Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] to her [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She retreated to the kitchen to cook breakfast but the odd sentence floated to her through the smells of frying bacon and toasting bread . |
| 2 | These images came to her from the metal engravings of the conquest of Libya which had appeared in the illustrated journals ; she did not remember the different countries of the Italian empire in question , for all of Africa — Libya , Somalia , Eritrea alike — beat out a rhythm of adventure and spoils and heroism . |
| 3 | She lied to her father on the day of her escape when Lancelot says to her of the escape — Act 2 , Scene 5 , line 39–41 : |
| 4 | Midge had been waiting out in the studio for five hours , fortified by cups of tea brought to her by the friendly police constables . |
| 5 | Tim and Oliver were on the balcony , their voices coming to her across the warm stillness . |
| 6 | JANET Broadbent with the marketing award certificate presented to her by The Catering Guild . |
| 7 | She also asked for those who were unable to attend the AGM to be thanked for the lovely watch presented to her at the end of her term as Chairman . |
| 8 | When they had passed under the Ponte di Rialto , with a disappointing view of the backs of its double row of shops , she checked the directions given to her by the hotel clerk , and , along with a jostling crowd of people , some tourists , some locals , disembarked at Sant'Angelo . |
| 9 | She was not surprised when the girl turned to her with the dark remark , ‘ I wish he had n't come in just then . ’ |
| 10 | Every sound , every movement , told her what he was doing … the shoes placed neatly side by side , the braces flicked down over his shoulders , the trousers carefully folded and laid across the back of the wicker chair , his footsteps coming to her over the creaking floorboards ; every sound , every movement … he was touching her now , warm , tickling , smooth , his naked body moving up and down against her , his voice in her ear , soft and loving , fingers probing , his mouth on hers ; the gasp of excitement when he entered her , jabbing , hard , growing excited . |
| 11 | Now penurious ( ‘ I live , ’ she said , ‘ from mouth to hand ’ ) , and accepting her situation with great dignity and courage , she was striving to fulfil her ambition of taking the degree denied to her on the grounds of race years earlier at the University of Cracow . |
| 12 | Fernando turned to her from the fridge where he was taking out a bottle of wine . |
| 13 | Lightness and truth came to her with the wind 's speed . |
| 14 | A picture came to her of the shaggy wanderers huddling together in the bus shelter at the top of the road where she had been born and bred . |
| 15 | Harry 's ghost called to her from the stone skull of the castle . |
| 16 | But Edouard lied to her about the reason for the attack . ’ |
| 17 | Margaret was given gifts by many of the staff who also contributed towards a presentation made to her in the showroom . |
| 18 | Ruth heard Gran talking to her in the office — which was only a partitioned off slice of the kitchen , so Ruth could hear every word as she stacked the dishwasher . |
| 19 | Di wrote to her after the ceremony thanking her for all the work she had done for fellow cancer sufferers and for raising £40,000 towards the centre . |
| 20 | After her Essex Ladies team-mate Jenny Stoute had rushed on the track to embrace her , Gunnell then embarked on one of the slowest laps of honour imaginable as , draped in the Union Jack given to her by the crowd , she stopped to receive hugs from the fans . |
| 21 | After her Essex Ladies team-mate Jenny Stoute had rushed on the track to embrace her , Gunnell then embarked on one of the slowest laps of honour imaginable as , draped in the Union Jack given to her by the crowd , she stopped to receive hugs from the fans . |
| 22 | This is the story of how a woman made of iron emerged from the depths of a grocer 's shop in Grantham and , speaking with a strange tongue given to her by the God of Graven Images , Sir Gordon Reece , held a nation under her spell . |
| 23 | Like Hannah she is angry at the ideal presented to her by the advertising world , as she feels it has nothing to do with her , yet still has the power to make her feel dissatisfied . |
| 24 | The Inspector turned to her for the first time , but if he was cheered by her observation he gave no sign of his approval . |
| 25 | she was nearly retiring by the , no still the girls go to her at the school so she must have been going for , two or three years after we came up here , but I would be in the choir just , maybe two or three years . |
| 26 | The masks spoke to her with the voice of the past . |
| 27 | ‘ This is my favourite place , ’ Jeremy shouts to her above the music , ‘ fantastic girls here , really alive and witty . |
| 28 | Cathy Carne had a letter handed to her by the lawyer . |
| 29 | She 's always , she has had compliments paid to her in the past , has n't she . |
| 30 | Draped across the carved wooden lid of a nearby chest were the clothes given to her by the Queen . |