Example sentences of "her at a " in BNC.

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1 He met her at a literary dinner a couple of weeks later .
2 He had been almost tempted to buy some from her at a discount until he remembered her prices .
3 Victor had bragged , absurdly , that he 'd had a five a.m. rendezvous with her at a private house in Cadogan Square , just before her flight to Poland , and that ‘ the earth had moved ’ .
4 She alleged that the doctor had told her at a seminar that she desired Lozano .
5 Laura shared rooms in the small terraced house with Alice Cox , a young lady who worked with her at a local Post Office .
6 And she 'd go on the demonstrations in it too , I 've seen her at a rally in a park dragging that beaded hem through the mud .
7 So impressed was I that I took Hellen to meet her at a later performance the same week .
8 I was talking to her at a women 's group meeting — we were playing records .
9 I 've never seen her at a meeting , but she could still be an associate member .
10 When my daughter was about four I enrolled her at a dancing school .
11 But later , finding myself sharing a sofa with her at a friend 's dinner-party , I mentioned the film and that I understood she had approved of it .
12 I want to thank that girl who spat at her at a bus stop .
13 HERE 'S someone to make tennis ace Monica Seles really grunt and groan — Hollywood heart-throb Pierce Brosnan , spotted with her at a tournament in Los Angeles .
14 He remained an active supporter of CND , boasted that his daughter had been conceived on an Aldermaston march , and had once horrified Margaret Thatcher by wearing his CND badge when he met her at a gathering of northern business people .
15 Hayling had introduced Casares-Roach to Walsh after meeting her at a Ford workers ' conference in Benidorm where she had been the translator .
16 Billy rowed across and followed her at a discreet distance .
17 Luckily Billy saw Harriet leave , carrying the second of the cubs , and followed her at a distance .
18 He took her down to the brasserie , sat with her at a corner table away from the main body of the room .
19 The tired horse faced a journey of at least twenty miles across heavy country so he kept her at a sedate trot .
20 One friend who watched their relationship deteriorate points to Prince Charles 's disinterest and total lack of respect for her at a time when Diana badly needed help .
21 One could imagine her at a shires garden party or a race meeting .
22 He looked up from the desk , caught her at a moment when , against her will , tears had filled her eyes .
23 As they walked he offered her his arm , unlike most punters , who followed her at a discreet distance .
24 ‘ Would you like a cup of coffee ? ’ he said to her at a station , and she grinned at him over the cardboard beaker , holding it with both hands .
25 The girl in the mack was scrambling again through the puddles in the dirt of the wreckers ' yard ; the invisible and soundless shots from out of frame felled her at a signal from Jean-Claude and the partisans rose from the auto hulks , their own guns blazing .
26 In spite of our scepticism , to our relief the first boat in that area to be investigated proved to match the photograph and we slunk off into the night , doused our lights , and prepared to follow her at a safe distance .
27 And then , walking behind her at a rather greater distance than might have been thought usual , came Linnet Gage in a dress that fell from her tiny waist as gracefully and naturally as a waterfall , each diaphanous tulle frill overlapping the other with perfect simplicity , her face as delicate and beautiful as rare porcelain , her blue eyes clouded by a dream of remote but tantalizing sweetness , which also touched the corners of her lips , raising them very slightly in a smile of which every man present must have wished to know the secret .
28 He should have realized that it was a poem that Miss Gilberd herself had had drummed into her at a Girls ' High School in the West Riding , sometime in the nineteen-forties .
29 He thought he had the upper hand while she was trapped here , and he was right — it made her feel awkward and uneasy , put her at a disadvantage .
30 Behind her Rose followed her at a wheezing trot , keeping up with her , until she suddenly mastered the antiquated machine , and sped away , feeling like a Swiss mountaineer with his St Bernard dog , setting off on his errand of mercy .
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