Example sentences of "she [vb past] for " in BNC.

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1 She experienced for the first time the frightening inhospitality of city streets .
2 She read for a long time , and I had the bonus of knowing my father was waiting impatiently to fuck her again on this night of nights which was really their honeymoon .
3 She read for a while , trying to close her mind to the sounds from the galley , the picture of Fen enjoying his supper and — simply — any pictures of Fen at all .
4 Her confidence and conviction that she was somebody special served her well when she applied for the UN job .
5 On the advice of a friend , she applied for and got a freelance job with the BBC in Plymouth .
6 The next year she applied for the nursing course .
7 At the end of two years she applied for jobs with various banks and when I met her she had just been accepted as a trainee accounting technician .
8 In the meantime she applied for other jobs too , but it was the one with G Vasey Ltd that she wanted .
9 A woman who caused a row when she applied for a teaching job under a false identity has now joined the debate over children 's reading .
10 Annis Garfield , caused a major row 2 years ago when she applied for a teaching post under a false name and was offered an interview , despite her application being littered with spelling mistakes .
11 She applied for a grant , and in , er in career , it says like ,
12 I do n't know , I ca n't remember whether she applied for that , I know Harold his daughter went up to Southampton and he was horrified at the accommodation she was staying in , up there
13 Her first thought was to stop Adam screaming again , and she lunged for him , trying to get her hand over his mouth ; but he was too strong for her .
14 When she qualified for Barcelona we gave her a nice bit of sirloin and two turkey drumsticks . ’
15 The debate as to whether this institutional framework exercised a determining ( ideological ) influence on film output has been an ongoing one , but the importance of Claire Johnston 's contribution to it in the mid seventies is that she argued for a reading of Hollywood entertainment films which made a space for ‘ collective fantasies of women 's desire ’ .
16 She argued for party members to turn their attention to policy and organisational issues in order to meet the challenges of the next century .
17 She led for most of the way at a terrific pace with Cardwell doggedly staying in touch before making a last-ditch effort in the final 25 metres .
18 One of them , a leather skirt she made for Dannii , still occupies pride of place in her little sister 's wardrobe .
19 She made for the door , but decided instead to sit down on a chair .
20 Mr Piggott found himself quite dazzled by the warmth of her smile as she made for the door , and was unable to speak .
21 Ten feet in the other direction a staircase rose directly up by the side of the end wall and she made for this .
22 ‘ Oh , and Miss Connor , ’ the receptionist called out as she made for the stairs , ‘ there was a delivery for you this afternoon . ’
23 The roars and cheers of the crowd covered any sound she made and , like a wraith , she made for the stairs , sweating even in the bleak February cold at the thought of who she might meet in the unknown upstairs .
24 Slamming her feet down angrily , she made for the mailbags .
25 She made for the study door and he wanted to say , ‘ I would n't if I were you ; he 's in a tear about something , ’ but he knew that even if he did speak it would n't deter her .
26 We feel Betty Willis may well be a record-breaker with the super-size socks she made for her super-size son-in-law whose super-loud voice gave him fifth place ( out of 100 contestants ) in the 1991 world championships for Town Criers .
27 She made for the fires and the sudden yellow flashes that lit up the central complex of buildings .
28 The old woman lay in her hammock , sleeping ; it was a time when she had taken a heavy dose , and he was able to lead Ariel out and let her walk before him , now and then turning to make sure he was not about to do something to her , put a halter on her or hit her , and she made for the fence and pointed over it and asked him with her hands and eyes if she could go there , beyond the stockade , into the receding forest , where the bromeliads pushed out their stiff blades , and the monkeys nibbled at mango fruits and threw them down when they were unripe with tiny rows of toothmarks like some sharp-fanged fairy child 's , where the birds of many colours screeched .
29 She made for the stand where her umbrella was kept .
30 So she made for the orchard first .
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