ someone to do it for her . |
| 9 | That would have done it for her , the uncertainty . |
| 10 | He poured it for her and watched with one eyebrow raised as she gulped at it . |
| 11 | Or you could do what my elderly neighbour does : every time she feels like decorating she pays a neighbour 's student son to come in and do it for her . |
| 12 | In those early months he had wanted her to know the magnitude of what he had done and that he had done it for her . |
| 13 | Most of them do all they can for the elderly with their limited resources , but if your parent is badly in need of a telephone and there is no way of your managing to install it for her , you should bring every possible pressure to bear to produce some speedy action on his or her behalf ; for sudden illness , and the need for medical attention , does not wait for lengthy negotiations and committee work to rumble on indefinitely before it puts in an appearance.With very few exceptions , blaming individual social workers for delay in providing any particular service is usually an unfair and useless exercise , for they are only part of a large organisation and if things go wrong an approach to the local Director of Social Services is the best course of action . |
| 14 | It was the first time she had been able to grant his wish and take him to visit Santa Claus in a large department store , and that made it for her the happiest Christmas she could remember . |
| 15 | Nan was in the running for that kind of life , and Emily would do everything in her power to get it for her . |
| 16 | Mr Wishart stood up and opened it for her , handing her the wicker basket which seemed surprisingly light ; the old lady stepped off the train onto a now deserted platform . |
| 17 | Or had someone else done it for her ? |
| 18 | Fortunately , Mr Leland did it for her . |
| 19 | It was n't until almost his last breath that he told her of the board beneath his bed and what was under it , assuring her he had saved it for her . |
| 20 | He led her to the door and opened it for her . |
| 21 | ‘ You played it for her , you can play it for me ’ : MacWeek expects Apple Computer Inc this month to announce a software only information server code-named Bogart that simplifies and accelerates text search and retrieval ; the thing will use agent technology to enable users to perform English-language queries with Boolean operators and proximity searches of text stored on a central server or on CD-ROMs and will deliver ‘ smart relevance ’ search results , ranked by pertinence to the user 's query ; searches can reportedly occur on demand or at user-specified time intervals . |
| 22 | She needs to break through and this could be the one to do it for her . |
| 23 | Ellie lit it for her with a match from a small silver box ‘ Merci , mon petit chou , ’ said Madame . |
| 24 | Marie McKnight , who prepared their submission , can not be here and has delegated OLIVER KEARNEY to present it for her . |
| 25 | I bought it for her , see , with my first wages , and when she gave it back , I gave it to you . |
| 26 | She took it , and he lit it for her . |
| 27 | But the shopman had already bowed as though keeping it for her was all any human being could ask . |
| 28 | He would be willing , of course , to keep it for her for ever . |
| 29 | ‘ I want it for her , I want it very much . ’ |
| 30 | I finished it for her . |