Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [vb pp] her [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She feels her Australian temperament has left her with fewer inhibitions than her European counterparts . |
| 2 | If the words had chilled her at first hearing it was more because of the cold light they cast on the woman 's most intimate life than for any reference to her own innocence . |
| 3 | Steve Cauthen had partnered Pebbles in her first three races of the season but Pat Eddery had ridden her with sublime confidence in the Champion Stakes when Cauthen was claimed for Slip Anchor , and it was Eddery who had the mount at Aqueduct . |
| 4 | ‘ No , ’ said Miranda , remembering that Angus had warned her about this . |
| 5 | I 'm not usually stuck for words , ’ she went on , thinking of the successful extempore speeches she had made in court when her clients had led her into all sorts of impossible positions . |
| 6 | Kirsty 's solvent abuse has left her with serious health problems . |
| 7 | Jane believes that her mother was often stressed to the point of despair at this time , ‘ … that she suffered all the torments and tribulations of every working mother without anything in her background , education or make-up having prepared her for such an emotional wrenching . ’ |
| 8 | Olga , the brighter of the two , had clamoured to be allowed to go to college in Tollemarche , and both parents had encouraged her in this , hoping she would become a school-teacher ; but she had met Boyd Stych and got married instead . |
| 9 | The girls ' parents had held her in high regard and they had become firm friends . |
| 10 | There was the sound of feet being carefully wiped on the doormat , as once sharply requested by Mrs Stych soon after her marriage had taken her into polite circles . |
| 11 | Roirbak had mistaken her for another boy : a skinny , awkward creature , but pretty in her own way , he conceded . |
| 12 | She was accustomed to exercise for , each morning for the past two weeks , Sharpe had saddled her at three o'clock , then ridden her south to watch the dawn break over the Sambre valley , but this morning , hearing the crackle of musketry to the east , he had ridden the mare much further than usual . |
| 13 | Basquiat 's estate , administered by his accountant father , still faces lawsuits from a dealer asking for $900,000 for three paintings Basquiat had promised her in 1982 but never delivered . |
| 14 | As it was , the presence of the tall endocrine specialist had robbed her of most of her appetite . |
| 15 | Once , a fortnight later , when Simon had invited her to another test day , and then in July at the British Grand Prix . |
| 16 | ‘ This business has knocked her for six . ’ |
| 17 | Her therapist had warned her about this . |
| 18 | Dara had handled her with humiliating ease , and no doubt could continue to do so if their paths were ever to cross again . |
| 19 | Her evidence was that being interviewed by two senior police officers had put her in considerable fear and trepidation and that her confession was accordingly not a true one . |
| 20 | ‘ As Londoners , desperately worried about the present route of the Channel tunnel , what do we say to those who think the Talis alternative is beneficial ? ’ — Chris Fraser , Peckham ‘ Out of the huge crowd of demonstrators , a woman ran out and thrust a baby in my arms — then she vanished ’ — Kenneth Clarke , Secretary of State for Health ‘ Polluted rivers , filthy streets , bodies bedded-down in doorways are no advertisement for a prosperous or caring society ’ - Michael Heseltine ‘ We know that God has endowed her with that great quality of not fidgeting when it is necessary to come to grips with prickly nettles … |
| 21 | I can not believe so many people have attacked her for petty reasons , like here lack of smiling . |
| 22 | No man had kissed her like that . |
| 23 | She was no longer in the habit of being late : her life had schooled her to temporal accuracy , perhaps to being considerate . |
| 24 | Nothing in her life had prepared her for this wanton fire , burning and aching inside her . |
| 25 | The constant upheaval of her life had parted her from any close friends and her own quiet , withdrawn manner kept most people at arm 's length . |
| 26 | And then , unexpectedly , she was assailed by the strangest feeling that a greater force than Aunt Bertha had sent her to this place . |
| 27 | Whenever the two women were together , the conflict of loyalties had torn her in two . |
| 28 | How could her obviously unrequited love have brought her to such a low , pathetic state ? |
| 29 | Mandy had plied her with tender loving care until the tears had come . |
| 30 | ‘ You 'll like Bertie , ’ Evelyn had promised her with characteristic misjudgement , ‘ he 's very with it ’ . |