Example sentences of "she [vb past] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the end of two years she applied for jobs with various banks and when I met her she had just been accepted as a trainee accounting technician . |
| 2 | When she qualified for Barcelona we gave her a nice bit of sirloin and two turkey drumsticks . ’ |
| 3 | She argued for party members to turn their attention to policy and organisational issues in order to meet the challenges of the next century . |
| 4 | One of them , a leather skirt she made for Dannii , still occupies pride of place in her little sister 's wardrobe . |
| 5 | ‘ I think she cared for Benedict . ’ |
| 6 | Victoria was an extremely pretty young woman , and it was obvious that she cared for Miguel Rafaelo . |
| 7 | She cared for religion as little as I for politics — less , for politics painfully makes itself heard and-felt ; twice it came near to breaking up my life , even though I defied it to interest me . |
| 8 | Like someone drowning , she fought for air , gasping and retching , covering her eyes in a futile attempt to blot out the memory of the crushed skull , the shattered features and the foul , oozing stain . |
| 9 | She fought for the working class she fought for education she fought for everything to benefit the community she was a wonderful person ! |
| 10 | Deep down she was almost ready to beg to stay , but her old character came to her aid and she fought for control . |
| 11 | The nails scored the palms of her hands as she fought for control . |
| 12 | She was seething , and was not certain , as she fought for control , that she would n't physically lash out at him yet . |
| 13 | Her face now against a tweed back , she fought for breath , struggled and pushed , moaning as another icy drop flowed down her body and set off the pain . |
| 14 | He slammed his body into hers , bending her back , kissing her so hard that she fought for breath . |
| 15 | Theda held her while she fought for breath , taking in great gasps of air . |
| 16 | Nicolo stared at her as she fought for self-control . |
| 17 | She lived for occasions and would not miss one for the world . |
| 18 | When she turned on her mother , her face was scarlet and her double chin wobbled as she sought for words . |
| 19 | Desperately she sought for excuses when she knew there was none . |
| 20 | she said she got for Christmas |
| 21 | To her relief , Elinor was not slumped on the floor ; deathly white , she clung for support to the silver brocade hangings of her bed . |
| 22 | She asked for identification and we 'd urge all parents to do the same . |
| 23 | ‘ And she asked for Tutilo ? ’ |
| 24 | When she asked for Sergeant MacDonald there was a pause , then the man on the other end of the line told her to wait . |
| 25 | She did nothing much about it — Eismark was still just somebody in shipping , not a politician — and it was only when he came onto the Secretariat that she asked for money to do some more work about it . ’ |
| 26 | The incident delayed the Wardair Airbus on its flight to Toronto by three hours 11 minutes and she asked for compensation of more than £1,500 . |
| 27 | She refused to budge until she 'd got one or two matters in order , and , ignoring the fact that he looked ready to go and hunt up her bag himself if she did n't soon move herself , ‘ Is it all right for you to invite me to Mr and Mrs Hepwood 's home ? ’ she asked for starters , and braved his acid glance that said he 'd hardly be likely to issue an invitation if it was n't . |
| 28 | It was finally answered by a man who spoke with an artificial , lazy drawl and was suspicious when she asked for Urquhart by name . |
| 29 | Apparently Miss Duncan is having some kind of attack , and she asked for Niall . ’ |
| 30 | Nevertheless they swallowed their wounded pride and did all they could to help if she asked for advice . |