Example sentences of "she [vb past] the [noun] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She scanned the newspapers for offers of adoption , of which there were many . |
| 2 | It came under her classification of Faye being ‘ temperamental ’ , but she found the dress for Belinda easily enough and then returned to her canapés . |
| 3 | Theda 's knees almost buckled under her , and she grasped the mantel for support . |
| 4 | In 1882 and again in 1883–4 she visited North America , and she compared the movements for women 's work in England and America in Three Visits to America ( 1884 ) . |
| 5 | To do this , she re-iterated the need for sound and sensible support from those who are closest to the child — ie the parents and the coach . |
| 6 | She opened the door for Matthew and looked across the grey yard . |
| 7 | It was not until 1876 that she started the meetings for mothers which were to develop into the Mothers ' Union . |
| 8 | But when Dane sat down and pulled her against him , wrapping his arms warmly about her , she knew the time for running was over . |
| 9 | Its slightly more liberal ethos seemed to affect Krupskaia , for when she first went to work in the People 's Commissariat of Education ( Narkompros ) after the revolution , she stressed the need for independence from central management by intellectuals . |
| 10 | In Themis she stressed the need for group rather than individual values in conducting life and saw them as the foundation of religion . |
| 11 | Despite the inevitable uncertainties and anxieties which such major change might represent , she stressed the need for investment in education and training , and for more effective manpower planning and deployment if health care in the UK was to be put on a stronger and more confident foundation : |
| 12 | The following case study is unusual because Charlotte ( not her real name ) had not revealed to me the actual reason why she felt the need for aromatherapy . |
| 13 | It was like nothing she had ever experienced before — she had always been aware she had the capacity for passion , but it was an element of her own make-up she had kept sternly suppressed , her mind refusing to give in to the demands of a young , healthy body . |
| 14 | Although , ultimately , she accepted the need for pattern books , production schedules , yearly reviews by committee and other organizational disciplines , she disliked intensely the way these formalities intruded into her own sphere of influence and destroyed the spontaneity of her collection , which had always been one of her greatest strengths . |