Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] her [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He more than filled the gap left by Alex ; his presence animated her with a mysterious excitement . |
| 2 | Peregrine interrupted her with a languid chortle and was properly admonished . |
| 3 | The blow caught her on the right side of her face , high on the cheek bone , beneath the eye . |
| 4 | Lady Constance visited some suffragettes imprisoned in Holloway gaol , and this experience transformed her into a public figure with a single-minded burning cause . |
| 5 | Her investments provided her with an annual income of well over a million dollars , in addition to the trusts and investments left to her directly by her husband . |
| 6 | Straightening up , Roman regarded her with an unreadable expression . |
| 7 | The brown eyes regarded her in a contemplative manner until he said , ‘ You must meet Matt . |
| 8 | Linda asked her on a sudden impulse . |
| 9 | Emotion stabbed her like a physical pain . |
| 10 | Woolley met her in a Belgian hospital in the summer of 1916 , after he had broken both ankles in a forced landing . |
| 11 | No — she did n't want to be locked away to die , yet as she rushed across the square she escaped death by inches from a dog-cart without noticing it , the magnet that was Christie Goldsborough drawing her in a straight line , through brick walls if need be , to get at him . |
| 12 | Her General Practitioner referred her to the surgical Outpatients Clinic where the surgeon examined her and placed her on the waiting list for stripping ( removal ) of varicose veins . |
| 13 | In January 1990 the Education Department provided her with a new tutor . |
| 14 | The predatory gleam in his eyes told her in no uncertain manner that he wanted her too . |
| 15 | It went against the grain to meekly obey , but the look in his eyes told her in no uncertain terms that she was standing on the edge of a minefield . |
| 16 | Brownie Owl was very sympathetic when Penny told her about the lost budgie . |
| 17 | Linda recognised her from the previous day at school . |
| 18 | Gregory sees her as the prime mover in this , while allowing for the importance of divine intervention in Clovis 's victory against the Alamans . |
| 19 | Markby joined her on the further side and they both stopped to watch as their bovine companions lumbered up and stood in a row staring at them expectantly , tossing muddy heads . |
| 20 | David followed her up the short path between the borders of spring flowers . |
| 21 | Captain Meredith observed her from the open door , as did Miss Jarman . |
| 22 | The formalist critic dismisses her as a serious contender for the mantle of ‘ modern artist ’ due to a perceived lack of innovation and refusal of the essentialist mandate of formalism . |
| 23 | It had been their intention to send her to a finishing school in France or Germany , but she had begged so hard to be allowed to stay where she was , with Breeze and Gay . |
| 24 | Calapaez rewarded her with a seven lengths win over Homme d'Affaire . |
| 25 | The sharp pang of disappointment seared her like a physical pain . |
| 26 | His words hit her like a sudden icy shower , and her self-control snapped at last . |
| 27 | Two quick steps took her to the vacated table where she seized the bottle of aquavit , neatly topping up both glasses . |
| 28 | Obediently she returned the gesture , meeting his mesmeric gaze , feeling the power of his appraisal bathe her in a tingling aura before taking a deep , refreshing swallow . |
| 29 | Well she 'd gone out through the door and the wind took her down the bloody street ! |
| 30 | He made no attempt to present her to the other man , however , apparently so deep in thought that he seemed to have forgotten her very existence . |