Example sentences of "[pron] she [verb] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | He thought her pleasure in Florian 's win was for her once and future lover and , presumably , that in her euphoria she was going to let him jump this queue of men he had convinced himself she had waiting for her sexual favours . |
| 2 | Prunskiene , who had resigned as Prime Minister on Jan. 8 , 1991 [ see p. 37944 ] , consistently denied the accusations ( made in April — see p. 38880 ) , claiming that a document bearing her signature in which she agreed to work for the KGB was a forgery and that the trial was politically motivated . |
| 3 | ‘ Tomorrow 's always another day , ’ she said , trotting out one of her many sayings , and he neither smiled nor mocked at her , but went downstairs to eat the supper which she had prepared for him , because that was the way she showed him her love and concern , and the least which he could do was respond to it . |
| 4 | The third column , which she had reserved for telephone numbers , was so far entirely blank . |
| 5 | He had adopted his slighting manner , he knew , to protect himself from the attraction which she had possessed for him from the first moment that he had seen her . |
| 6 | Soon after their marriage , Margaret 's depression , which she had suffered for some time , immediately lifted . |
| 7 | 20–6 Mrs McIver , wife of the Moderator , asked to be relieved of the duty of leader of praise which she had undertaken for the past two years . |
| 8 | And later she had found that his body , scarred as it was , was better than the one which she had imagined for him , as a living and breathing man was better than a marble statue or painting , and her vision had lacked life . |
| 9 | But she did make two purchases from the hat and the dress departments with the money which J. D. O'Conner had given her for the two articles which she had written for him . |
| 10 | He had his ships and politics , she had her piano which she had practised for over twenty years , so now let the dream come true . |
| 11 | Now , though , she perceived that many things which she had taken for granted in her life , simple , cosy , homely things , were , in fact , great luxuries . |
| 12 | Mr Dakin burst out , but the old cow brushed past us and marched without hesitation into the stall which she had occupied for all those years . |
| 13 | When she had finished hanging out the washing , before she went for the weekly shop at SavaCentre , Sara applied her lipstick , and around her throat she squirted the toilet water which she had had for three years and never before used . |
| 14 | A 45 year old woman with a strong family history of ischaemic heart disease was referred with left sided chest pain , which she had had for six years . |
| 15 | The jury at Oxford Crown Court found the married father of two guilty after hearing that he 'd tied the woman 's hands hands behind her back in the city 's New Road and subjected her to a terrifying ordeal , during which she 'd feared for her life . |
| 16 | Mrs Barzach will have a much more difficult time retaining her seat in the 15th arrondissement of Paris , which she has represented for only the past three years and where she is standing against the well-established local RPR mayor ( and deputy mayor of the capital ) . |
| 17 | I have heard of other appointments which she has blocked for similar reasons , and in my lifetime can recall no other Prime Minister , Labour or Conservative , who felt the need to exercise such petty partisanship . |
| 18 | Joan Knight will also be returning to the theatre which she has run for the last 25 years , Andrew McKinnon having invited her to direct Tally 's Blood . |
| 19 | Beryl Smith is giving up these classes all of which she has taken for many years . |
| 20 | Another told me she had suffered for three years with a terrible pain in her back but since following the diet the pain had completely disappeared . |
| 21 | There was nothing she wanted to train for . |
| 22 | It was her old mistress from whom she had hoped for much , woman to woman , and none of his soothing phrases meant anything to her . |
| 23 | The judge held that the child 's welfare required that she be adopted by the foster parents with whom she had lived for three of her five years , and that the parents were withholding agreement unreasonably . |
| 24 | Miss Grimes , with whom she had worked for several years , was hardly the most congenial of companions but at least she was familiar . |
| 25 | Over the years Mrs. Jarrett had seen many changes , not only in the staff and resident body of the home and in the facilities it now provides , but in government legislation within the various departments of health and social security , with whom she had established for Le Court a strong and trusting relationship . |
| 26 | Joan is Secretary to the Managing Director and Commercial Director and David , whom she has known for seven years , works with British Steel . |
| 27 | Jo emphasised the need for good movement and footwork on the court and acknowledged the work of her fitness advisor , Len Heppel , with whom she has worked for three years . |
| 28 | It was something she hand't looked for and she was almost dismayed . |
| 29 | It would not be easy telling him to go but it was something she needed to do for her own peace of mind . |
| 30 | He was still wearing her father 's patched chausses and cotte , the short , rusty brown one she had mended for him ; it needed more mending now . |