Example sentences of "it [verb] her " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the first time , Jane became aware of anti-Semitism , and it horrified her . |
| 2 | It horrified her to hear her own voice screaming at her husband for his indolence but she could not help herself . |
| 3 | It horrified her to think how foolish she had been and she could only excuse herself on the grounds that she had suffered some kind of fit . |
| 4 | It was yet another dig , and again Shiona felt it bruise her . |
| 5 | She could put up with that if it got her to a city , or within reach of a ve-hickle she could scav . |
| 6 | At least it got her out of his office without more lecturing , and when Glyn presented himself rather smugly she told him smartly that she intended to go to France and she intended to go alone . |
| 7 | She felt very nervous , but she remembered that Roger Kenyon had implied that the Rossitters were nice people , and it buoyed her up . |
| 8 | But he does n't , and my mother wo n't tell him to go , because she 's never in her life told anyone to go , it is n't in her , but he 's grinding her into the ground , she ca n't work , she ca n't concentrate , he keeps talking to her all the time , and the baby cries , and it upsets her , for all that she keeps saying it does n't , and that it takes her back to the happiest years of her life , when we were all in plastic pants , I suppose she means , except I think we all had to wear wet woolly leggings , she had this thing about plastic pants being unhealthy . " |
| 9 | It was pleasant to feel needed by an attractive older woman , it amused her when Lucy pecked her goodbye . |
| 10 | Her smile , as she gazed into the camera , was wry and mocking , as though it amused her to find herself in the traditional pose of a mother . |
| 11 | It amused her to think she carried on as if he were n't there . |
| 12 | It amused her . |
| 13 | It was as if she needed it to support her . |
| 14 | That was n't it passed her on we went . |
| 15 | The Virgin bent her head to the dove in pictures of the Annunciation , and it pierced her through the ear , bringing her the Word that was life itself , down into her womb ; that was what Rosa wanted , Tommaso 's mouth next to her ear , until she , like the woman with her lover in the doorway , would wriggle and gasp . |
| 16 | It smashed and he picked up one the table legs and used it to hit her . ’ |
| 17 | But she had to admit that , realistically , he probably meant that she annoyed him beyond measure and that he was hard put to it to treat her civilly . |
| 18 | But the sight and feel of it nerved her . |
| 19 | She was attacked as she played in a children 's playground as she bent down to stroke a dog tied to a post it attacked her . |
| 20 | Not only would it make her feel almost as grown up as Paula and Louise , but Pete Jackson , with whom Sally was hopelessly in love , was certain to be there . |
| 21 | What did it want her for ? |
| 22 | You should never attempt to dominate her simply because she is living in your home , for when you invited her to come to live with you it became her home too — the only home she has now , and she must be allowed to remain her own woman . |
| 23 | She knew it became her . |
| 24 | Carrie said , ‘ Did she — I mean , did it hurt her much ? |
| 25 | I 've spoken to Ockleton , just as Heather did , and what he told me has led me here , just as it led her . ’ |
| 26 | It was not so long a walk , though it led her back in twenty minutes through a year and a half of her life , and was quick with memories both sharp and sweet . |
| 27 | Although she decided , after an agonizing period of inward questioning , to continue with the pregnancy , it led her and her husband to reject their rigid moral position : ‘ We will never pressure any woman not to have an abortion . |
| 28 | It led her to believe that her deluded behaviour was within the realm of the acceptable when it was not . |
| 29 | That there was a pattern for her in Lermontov 's novel is conceivable : but it ca n't be claimed that it fits her with exactitude , or that it provides an explanation of her conduct . |
| 30 | yeah , well she bought some trainers for her little girl and she does n't want to show her , she did n't know what size to get so she took of it to see what size it was , and I said well Natalie 's a thirteen , that 'll be a thirteen if it fits her . |