Example sentences of "[verb] her [noun sg] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Everything I 've said about the training of Dawn might lead you to think it 's just a question of patience and keeping her weight at the right level , but there really is much more to it than that . |
| 2 | Your mam 's so good with them — she 'll make sure Danny does n't get into mischief and see that Lilian has her bottle at the right time . ’ |
| 3 | Maggie was stabbing her finger at the different plates on the table , and her aunt wagged her head and pursed her lips before she said , flatly , ‘ I 'm courting one of the airmen ; he comes to Donald 's farm . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Oh , she changed her mind at the last moment . |
| 5 | He leaned across with the bottle , and she realised that she 'd almost drained her glass at the first attack . |
| 6 | Of course she sold her house at the wrong time . |
| 7 | Lips compressed into a thin line of tension , she strode along the corridor and into her office , wrinkling her nose at the musty smell of stale air . |
| 8 | In between driving lessons — she passed her test at the second attempt she was much in demand as a babysitter by her sisters ' married friends while Sarah used her to make up numbers at her frequent dinner parties . |
| 9 | She spent £3,000 on driving lessons over four years before passing her test at the 29th attempt . |
| 10 | Perhaps the old gods had been listening , when she 'd made her wish at the Trevi Fountain . |
| 11 | She should be able to move in by the end of next week , and I 'll never be so happy as when I wave her goodbye at the front door . |
| 12 | She paid her account at the Imperial Hotel , and with her maid staggering under six hatboxes followed by a small procession of luggage borne by sturdy footmen , she climbed into a victoria to depart for the railway station . |
| 13 | She nodded her head at the cardiac monitor screen over against the far wall . |
| 14 | Famous writer and critic Marghanita Laski expressed her amazement at the strange treatment given to ‘ such words as those till recently written as f-dash and c-dash ’ . |
| 15 | Nancy Nevinson began her career at the Old Vic in the 1940's , working with Laurence Olivier , Ralph Richardson and Sybil Thorndike , in plays that included Richard III and Peer Gynt . |
| 16 | And Harriet Shakespeare , stumbling over the rough ground towards them , raised her voice at the same moment and yelled , ‘ Tug darling , it 's all right . |
| 17 | Gozitan legend says that a giantess built the temples single-handed , suckling her baby at the same time . |
| 18 | Pointing her finger at the misplaced moral fervour of the WSPU and the LNA , she claimed that these ‘ dabblers in debauchery ’ had set middle-class women on the rampage against an evil they knew nothing about . |
| 19 | and she was having her drink at the same time |
| 20 | She lost her nerve at the last minute . |
| 21 | Mrs Chalker , who lost her seat at the general election , faced giving up her job as Minister of the Overseas Development Administration and Britain 's leading representative at the European Bank , leaving a gap in the British team but will continue in her post from the House of Lords . |
| 22 | The woman whose title had baffled Eileen waved her hand at the other girl dismissively . |
| 23 | Ms Hoey , who strengthened her majority at the last general election in Vauxhall , which she first won at a by-election , has also caused a stir over Northern Ireland policy . |
| 24 | The appointment ended three weeks of political uncertainty during which Sheikh Hasina Wajed , leader of the second-largest party , the Awami League , challenged Begum Zia to demonstrate her majority at the first session of the newly elected Jatiya Sangsad ( National Assembly ) , scheduled for April 5 . |
| 25 | Clarissa clicked her tongue at the other end of the line . |
| 26 | ‘ She took her insulin at the right time , and ate properly ? ’ |
| 27 | It 's not fair on a man if a women undresses and then changes her mind at the last minute . |
| 28 | Making her debut at the Royal National Theatre in February , Frances Barber stars as a hotel manageress in Richard Eyre 's revival of the Tennessee Williams classic , The Night Of The Iguana . |
| 29 | It made him laugh to see her standing there , shaking her fist at the departing van . |
| 30 | Was he furious because she 'd led him on only to change her mind at the last minute ? |