Example sentences of "her do [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | People wept , and my mother embraced my father ; I had never seen her do such a thing before . |
| 2 | She even very kindly offered to attend to things , but I would not let her do that because I knew I had to face up to my responsibilities . |
| 3 | Tucker saw her do that and decided what kind of a woman he was dealing with . |
| 4 | But pride would n't let her do that — pride insisted she at least made an effort . |
| 5 | What had made her do that ? she wondered . |
| 6 | She tried to ease her hand out from under his but met with a resistance that could only have been overcome by struggling , and pride refused to let her do that . |
| 7 | Yeah that 's the first time I 've seen her do that , come on you little madam , come on you little madam , let's go and find granddad at work , I know you 're a baby well come on |
| 8 | But then , even as a child she 'd usually persuade him to let her do this or that against his better judgement . |
| 9 | ‘ First get her to do all the cooking ’ |
| 10 | Well I think , I think she 'll be that fed up being here all that time , she 'll be glad to get back to America to be quite honest with you Chris , what is there for her to do all that time ? |
| 11 | Only when I keep getting her to do all this typing for me . |
| 12 | I says you 're taking them whether you like it or not , I said you promised , you think , you know it was really difficult you know , I do n't ask her to do much |
| 13 | Can I really expect her to do that for the rest of my life ? ’ |
| 14 | He did not want her to do that , to draw the attention of his colleagues . |
| 15 | Her own feelings swung so violently between attraction and a very real fear and hate of what he 'd forced her to do that she was still as prickly as a porcupine in his presence , unless they were talking about work . |
| 16 | Luke Calder 's presence at the station was a fact of life , and she had to learn how to handle it or give up her job , and pride would never allow her to do that and let him know he had won . |
| 17 | He had done a good enough job of getting her to do that already , and she 'd be damned if she was going to give him the satisfaction of letting it happen again . |
| 18 | Why had she felt so — so vulnerable , so edgy with him , that , when Cara was so desperate for her to do that interview , she had by her uppity manner just about said goodbye to all chance of that . |
| 19 | Well she ought they could I mean I want her to do that . |
| 20 | Not like her to do that . |
| 21 | On page eight , item one three two , can I draw committee 's attention to , says she , feverishly flicking through the pieces of paper , to a letter that John Patten has written to us , you 'll see what we asked Amanda to do on our behalf , Amanda Root , Women 's Sub also asked her to do that , and John Patten , surprisingly enough has written back , his private secretary has written back , she continues to say , ‘ Mr Patten is used to getting communications from Chief Officers conveying the views of committees , he has never had any correspondence from Sub-Committees through other officers ’ . |
| 22 | What probably happened was that she suddenly decided the time was right for her to do some publicity and she had something to talk about , her book , Elizabeth Takes off . |
| 23 | When her father died it had been necessary for her to do some kind of work and the training in librarianship had seemed the most suitable . |
| 24 | Then her hairdresser persuaded her to do some modelling . |
| 25 | She said she wanted to warn the Shah , but her husband forbade her to do any such thing . |
| 26 | Mrs Marsh already helps out but I really could n't ask her to do any more . ’ |
| 27 | Ben forbade her to do any such thing . |
| 28 | Yes if she 's coming out you mean you do n't , you do n't have to do it all tonight she wan might want to be talking about erm her grading a lot so you ca n't expect her to do any work until she 's got that out of her system she might want to go on for an hour or so . |
| 29 | He wanted her to do more than dig and weed . |
| 30 | Jess uncurled slightly and hooked an arm round the leg , hugging it to her side , scarcely enough breath left in her to do more than murmur : |