Example sentences of "[prep] her the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They said , ‘ Elizabeth , you are wonderful to look after her the way you do ’ , and ‘ Elizabeth , you are wonderful to cook as you do ’ , and ‘ Elizabeth , what would Hywel have done without you ? ’ and ‘ Elizabeth , what a difference you have made to the house ’ , and ‘ Elizabeth , Elizabeth ’ . |
| 2 | One night a drunken man had staggered after her the length of Rosamunde Street . |
| 3 | Not only , she was thinking , did n't Arnie look after her the way Guido did , but , far more alarming , there was something else he 'd never done . |
| 4 | This gave a man opposite her the chance to wonder why her breasts were so small . |
| 5 | Below her the muttering sunflowers continued their ghostly and invisible movement . |
| 6 | Then as he turned towards her the overhead lights that she had switched on to look through her dresses shone directly onto his face and she noticed how pale and drawn he looked , lines that were usually unnoticeable etched between nose and mouth , eyes almost feverishly bright . |
| 7 | Ruth sat on her bed and drew towards her the unfinished drawing of lions apparently devouring people — Christians probably , from the school 's Religious Knowledge . |
| 8 | The quicker he got rid of her the better . |
| 9 | In front of her the corridor divided again , running to the left and the right . |
| 10 | Toni Hutchinson stroked Alix 's arm , possessively , affectionately , wheedling out of her the story of the party of the night before : ‘ So you wore your blue dress ? |
| 11 | In front of her the motorway shimmered in the sun like the sands of a desert . |
| 12 | In the combats on either side of her the outer figure falls back and another bends swiftly forward to support him . |
| 13 | Ahead of her the doors to the lounge were open . |
| 14 | Aycliffe 's face , kind but serious , demanding of her the condemnation she could not give . |
| 15 | Ahead of her the canal turned in a broad left-hand sweep , its line dominated by trees until it disappeared beneath the parapet of a bridge . |
| 16 | In ‘ Barchester Towers ’ though it is actually Dr. Proudie who takes the position wanted by Dr. Grantly , he is made out to be a rather insignificant and weak person whereas Mrs. Proudie is seen at once to be strong and authoritative , too much so , and Trollope makes of her the kind of character a reader loves to hate . |
| 17 | Behind her the secretary floundered helplessly . |
| 18 | Behind her the sea glittered as the sun reflected off the waves . |
| 19 | Behind her the killing cold of night ; in front of her , black silhouette limned with jade and ruby , stood Zuleika . |
| 20 | Behind her the door-flaps clashed tiredly with the wind of someone 's movement in the common-room outside . |
| 21 | Behind her the miners had wrenched the door open angrily . |
| 22 | Behind her the door moved again . |
| 23 | The old lady sat herself on the red plush sofa and behind her the woodwork of the grand piano gleamed in the dim light . |
| 24 | Behind her the door opened . |
| 25 | She died in great pain , ‘ swollen out like a hogshead , leaving behind her the name of great lasciviousness ’ . |
| 26 | Behind her the enchanted dancers spun on ; the focus of the circle was now drifting along a violet-lit corridor . |
| 27 | Behind her the door crashed open , flung against the wall with a force that rattled the windows and sent the candles flickering wildly . |
| 28 | Behind her the door closed with a decisive snap . |
| 29 | As the door closed behind her the telephone rang and Amiss and Rachel spent several minutes in near-inarticulate exchanges of endearments and expressions of relief . |
| 30 | From behind her the baby 's howl turned to a high-pitched whine , like Concorde warming up . |