Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] her " in BNC.
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| 1 | That would certainly explain why he had n't taken her into the back close , or asked her out . |
| 2 | Mr Jordan 's advice to any woman who thinks her doctor has behaved unprofessionally or asked her to do something humiliating is to refuse straightaway and report the incident . |
| 3 | He had n't explained what he wanted , or asked her to call back , but Loretta 's resolution wavered momentarily . |
| 4 | He never took Kate home or mentioned her to his mother . |
| 5 | His green eyes pools of limpid clarity and wholly deceptive depth , but his swift grin wicked , Michele replied provocatively , ‘ I ca n't make love to a housekeeper or beat her into submission the way I could a wife , and , as I prefer my domestic arrangements to run without a hitch , I have to tread circumspectly . ’ |
| 6 | Was she real , or have I created her , or transmogrified her to suit a desired image of my own ? |
| 7 | They could not have raped her , or murdered her , or beaten her . |
| 8 | We never got angry with Kirsty or condemned her . |
| 9 | Loving concern : ‘ We never got angry with Kirsty or condemned her ’ |
| 10 | Not once had any man ever made her so mad … or roused her to such passion , a tiny treacherous voice whispered inside her head . |
| 11 | ( 2 ) An occurrence to which this section applies is one which — ( a ) affected either parent of the child in his or her ability to have a normal , healthy child ; or ( b ) affected the mother during her pregnancy , or affected her or the child in the course of its birth , so that the child is born with disabilities which would not otherwise have been present . |
| 12 | And he would have taken her , or directed her . |
| 13 | Although this is also true , we might not be surprised if the judge interrupted this witness and accused her of being facetious , or told her not to waste time . |
| 14 | Or shook her . |
| 15 | I do not know whether we dragons loved her or hated her ; her will was like iron , as fast clad as our scaled hides , but her heart was like a songbird in the morning and she was as lovely as the lilies of the field . |
| 16 | You may have loved her or hated her , agreed with her or violently opposed her , but not even her worst enemy could have accused her of spinelessness or a desire to be shielded from life 's little unpleasantnesses . |
| 17 | He had never touched her before , or kissed her . |
| 18 | In his absence she 'd been as nervy as a wildcat , jumping a mile every time someone spoke to her or touched her on the shoulder , expecting him to turn up out of the blue as he 'd made a habit of doing . |
| 19 | Maybe they 've gagged her — or killed her ! ’ |
| 20 | She has been discovered by the feminists , who have rescued her from being seen as a minor pastoralist ; but in certain cases , they have also subject her to psycho-symbolic sexual analysis which she would have loathed , or blamed her for not having cared more for sexual politics or stood out for lesbian sexuality . |
| 21 | In the year I had skippered Wavebreaker at least half of our married male charterers had either offered Ellen a job or pressed her to visit their offices the next time she passed through their city . |
| 22 | He would give a clear , coherent account of how and why he had stabbed , shot , strangled , gassed or electrocuted her . |
| 23 | She was right in that he should have either let her die or executed her . |
| 24 | So I 'd much rather seem a bit weak with Mrs Joe than shout at her , or hurt her , or hit her . |
| 25 | The old woman lay in her hammock , sleeping ; it was a time when she had taken a heavy dose , and he was able to lead Ariel out and let her walk before him , now and then turning to make sure he was not about to do something to her , put a halter on her or hit her , and she made for the fence and pointed over it and asked him with her hands and eyes if she could go there , beyond the stockade , into the receding forest , where the bromeliads pushed out their stiff blades , and the monkeys nibbled at mango fruits and threw them down when they were unripe with tiny rows of toothmarks like some sharp-fanged fairy child 's , where the birds of many colours screeched . |
| 26 | So I 'd much rather seem a bit weak with Mrs Joe than shout at her , or hurt her , or hit her . |
| 27 | Or slapped her gently , until a scent that was perfumed with tea sang through the real air to her and she identified one of the sea of aches as thirst . |
| 28 | Somehow John forced or persuaded her to achieve what she had found impossible before and , more important , he also won from her a performance of quietly expressive lyricism . |
| 29 | Though sometimes , the gentlemen chucked her beneath the chin absently , or gave her a sixpence , and one , even , pushed her for a whole quarter-hour on the swing . |
| 30 | ‘ Nobody cared for her or wanted her , she was alone and forsaken like a worthless rag . ’ |