Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] her " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of them turns her tired beam on us . |
| 2 | I presume your next unhappy task will be to inform Madame Gebrec that you have found nothing to support her contention ? ’ |
| 3 | Mrs Bottomley , 44 , has been dubbed variously ‘ the milkmaid ’ and ‘ golden Virginia ’ , but the epithets do nothing to promote her cleverness and political acumen — she coined the jibe ‘ scaring not caring ’ on Labour 's health pronouncements . |
| 4 | Around the huts he had avoided all contact with her and although they stood side by side listening to her husband , he did nothing to acknowledge her existence . |
| 5 | She coped with the frankly curious looks of the men , one of whom made her blush as he kissed her hand by saying , ‘ No wonder Ludo does not get out of bed in the morning . ’ |
| 6 | She 'd arranged with the school for me to see her results and report later when she phoned from the villa . |
| 7 | ‘ Jake 'd have wanted me to see her right ; but she 'll never take a penny piece off me … ’ |
| 8 | Everyone expected her relationship with Gerald Grosvenor , the Duke of Westminster and Britain 's wealthiest aristocrat , to end in marriage . |
| 9 | There must be a world of delight beyond Roundhay , where Victor Sylvester always plays and all the men are gentlemanly and such wonderful dancers and my mother spinturns for ever in their arms or elegantly allows them to light her cigarette . |
| 10 | It is the responsibility of the clinical teacher to ensure that everyone understands her role and the important part she plays in nurse education . |
| 11 | As the train drew into Bodmin , Alexandra found herself clasping her own hands so tightly she could feel the seams of her gloves grinding into her flesh and wished , passionately for the visit to be a success , for them to like her house , approve of what she had done — and above all , to leave her alone to do it . |
| 12 | The touch of them made her heart turn over . |
| 13 | A quick survey of the distant marquees did nothing to restore her equilibrium . |
| 14 | The log-fire in the drawing-room and Father puffing his pipe as he rustled The Times , Mother reading a novel , Melanie on the fur rug between them buffing her nails and the rain snarling against the windows so that the fireside seemed even cosier . |
| 15 | Lydia asks me to pass her thanks to everyone who has contributed so generously to the campaign and says that while little has changed in the way of living conditions for the prisoners and their families , the campaigners are confident of their victory . |
| 16 | Everyone has her own definition of contentment . |
| 17 | And yet he said nothing to provoke her outburst . |
| 18 | It 's a seated gig , and there 's no-one to catch her fall . |
| 19 | I could tell mum was leaning forward , trying to get me to meet her eyes , but I just frowned , and with my moistened finger-tip cleared my plate . |
| 20 | Not quite sure how to broach the subject , and not wishing to be indiscreet , she murmured awkwardly , ‘ I do n't quite know how to put this , but part of the reason for my visit was to try and trace someone who lived here a long time ago , only I do n't quite like to ask around , because the person I 'm looking for might not like it — might not want everyone to know her business . ’ |
| 21 | They know which boy each of them has her eye on , and if there is any clash of interest , they will deal with it in advance , too . |
| 22 | There seems nothing in the present arrangements to prevent two similarly disabled old people being in adjacent rooms in a nursing home , one of whom has her lifetime earnings bled down by ‘ community care ’ while the family of the other looks forward to an undiminished inheritance courtesy of the NHS . |
| 23 | Mrs Pipchin 's niece , Berinthia ( Berry ) , a middle-aged spinster whose exploitation as a drudge by her aunt does nothing to diminish her dog-like devotion to Mrs Pipchin . |
| 24 | ‘ She did not wish me to know her family . |
| 25 | What would happen to these two women who had done nothing to deserve her evil body and heart between them , what would happen to them when she was dead ? |
| 26 | " Everyone accepts her tale . |
| 27 | Mrs Zamzam agreed to let me photograph her and she sat a little unsteadily beside the wall of her home just in front of the cherry tree . |
| 28 | Faye demanded , in her pert , pretty way that did nothing to hide her seriousness , why all these plans had been made without a meeting to get everyone 's approval ? |
| 29 | Luke smiled again , reaching across the few inches of space Fran had managed to leave between them to catch her hand and raise it to his lips as he pressed a lovingly tender kiss to her fingertips . |
| 30 | And er she says like when I think of me keeping her child overnight and all before it 's in hospital and running down to hospital three or four times when he was in the hospital , and taking him sweets and all , and she says she 's treating me like shit . |