Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] her [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he proposed to her on the last night I think she took him because , having been in her room for seven days , she 'd met nobody else and could n't bear to see her investment wasted . ’ |
| 2 | The unremitting contempt had become unendurable , although it occurred to her for the first time that Luke might actually resent her . |
| 3 | It occurred to her for the first time that there were a couple of curious anomalies in her childhood . |
| 4 | It occurred to her for the first time that there was no sign of a car , apart from her own . |
| 5 | On the premise that ‘ too many cooks spoil the broth ’ , he asks us to reiterate that day to day management of the Village is in the hands of the Warden , Mrs. Pat Holmes , and any guidance , questions or advice on such matters should be addressed to her in the first instance . |
| 6 | Nothing came for her by the first post . |
| 7 | Neither was she too happy about the epithet ‘ min skat ’ , which he 'd applied to her for the second time that day . |
| 8 | As she turned to wait for me at the end of the path , I felt I was looking at her for the first time : her face paler than her arms , a blonde shadow on her upper lip , no lipstick . |
| 9 | Daak was waiting for her beyond the next upright . |
| 10 | The Inspector turned to her for the first time , but if he was cheered by her observation he gave no sign of his approval . |
| 11 | Its bluish-black eyes seemed to focus on her for the first time . |
| 12 | Likewise , Mr Clark has had to explain that his remark to Mr Lamont ( ‘ I can see you were n't at Eton ’ ) is derogatory not of the chancellor but of Mr Clark 's alma mater , where ‘ you were surrounded by shits and knew what shits were , the sort of people who could vote against Her in the first round . |
| 13 | It dawned on her for the first time that perhaps the other woman had married for money . |
| 14 | She lived in a dream of love from the moment that he had bowed over her hand when she had been introduced to him by Daisy Warwick at Warwick Castle , and murmured , ‘ Not an American Princess , surely , but a true one , ’ and later that evening , dancing with her for the third time , he had said into her ear , ‘ And can a princess stoop to a mere marquess ? ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Kerry was in front of me at the start and I went past her on the second mile , ’ she said . |
| 16 | Julia tried to obey , as she tried to do everything he demanded of her over the next few days and as she tried to keep her misery and pain and fear from all of them . |
| 17 | He looked at her for the first time with real unease . |
| 18 | He looked at her for the first time since the beginning ; her head was still turned away , her hands over her face ; she had shown no further response to anything he had done . |
| 19 | Infected by his laughter the wife of the younger mandarin smiled , and Joseph looked at her for the first time . |
| 20 | Cheryl looked at her for the first time . |
| 21 | He looked at her for the first time and saw the tears on her cheeks that were glistening in the starlight . |
| 22 | Of the twenty original members it is likely that only two ( Sir Keith Joseph and Airey Neave ) voted for her on the first ballot for the leadershiP election in 1975 . |
| 23 | Once again she wished she understood what had happened to her in the last three months . |
| 24 | Sitting beside her in the first half were the managing director of Digital Equipment Mr Geoffrey Shingles , and the Chairman of the Sadler 's Wells Trust Professor Gerald Manners ; and in the second Mr Richard Martin director of Corporate Affairs at Digital , and Mr Jeremy Isaacs the Director of the Royal Opera House . |
| 25 | How did you come across her in the first place ? ’ |
| 26 | ‘ There ai n't no list , lady , ’ he said as he pushed past her with the first of the consignment . |
| 27 | He shrugged , leaning back in his chair , smiling at her for the first time with that devastating smile which made her heart beat faster . |