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Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] [verb] her [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1	The blue eyes were studying her with an intentness she found exceedingly disconcerting .
2	His partner had suddenly remembered her brothers were to meet her at the door and take her home ( an old trick , this ) .
3	The only way he knew to heal the pain of his humiliation was to punish her for the crime of leaving him .
4	Sue was beckoning her from the till .
5	Gaynor Wynne was filming her with a camcorder during a champagne reception at the Imperial Hotel .
6	Maggie was taking a plane to London that night and Sheila and Mona were driving her to the airport .
7	She also reveals how the actor who tried to make the world a better place was to rescue her from the brink again .
8	My sister 's job was to meet her at the bus stop with the wheel basket so she did n't have to carry it up the road .
9	It would n't be the first time that a man had lovingly supported a woman through crisis only to discover that when she was strong again his own need was to confine her in a dependent role .
10	Araminta was appraising her in a considering way .
11	But Michele was urging her down the steps , and the gondolier had reached up to assist her into the gently rocking craft .
12	His pole was impaling her to the absolute limit , and she began panting as if she 'd just run the four-minute mile .
13	Erika was not too sure about the girl in Pankow , half suspecting that Fräulein Silber was using her as a means of putting pressure on herself .
14	All these people were smacking her on the back , and touching her and congratulating her , and expressing surprise and delight .
15	At that same time in New Zealand , Billy Keith and his sister Roberta were playing war games in the back paddock and nine-year-old Billy was shooting her with a walking stick , but seven-year-old Berta would not lie down .
16	A Norwegian freedom fighter who knew the area was to take her to the nearby village , after which she was on her own .
17	But by then , Nicolo was hurrying her down the steps , out of the building , and into a black Mercedes limousine .
18	When , in the summer of 1983 , she went to England for a few weeks , she took a French companion whose role was to instruct her during every spare moment .
19	The young man was asking her about the room , about his chances of getting it , she suddenly heard .
20	Félix was regarding her with a look of amused tenderness .
21	She had guessed Robert and others were manipulating her as a chess piece in a game whose rules and ultimate aim were a mystery .
22	She had stayed at Thomas a while and now this officer was to put her on a stage for home .
23	Carolyn was ignoring her like a sulky child .
24	Josey was watching her from the other side of the fireplace .
25	Fabia got out , then found that before she could say a word , Ven was escorting her inside the hotel and waiting with her while she collected her room key .
26	( c ) When she raised the question of blood transfusions the only response was to lull her into a sense of false security , both the staff nurse , in her express words , and Dr. F. in his demeanour and the obstetrics staff nurse explicitly , all sought to indicate that it did not much matter since there appeared to them to be no prospect of a blood transfusion becoming necessary .
27	Lazy-lidded grey eyes in a dark , chisel-chinned face were regarding her with an insulting trace of laughter somewhere in their depths .
28	Guido was inviting her with a wave of his hand to take a seat on one of the sofas — there were four , all in soft pastel colours and piled with cushions .
29	Their eyes met , sheer delight in each other in both pairs , and then Luke was kissing her on the mouth with so much loving tenderness that she could n't speak for quite a while .
30	Niall Grant was the most disturbingly sexually arousing man she had ever met , and his nearness was affecting her in a way she had n't dreamed possible .