Example sentences of "[noun] [vb pp] 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 | Midge had been waiting out in the studio for five hours , fortified by cups of tea brought to her by the friendly police constables . |
| 3 | JANET Broadbent with the marketing award certificate presented to her by The Catering Guild . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Harry 's ghost called to her from the stone skull of the castle . |
| 8 | Margaret was given gifts by many of the staff who also contributed towards a presentation made to her in the showroom . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Cathy Carne had a letter handed to her by the lawyer . |
| 14 | She 's always , she has had compliments paid to her in the past , has n't she . |
| 15 | Draped across the carved wooden lid of a nearby chest were the clothes given to her by the Queen . |
| 16 | Although the papers referred to her as the Peace Mother she had not been active in the Peace People . |
| 17 | She has three spells dealt to her at the start of the battle in the usual way as described in Warhammer Battle Magic . |
| 18 | The friend was a newspaper reporter and the money was in fact paid to her by The Mail on Sunday , Gavin Lightman QC , representing the magazine in an appeal for a new trial , said . |