Example sentences of "her [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As she moves , the ears on her legs keep her oriented in the direction of the call . |
| 2 | He took her with him on his visit because he could n't bear to let her disappear without finding out more about her . |
| 3 | The woman busied herself in the kitchen and produced a plate piled high like a cairn with potatoes , and a huge pot of tea , and then resumed her knitting by the fire opposite her husband . |
| 4 | The first stage of Dawn 's training was to make her sit on my fist properly , which meant getting her used to people , and to wearing the jesses and swivel and everything that had caused Barny to go berserk . |
| 5 | Made her sit on the sofa , poured a glass of brandy . |
| 6 | Every evening he made her sit with him and ordered her to say to him , ‘ You are very handsome , my lord . ’ |
| 7 | Dr Neil registered how withdrawn she was , and once they were back home hot , sugary tea was poured down her in a constant stream , and then , despite the warmth of the day , Matey put a shawl around her shoulders and made her sit near the fire . |
| 8 | Well perhaps there was n't room for her sit in the back ! |
| 9 | A few minutes earlier Ruth would have welcomed the idea of everyone going off to sleep ( not that Sean showed any sign of doing so ) as an opportunity for her to indulge in her own thoughts , but the fits of uninhibited laughter had restored her to something nearer to normality , and at last she was present with her companions in mind as well as in the flesh . |
| 10 | But he certainly was n't going to encourage her to indulge in nerves or old memories . |
| 11 | Although the radio monitoring system used by Siobhan Fahey allowed her to indulge in some frenzied dancing during the songs , it did her no favours in the vocal projection stakes . |
| 12 | When the mother complained of a headache she was given an overdose of anti-depressants and tranquillisers which caused her to lapse into unconsciousness . |
| 13 | Let her make of it what she would . |
| 14 | At her first appearance in the rose pink blouse , her father 's eyebrows and icy glower had caused her to redden under his gaze but for once , her mother 's slight head-shake had caused Jonadab to bite his tongue and he had made no comment to Martha . |
| 15 | For example one woman set fire to her kitchen accidentally and the carer , her neighbour , realised that it would not be safe for her to remain at home ; another carer , a husband , found himself becoming so stressed that he struck his wife ; he then requested institutional care . |
| 16 | For example : I expect her to obey me when I make a reasonable request or command , so that , if ( say ) I ask her to remain at the table until she 's finished her meal , she does so without endless arguments or fits of temper . |
| 17 | Now that Hilary was three years old , Stephen had made it clear to his own mother that the necessity for her to remain at the Manor was past . |
| 18 | Eliza was now six months pregnant , and Lady Franklin extended a ‘ pressing invitation ’ to her to remain at Government House for the rest of her confinement . |
| 19 | The judge will decide whether to grant a ‘ residence order , ’ allowing her to remain at her new home . |
| 20 | By now her hiding-place had become far too dangerous for her to remain in it for much longer . |
| 21 | He pays her to remain in obscurity , fearing she may reveal the respectability of his origins . |
| 22 | She has a highly interesting job which allows her to remain in close contact with patient care . |
| 23 | To Hugh she seemed beautiful and he delighted , somewhat guiltily , in having her eat opposite him . |
| 24 | Even finding food was difficult , as Filon , the Empress 's secretary , discovered when he went to find some soup for her in an attempt to make her eat after nearly 36 hours with virtually nothing : |
| 25 | ( I thought this very over-optimistic on her part but let her persist in the delusion . ) |
| 26 | Thousands who heard her singing to the troopships passing through Durban remember ‘ The Lady in White ’ , and there will be many who will appreciate the opportunity of hearing her story through the medium of audio tape . |
| 27 | Bathsheba stands framed and illuminated by lamplight in the window as Gabriel , outside with the men , accompanies her singing on the flute , and Boldwood , to her left within the room , hums the bass line . |
| 28 | D' you think I should stop her singing in that club ? ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Perhaps you would be good enough to let her answer for herself . ’ |
| 30 | To enable her to drive through the streets with him in an open carriage and be jointly greeted at receptions , he decided in 1914 that , on the anniversary of his marriage , he would inspect the army in Bosnia , of which the capital was Sarajevo . |