Example sentences of "she [vb past] [adv] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She argued passionately for better housing , education , and welfare services for the poor , and was a particularly strong advocate of the National Health Service , making herself an expert on mental health . |
| 2 | Polly 's grip on the wheel tightened as , head and heart in raging conflict , she sought wildly for some means of escape . |
| 3 | She posed carefully for each exposure . |
| 4 | Thus she monitored many clients whose situation was felt to be unstable , and she negotiated widely for other services . |
| 5 | She studied there for three years with Frederick Brown and Henry Tonks [ qq.v. ] , winning a certificate for figure drawing ( 1896–7 ) and the Melvill Nettleship prize for figure composition ( 1897–8 ) . |
| 6 | FIVE years after the death of the man she loved passionately for 30 years , Marje Proops still carries his photograph in her handbag . |
| 7 | All in all she worked solidly for two hours , and it was a relief when she was finally free to take an official coffee break . |
| 8 | Presently she went downstairs for hot water . |
| 9 | Hari half lifted half pushed him through the window and then she waited breathlessly for any sounds that would indicate that Will had been discovered , but when there was nothing , she moved to the door and to her relief , she saw it swing open . |
| 10 | She had read of this sort of thing often enough ; she had heard of its happening to other people — even to people she knew — but she had never for one moment imagined that it could happen to her . |
| 11 | They 'd been friends , companions , they 'd got on well together , but , now that she knew what real love was , she knew that she had never for one moment loved him . |
| 12 | She stayed away for two weeks , and there were reports that she had been seen in Bath with Sergeant Troy . |
| 13 | She stayed here for several days . |
| 14 | She found sanctuary in this remote place where she stayed alone for fifteen years . |
| 15 | She stayed there for three years and lost track of her sister during that time . |
| 16 | She stayed there for some time , the heavy depression that had been weighing her down ever since Marianne had appeared in her room soothed a little by the gentle singing of the river . |
| 17 | She remained there for four years , during which time she conducted researches on the optical properties of organic compounds . |
| 18 | She remained there for four years , confined to a cell that would allow her neither to sit nor lie down : it was closed by a large stone that could be moved only by Roger . |
| 19 | She was too shaken with sobs to risk driving so she sat there for two hours weeping her heart out while neighbours and passers-by studiously ignored her obvious distress . |
| 20 | The ninth bomber came out of a lightening sky at six o'clock exactly , and though she sat there for another hour , it was the last . |