Example sentences of "[adv] she [verb] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | So she made for the orchard first . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Instinctively she headed for the fence at the far end , wanting to be as far away from the house as possible . |
| 5 | Quickly she reached for the doorknob , only to find her frantic effort useless as Rune 's hand slammed against the door , holding it fast . |
| 6 | Now she fears for the one remaining like a hen for her only chick . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | and er I said to her do you miss London ? , and she said well she does for the theatre and that because they were only a short tube ride away from the West from the West End theatre 's and she said there 's more on in Poole here than there is in Bournemouth in terms of plays and |
| 10 | Here she speaks for the first time about her ordeal to Margaret Hall . |
| 11 | Sometimes she longed for the sound of traffic and street cries . |
| 12 | Silently she waited for the lion 's roar . |
| 13 | Instead she settled for the three most applicable adjectives she could think of . |
| 14 | Yet she remains for the modern reader perhaps the most intriguing member of the entire family . |