Example sentences of "was for she " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ All the same , ’ she said , ‘ all I meant was for her to break a leg . ’ |
| 2 | The original plan was for her to make a solo album on the label , produced by Prince and featuring songs written by Prince . |
| 3 | Difficult though it was for her , however , are we entitled to assume that her French upbringing was bound to give her an adverse picture of her Scottish kingdom , and that her view was justified ? |
| 4 | Our lecturer , who had spent months translating hieroglyphics there , said that entering the great , dim temple was for her , even now , like swimming into a warm patch of sea . |
| 5 | The New York Herald headlined ‘ These Girl 's Do n't Drink , Smoke or Flirt ’ and printed an article , attributed to Mary , in which she explained how difficult it was for her to maintain discipline in a society where young girls were surrounded on every side by such bad examples of free and easy ways in all walks of life . |
| 6 | The direction was for her to decide , not for him . |
| 7 | They were her protectors , older , stronger , more clever and brave , and yet they had assumed it was for her to say what they were to do . |
| 8 | The effect was for her to wave both her arms out in front of her holding her hands together , then surprisingly a seeming third hand was under her jumper and was moving up and down . |
| 9 | Throughout each day ( four or five times ) Olwyn was reminded that the target was for her to be in bed before 8pm . |
| 10 | Shapira 's explanation is that Zoila had reached what was for her a satisfactory level of interaction and was not motivated to progress . |
| 11 | Whatever their differences , the two queens had one quality in common : Mary , like Elizabeth , sensed that the best way to win her subjects ' affection and loyalty was for her to be seen moving among them . |
| 12 | The thought of going home was for her the final impossibility , but she could not see any satisfactory way of avoiding it . |
| 13 | In the same month , in what was for her the last term of her formal education , Alix became engaged to Sebastian Manning . |
| 14 | He could see how hopeless it was for her . |
| 15 | All that was left was for her to undress him . |
| 16 | So it was for her . |
| 17 | But the whole point of Pam being there , my being fostered , was if I could n't cope was for her to take over . |
| 18 | The envelope contained cash , and the cash was for her . |
| 19 | And finally , her particular motive for deception is surely not far to seek : the crucial consideration is that Nietzsche 's relationship with Wagner , with which the genesis of the book is bound up , was for her a sensitive issue in which her brother 's reputation was particularly at stake . |
| 20 | Her morning descent to the kitchen was for her a moment of happiness and importance . |
| 21 | Being able to handle a car was for her far more important than playing Annie Get Your Gun . |
| 22 | No one would know how hard it was for her to act the bride she would never be . |
| 23 | This was for her pretty well the end of the matter . |
| 24 | He thought her pleasure in Florian 's win was for her once and future lover and , presumably , that in her euphoria she was going to let him jump this queue of men he had convinced himself she had waiting for her sexual favours . |
| 25 | ‘ I have brought you here , Miss Kyte , ’ resumed Miss Merchiston in what was for her a pleasant tone , ‘ that you may tell Mr Quatt of what passed between yourself and my dear mother . ’ |
| 26 | She she it was for her a matter of conscience . |
| 27 | ‘ What a day that was for 'er , it nearly give 'er permanent ‘ ysterics , though she 's been all right lately , except for 'er chilblains . |