Example sentences of "[noun] she [vb past] for " in BNC.
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1 | Then at top speed she raced for the keeper 's cottage . |
2 | One of them , a leather skirt she made for Dannii , still occupies pride of place in her little sister 's wardrobe . |
3 | For the interview she opted for a cream silk shirt , and a tailored black skirt . |
4 | ( Calle 's show also includes , in the gallery 's smaller room , the piece she did for the Carnegie International about the theft of Old Master paintings from Boston 's Gardner Museum . ) |
5 | All the same that evening in the dressing-room she shared with Babs Osborne and Dawn Allenby she apologised for being in the way . |
6 | She took her notepad from the pocket of her apron as she went , and at the doorway she stopped for a moment as if to gather herself . |
7 | The pictures she shot for the cinema were negligible compared to the pictures she shot for pure publicity . |
8 | The pictures she shot for the cinema were negligible compared to the pictures she shot for pure publicity . |
9 | After the banning of The Well of Loneliness Radclyffe Hall was denied the recognition she deserved for her mastery of the narrative technique of interior monologue and as a writer who dealt with a great variety of themes , such as World War I , materialism , Catholicism , and the suppression of women by patriarchal society . |
10 | In Bucharest she sat for 48 hours in her hotel , waiting for word from her Romanian solicitor . |
11 | She was last seen alive on Tuesday evening after calling time at the pub she managed for Warrington-based Walker 's Brewery , |
12 | She stepped out herself then , hoping to get nearer ; she would like to see what he was doing to her , for she had no clear idea , in spite of the expert descriptions she provided for Cati in their vigils . |
13 | It was a gabled Victorian house set behind a high red brick wall in the heart of the city and as Rachel drew on to the gravel forecourt she sat for a moment admiring the mass of copper beeches that surrounded the house . |
14 | The room was exactly as she 'd left it — shoes in the middle of the floor , the overall she wore for doing the bedrooms thrown over the back of the chair . |
15 | It took many months of research on the part of Vanessa Forbes to track down the 21 of Marjorie Worgan 's original class members ( some now grannies ) who managed to attend the surprise lunch she organised for Marjorie 's 80th birthday . |
16 | As he pushed away the empty plates she waited for him to make some comment about the meal . |
17 | No. 1 was the first work she composed for herself to perform , and it is a pianistic tour de force . |
18 | At times , pressure on space meant we could not do justice to the work she did for us , but nevertheless she continued to keep up the high standards she set herself . |
19 | With a resolute nod she reached for the telephone . |
20 | The room , reached this time from the veranda , was just as lovely as she had remembered , and after folding some clothes neatly in drawers and hanging the rest on satin-padded hangers in the wardrobe she fussed for quite some time with the scanty collection of knick-knacks she had brought , trying to arrange them so that they harmonised with the tranquil simplicity of the décor . |
21 | At breakfast Lili for some reason spoke of fidelity , and I noted my mother as she went in and out with bread and boiling water , looking at her , not with the disapproval she reserved for me but with half-amused incredulity . |
22 | He and the princess still talk about the spaghetti suppers she cooked for him at her flat in Earl 's Court . |
23 | She could feel the anger surging inside her and she fought it down , not wanting him to know what a fool she felt for not having been made aware of that fact . |
24 | Ultimately I took to wearing them all the time , only whipping them off when approached by a boy I vaguely fancied , or at the door of a friend of my mother 's with a boy she fancied for me inside . |
25 | Belinda was instantly aware of the fact that she was dressed only in the silk slip that Faye had decided best captured the mood she wanted for her painting . |
26 | I find that the qualifications she would have got was either the degree she hoped for or a Higher National Diploma for reasons which I shall now set out . |
27 | A friend of mine who reached her fortieth birthday without having the child she hoped for , began to bleed severely from her womb . |
28 | The reverence she had for glamour touched him . |
29 | Unlocking the door , she put her meal on the bench and donned the old smock she wore for working , then settled to sanding and smoothing the shapes she had already carved . |
30 | At last he raised his head , and with a feeling of dread she searched for the triumph she was sure she must see now in his eyes . |