Example sentences of "[verb] her [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She made an inadequate attempt to neaten her cap , then fidgeted with her cuffs , keeping her back to her sister . |
| 2 | The previous afternoon at Wolverhampton Mrs Parrott had watched her West Orient come to grief when clear in a claiming event , but racing 's renowned great leveller came into play here . |
| 3 | The male responds by curling his body around the female and embracing her , turning her upside down . |
| 4 | CLIVE BRITTAIN turned User Friendly into a sprinter on Saturday morning to put her spot on for the Arc . |
| 5 | And she recalled her favourite Hans Andersen fairytale , the one that had brought her time and again to tears . |
| 6 | " She 's a Romany , not a colleen , and even if those nuns have taught her right from wrong , the temptation is too much . " |
| 7 | Maybe , thought the seal , who could feel the full warm muscles of Ocean drawing her south , maybe the shock of real heat would startle her into joy . |
| 8 | Mrs Allen , 56 , who passed her driving test a week after her 17th birthday , wins a year 's free membership of the RAC 's Reflex scheme . |
| 9 | I put , Marie Ann gave her daughter a Valium before she took her driving test . |
| 10 | Right from the start her north country sagas have come as original paperbacks . |
| 11 | She walks her West Highland White terrier Titch and tends her rose garden at her home in Brixton . |
| 12 | True as I 'm sitting here , ’ she said , draining her pint . |
| 13 | The interviewer wants ( a ) to find out if the informant is a full-time housewife and ( b ) if so , how she spends her working day . |
| 14 | She was accustomed to exercise for , each morning for the past two weeks , Sharpe had saddled her at three o'clock , then ridden her south to watch the dawn break over the Sambre valley , but this morning , hearing the crackle of musketry to the east , he had ridden the mare much further than usual . |
| 15 | Wenger ( 1984 ) , in discussing her North Wales data , argues that elderly people do turn to their children for support , but they do so reluctantly . |
| 16 | When Camille had choked on an Aztec cuff-link , a sizeable piece of jewellery such as had then been fashionable , Constance 's mum had held her upside down by the ankles and banged her until she disgorged it , while Scarlet had knelt in the unutterable anguish of one about to be bereaved , determining to destroy herself without hesitation should Camille not survive the experience . |
| 17 | Fortunately Chief Petty Officer Richard Saunders RN , my husband 's father , had taught him very early how to box the compass and he was able to bring her north of Scotland , round our north eastern seaboard and bring her in to Chatham dockyard for paying-off . |