Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] she in the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had sat with her in the long dark evenings , had made sure she ate at mealtimes . |
| 2 | When I go past , I wonder what has been happening to her in the intervening years , and that 's very odd . ’ |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ I do n't know how you can even speak of her in the same breath . ’ |
| 5 | His opinion of her work , like his opinion of her as a person , really should n't matter to her in the slightest . |
| 6 | It was getting late and her youngest child , Tudor , who had accompanied her to the funeral , and was now waiting for her in the local hotel , would be growing anxious . |
| 7 | they were waiting for her in the old house : Louise , her mother , her aunt Bella and her grandmother , Irena . |
| 8 | She solicitously asked if all was well , sending constant messages to enquire if there was anything lacking , or inviting him to walk with her in the sweet-smelling orchard outside the convent church . |
| 9 | But what made her feel even guiltier was the simple fact that , somehow , no matter how hard she tried , she could n't imagine Arnie lying with her in the big blue bed . |
| 10 | ‘ We are at the bedside of the girl and are now starting to piece together what happened to her in the six hours she was in the hands of this maniac . |
| 11 | The somebody bent down , peering at her in the gloomy first light . |
| 12 | Silas stood still to stare at her in the dim light . |
| 13 | And however hard she tried to hide her intentions from Nils they were emblazoned around her in the electric blue of panic over the iridium crown of Steel City in the night . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Squashed against her in the tiny hall , he dripped water and spluttered apologies . |
| 16 | His words , in that elusively caressing accent , floated to her in the quiet little office . |
| 17 | He stared at her in the poor light that filtered through a tiny window above the door . |
| 18 | They looked at her in the flickering light of the matches . |
| 19 | I tried not to think of her in the feathery nightdress under the influence of the aphrodisiac . |
| 20 | TARA , the golden retriever with a theatrical bent , came face to face today with the two little girls who will star with her in the musical Annie . |
| 21 | Samuel , who lived with his mother until 1652 or later , collaborated with her in the 1640s in campaigning for religious freedom and upholding the autonomy of individual congregations . |
| 22 | In the spring , almost without knowing how it happened , she accepted Rachel 's invitation to go and live with her in the new house she was buying in London . |
| 23 | How long can you still live with her in the same house while making up your mind ? |
| 24 | It was as though all that had happened to her in the past year was suddenly before her , and all her own shortcomings into the bargain had landed on her in a heap , and were destroying her . |
| 25 | Once again she wished she understood what had happened to her in the last three months . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | How did you come across her in the first place ? ’ |
| 28 | People were squeezing by her in the general drift to get a look at him , and she let herself go with the crowd a little in order to see how he was doing . |
| 29 | She sees that Harriet is quietly gazing at her in the red firelight . |
| 30 | Certainly Stock , Aitken and Waterman and the guardian angel figure of manager Terry Blamey were waiting in the wings , but would they understand and care for her in the same way ? |