Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] her [prep] [art] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In her present fragile state , an inquisition , no matter how well-intentioned , would have shattered her into a million pieces . |
| 2 | Dreams and reality had collided in her shocked mind with stunning force , sending her hurtling over the edge of that invisible precipice , and the fall had broken her into a thousand agonising pieces , like brittle shards of glass that could never be whole again . |
| 3 | But she did make two purchases from the hat and the dress departments with the money which J. D. O'Conner had given her for the two articles which she had written for him . |
| 4 | She felt as if she never wanted to go back into the house , as if it had tied her with a million cobweb fine lines , as the Lilliputians had trapped Gulliver , and that she could not get free . |
| 5 | I had taken her to the Three Tuns , and told the others to meet us there , on the basis that it was the second nearest pub to the scene of the demo and the nearest one to Seymour Street police station . |
| 6 | Some have described her as a 1920s version of much-admired Kate Adie , who always appears to be in the thick of things wherever the action is ! |