Example sentences of "[adv] she [vb past] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Impatiently she reached for a tissue and wiped it off . |
| 2 | And Ben was all she had for companionship ; those who would have been her so-called friends she would n't let over her step , and those she would have liked to call friends would n't come near her step . |
| 3 | When he was near enough she went for him with clawed hands . |
| 4 | So she made for the orchard first . |
| 5 | The bedroom was on the same level as the terrace , the small sitting-room and the kitchen , and so she waited for the sound of another door or footsteps on the stone staircase down to the entrance hall . |
| 6 | So she waited for the summons to the prince 's presence , and went with a demure step and a high heart when she was called at last . |
| 7 | So she opted for desperate measures to get him to change his image . |
| 8 | So she paid for it on the spot and took it home . |
| 9 | And lastly she wept for herself . |
| 10 | Desperately she sought for excuses when she knew there was none . |
| 11 | Desperately she sought for an excuse , anything not to have to face his mother 's frosty manner again , but before she could think of anything he said , ‘ On second thoughts , I have a better idea . ’ |
| 12 | Desperately she sought for something to break the enchantment of his rhythmic strokes . |
| 13 | His thin pink lips , which normally she loved for their delicacy and sensitivity , were stretched in a colourless line , and between them showed sharp discoloured teeth . |
| 14 | Eventually she plumped for Persian help , but at a time ( 412 ) when her potential critics inside the league were less effective ( cp. p. 97 on Corinth ) . |
| 15 | Instinctively she headed for the fence at the far end , wanting to be as far away from the house as possible . |
| 16 | Yet still she asked for news of the Emma Bates . |
| 17 | Her mum loves it , her friends think the attention is great , but bosses at a firm of Belfast architects could n't spare the city girl the time off she needed for her modelling . |
| 18 | Quickly she reached for the doorknob , only to find her frantic effort useless as Rune 's hand slammed against the door , holding it fast . |
| 19 | She left elementary school at fourteen to take a job filling seed packets for five shillings a week ; later she worked for a draper and subsequently for the Co-op , where she joined the union movement of which she was to be a lifelong member . |
| 20 | Inwardly she longed for some sparkling revenge . |
| 21 | Last time I went up she asked for a little bell , so she could ring for me . |
| 22 | Now she asked for white wine in her charged voice . |
| 23 | She had n't missed him at all when he died , but now she realized for the first time that she had lost her father . |
| 24 | A month ago he had come to see her and now she understood for the first time that what he had said to her then would change her life . |
| 25 | I 've often heard women enhancing the well-known reaction to a sexually victimised woman : ‘ Well she asked for it , did n't she ? |
| 26 | Well she sent for , her mother came , and er , when she came in , explained to her , why she 'd sent for her , and she smacked the child across the face , and said , there was no need to do that . |
| 27 | Here she remained for what seemed an eternity . |
| 28 | How she longed for the excitement of blasting away slimy aliens . |
| 29 | Lord , how she longed for some such measure of security ! |
| 30 | If only she could tell him how she longed for him to carry her off , but would n't that make him think her wanton ? |