Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] her the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Chancellor of the Exchequer , Kenneth Clarke tells the programme how she once asked : ‘ Why do I have to do everything in this Government ? ’ and no-one had the nerve to give her the obvious answer — she did n't have to do everything . |
| 2 | Dot gave her the violet-patterned hanky that used to belong to Henrietta Forbes-Read to wipe her eyes . |
| 3 | Daddy and Mummy greeted her the next morning . |
| 4 | When Walter Ash rang her the next day she would not speak to him . |
| 5 | To her relief , she was back to full fitness in time for the British Stroke-Play at Southerness where a 78 and 77 carved out of near gale-force winds gave her the half-way lead . |
| 6 | The bus took a very long and roundabout route to Linby , through a dozen tiny villages and hamlets , but Cheryl thought the journey was worth it when Jessica handed her the promised signalling flags . |
| 7 | In Soho , hell-bent on a good time , her tremendous vitality made her the female counterpart of Minton . |
| 8 | There was no doctor , no magic seer to give her the golden branch and lead her into the underworld , only yet another pretty young woman , the radiological technician . |
| 9 | The panic attacks gave her the perfect excuse , as no blame could possibly be attributed to her . |
| 10 | He was n't in the sitting-room , so , interested in the house in spite of herself , she started to explore , his absence giving her the perfect right to do so . |
| 11 | The bad news reached her the next morning even before she had finished dressing , and then before very many days had passed she found out her condition , and the skies really fell in for her . |
| 12 | She came out into the starlit night , and beckoned one of the battered taxis to take her the short distance to the Monte Samana complex . |
| 13 | Her age makes her the ideal candidate for a pension mortgage . |
| 14 | The maids found her the next morning hunched up in the laundry cupboard on the landing , dozing lightly . |
| 15 | You see a woman see a woman and your man did n't know where he was , and then she walked out one night and put her hand through the window and she ripped it from there to there and she said the doctors told her the only thing that stopped her the arm from coming off was the bone . |
| 16 | Anne showed her the black bottle . |
| 17 | The Royal Horticultural Society awarded her the Banksian medal in 1906 . |
| 18 | She had scarcely seen the Mercedes that had swung into the drive just as she 'd been about to go out , but by sheer instinct she had swerved to miss it , sparing only a glance in the mirror to tell her the other car was safe before speeding on her way again . |
| 19 | ‘ Collier gave her the necessary sum , and when she had received a receipt of payment from the agent , he duly robbed the agent of the money … |
| 20 | To put it another way : when the cat is on heat ( which she has n't been since the vet gave her the unkindest cut of all ) , nevertheless when she was , she had very little time for chasing moths hanging unsubtly round the fridge or cuddling up for a neck scratch . |
| 21 | A glance at her watch gave her the perfect excuse to leave immediately … |
| 22 | She had to smile when the busy reality met her the following day . |
| 23 | Joanna handed her the two syringes , then began fixing up the drip . |
| 24 | She had owned good horses such as Manicou ( who had won the King George VI Chase in 1950 ) and Monaveen ( who had finished fifth to Freebooter in that year 's Grand National as his royal owner 's first runner in the race ) , but in Devon Loch she had a chaser who apparently had all the attributes to win her the greatest steeplechase in the calendar : he was a big horse , strongly built and bold yet intelligent enough to look after himself in the hurly-burly of four and half miles and thirty fences . |
| 25 | The book gave her the academic credentials she needed , and from 1914 to 1945 she combined her local social work with acting as tutor in economics at St Anne 's and tutor-secretary ( 1914–19 ) for women students at Barnett House , Oxford 's centre for training in social work . |
| 26 | With that she saw me off with an invitation to visit her the next day after school but that I was to tell my parents in case they were worried where I was . |
| 27 | Said treasurer called her the SILLIEST woman he knew … |
| 28 | If you lack confidence in your ability to give her the right kind of help and comfort , but really want to do so , you have nothing to fear , because this probably means that you are much better equipped for the task than you imagine . |
| 29 | She 's arguing with the serving woman who 's lifted all the lids from the hot dishes to show her the succulent variety . |
| 30 | He skipped along the corridors and went to see Matron to tell her the good news . |