Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] she [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | So now you want to unload her on to the wretched Miss Plimsoll in the top form where she will cause even more chaos ? ’ |
| 2 | For instance , Charles Harvey has tipped her off about the new motorway but she pretends she does n't know . |
| 3 | Members of a Cardiff ladies ' rowing club tried to pull her out of the mud , but found the current was too fast , and the bitch ( yes , she is called Eric ! ) , too heavy . |
| 4 | Poppy dissolved into a quivering heap when staff tried to lead her out of the cage , so they suggested that I tried . |
| 5 | But as the writer Patience Gray , who has made her home in the Mediterranean , points out : ‘ Pounding fragrant things — particularly garlic , basil and parsley — is a quite tremendous antidote to depression … it produces an alteration in one 's being — from sighing with fatigue to inhaling with pleasure ’ . |
| 6 | Now a widow , Mabel has made her home in the compact whitewashed building , tucked in one of Whitby 's historic yards . |
| 7 | He tried to draw her back into the circle of his arms . |
| 8 | She glared at him , then scanned the road for anyone who might offer help if he turned nasty and tried to force her back inside the car , but , apart from an elderly woman walking an equally elderly terrier along the opposite pavement , the road was deserted . |
| 9 | Her work has taken her all over the world . |
| 10 | And Carolyn Dalzell , 18 , claims her landlord has thrown her out of the house blaming her for the fire . |
| 11 | The family has kept her away from the details of the attack . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ It would be unwise to try to move her back to the Rectory , ’ Tom Horrocks was saying . |
| 13 | And she had one or two hires including higher art and then somebody said oh that would be good for the P R department is looking for staff so she now is doing a superb job running a marketing operation , editing an internal newspaper it all herself and erm all of that I taught her , now I want to move her on to the stage where she can get professional recognition for this , now that is what I call an absolute beginner |
| 14 | Constanza tried to follow her out of the hotel — as she was very very upset , my grandmother — but Constanza was too late . |
| 15 | And after that we shipped — me and another feller , an Irish feller , a Belfast man — we shipped in an owd schooner called the Mount Blairie : it was an old thing that had been ashore at — in a little shipyard ; and they 'd done her up during the winter to give them men a job . |
| 16 | Then , deciding she was no political , just another stroppy trucker , they 'd handed her over to the locals , which was a big relief . |
| 17 | I understand it was your own stupidity in refusing to accept Silas 's ring until he 'd got her out of the house . |
| 18 | That was all , the slightest touch of his fingers on hers , but she was reminded of that other time he had touched her , when he 'd helped her out of the pool , and now , as then , something inside her responded to his touch . |
| 19 | Marian I know was Marian Anderson , the black singer , she sang on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on Easter Sunday morning in 1939 , it was freezing , they 'd locked her out of the concert hall she had booked . |
| 20 | Actually , I 've heard a little about your relationship from my aunt — like the fact that you refused to accept Silas 's ring until he 'd kicked her out of the house . ’ |
| 21 | It was as though he 'd kicked her hard in the stomach . |
| 22 | But he could remember the sound of her voice on the phone that morning , when he 'd called her up from the School , too well . |
| 23 | You did n't fall in love with someone in the space of a few days , just because you 'd finally succumbed to the lures of sex , or lust , or whatever had overwhelmed her ever since he 'd fished her out of the sea that first night … |
| 24 | Mostly , she remained an invalid , irritable , on edge and defensive , becoming panic-stricken if the slightest attempt was made to get her away from the house . |
| 25 | ‘ Narcissist , ’ I said , wanting to get her back into the subject ; but she dropped it . |
| 26 | He had n't meant to say it , but it was the effect of the beer and the movement of the ship and her sophistication , all things he could n't cope with together , so he 'd taken her down to the bar and they 'd had a couple more drinks to restore his confidence before the boat docked . |
| 27 | A while later , when she was finished and dressed and sitting alone , Charlie came to take her out to the taxi . |
| 28 | I 'll propose Emily 's report and , and in doing so I 'd like to say thank you to her for her sterling work this year , I think she 's done a terrific job erm and I 'd like to thank her personally for the help she 's given me over the year . |
| 29 | Alina had assumed that Belov was taking her to another of the buildings , but it seemed now that he was going to lead her out of the settlement altogether . |
| 30 | cos I think we 're going to lock her up during the day |