Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] her [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 She could not imagine who might want to see her at this time on a Saturday morning .
2 She says a man tried to abduct her in similar circumstances around the time of the murder .
3 It is not recommended to exercise her in this condition , because of the unwelcomed attention she will receive , and the risk of her becoming pregnant .
4 Was there an intention to try to blackmail her in some way as well as Derek ?
5 I want to ask her about this issue .
6 Fortunately they were not called upon for the supreme test , however , for Alice scooped her up from behind and tried to propel her into safer water .
7 But after a while he augmented the phone calls with occasional visits , and as the summer wore on came to see her with increasing regularity , eventually as often as his professional commitments allowed .
8 It seems that she had fallen in love with him but she " did n't know where I was at all " with him ; he would be most affectionate towards her and then , for no apparent reason , seemed to avoid her for protracted periods .
9 Something must be done to free her from this grip .
10 Neither ailment had been positively identified when she arrived at the Royal and it was decided to transfer her for further investigation .
11 This man she 's married finally came to his senses , but he was refusing to marry her at one point .
12 I remembered that I had promised to see her about some poems she had written and had nervously asked me to read .
13 He looked as if he would like to sear her with another acid remark but he remained silent , as she did , apart from a few non-committal remarks , all through dinner .
14 I mean , as I said to my hubby later on , we did n't scrimp and scrape to send her to Hutchy Girls so she would grow up to give us grandweans saying merr , flerr and sterr .
15 Two days later , Clare 's mind was unexpectedly diverted from her personal problems — no job , no man — when the CND office telephoned to ask her for voluntary evening help : they were organizing another protest after a nuclear accident .
16 The geography of Boiotia might to a shallow observer seem to suit her for naval hegemony .
17 She said , I 'm going to see her she said and if she has it on I 'm going to take her on one side and I 'm going to say , Miss Anderson will you let me tell you how to dress .
18 away till Thursday well we wo n't see her Wednesday and I 've got to tell her about that Mrs what 's her name that 's
19 I was going to tell her about proper beef stock , but the girl has to walk before she can run .
20 Spennymoor impresario John Wray met Angie last summer and was inspired to book her for several tours of the North-East .
21 He ignored the partially melted ice , and began to shaft her with unbounded enthusiasm .
22 He began to take her to antique shops , sought out trade exhibitions of fabrics and contemporary furniture , bought her books on design — on Bauhaus , which brought him back to his own youth , on the Viennese Secession with its decorative flights and insistence on utility .
23 He straightened to kiss her with lazy possessiveness on her mouth , his tongue devouring her even as he was impatiently unbuckling the waist of his trousers , dispensing with the remainder of his clothes with rough masculine haste .
24 ‘ I am dead in law ’ — but of the girl he denied that he had ‘ attempted to vitiate her at Nine years old ’ ; for ‘ upon the word of a dying man , both her Eyes did see , and her Hands did act in all that was done ’ .
25 Lady Elizabeth Hoby was a striking woman in more ways than one ; her portrait seems to endow her with more strength and resolution than actual good looks .
26 St Matthew 's seems to suit her for some reason .
27 Every night I go to see her in different plays and she 's always wonderful . ’
28 and I , I went to see her in open evening , I could n't understand her , cos she you know , she real , I mean she is French
29 ‘ Is Francesca still in New York ? ’ the brat was asking anxiously , and McLeish , who had not wanted to discuss her in this company , found he had to reassure Jamie about her whereabouts and probable date of return .
30 Now they have aerial wires attached to the masts and they made me think they must intend to use her for some sort of electronic surveillance .
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