Example sentences of "[verb] her [noun sg] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had asked Christina to attend this meeting too , saying he 'd value her opinion on the revised pool plans which Paul was bringing in . |
| 2 | Trish , who has been representing her country for the last twelve years with such good horses as Manifesto and Michelangelo , only allows her horses to compete on decent surfaces . |
| 3 | Thérèse drew her forefinger across the cool iron and traced a zigzag . |
| 4 | Fran hurried across the street , weaving her way between the busy traffic towards the underground car park favoured by the staff at the radio station . |
| 5 | The final section will discuss her representation of the female body , especially in relation to contemporary ideals of beauty . |
| 6 | ‘ At that time , ’ recalls Vivien , who was the first British player to try her hand on the American Tour , ‘ the LPGA needed all the publicity and good will it could get . |
| 7 | She jerked her head towards the far wall . |
| 8 | She pushed into the dust , banging her head on the wooden underside . |
| 9 | Everything I 've said about the training of Dawn might lead you to think it 's just a question of patience and keeping her weight at the right level , but there really is much more to it than that . |
| 10 | She kicked off her shoes then crouched down in front of the stereo and traced her fingernail along the impressive collection of compact discs , selected one , and fed it into the machine . |
| 11 | Sycorax fainted , and Ariel bent her cheek to the discoloured cheek of the old woman and licked the salt that fell in her tears , and when she reached the cabin took her inside where the rush screens would keep the flies off her wounds , and made her as comfortable as she could on the ground , with fresh dressings on her burns , a cool soaked cloth on her forehead . |
| 12 | Your mam 's so good with them — she 'll make sure Danny does n't get into mischief and see that Lilian has her bottle at the right time . ’ |
| 13 | It is to the credit of such workers that they rarely feel animosity towards a member of the Royal Family who puts on a designer frock , gets into a chauffeur-driven car , spends a couple of hours meeting the afflicted and , as a result , has her picture on the front page of most national newspapers with the word caring prefacing every mention of her name . |
| 14 | Merrill dabbed her mouth with the big damask napkin and put it down . |
| 15 | And suddenly Morse knew where the body had been launched into the river and into eternity ; knew , too , that if Lucy Downes could so quickly arouse the rather sluggish libido of a Lewis , then it was hardly difficult to guess her effect upon the lively carnality of a Kemp . |
| 16 | A divorced woman can only use her former husband 's contribution record to establish her right to the basic pension and only provided she contributes in her own right as soon as the marriage ends and she does not remarry ( unless she is divorced over the age of 60 ) . |
| 17 | Delia Sutherland moved her scrutiny to the other palm . |
| 18 | During her walks , she doubtless ripened her belief in the moral purpose of clothing . |
| 19 | These were the ‘ bit more television ’ Blanche wanted to watch , since she believed they would help freshen her image of the murdered woman . |
| 20 | Apparently at this particular time there was a considerable amount of traffic on the road in question and traffic from one direction had halted in order to allow that the young girl and her friend to cross the road they began to cross on the zebra crossing but , as she reached the centre of the road Mrs was driving her vehicle in the opposite direction and she failed to stop the young girl , in her teens , was unable to take , avoiding acci action and she was knocked down as she crossed the road . |
| 21 | Quickly , Caroline scrawled her signature on the proffered form . |
| 22 | Walking up to him , the dignity she was trying to maintain spoiled when she caught her foot in the trailing bedspread and nearly fell over , she demanded , ‘ Hold out your hands . ’ |
| 23 | Shelley was surprised to find her chief in the medical centre . |
| 24 | She could still return through the woods , retracing the silent path , past the clearing and its ancient Eros with blank sightless eyes , moss flaking from its pedestal like old scales , to find her car beyond the padlocked gates , its paintwork shimmering in the heat . |
| 25 | ‘ On the dole , more likely , ’ says Sandra , suppressing a yawn , and checking her appearance in the mirrored wall behind her mother 's back . |
| 26 | There was something very attractive about delaying her return to the poisonous atmosphere of the office . |
| 27 | Maggie was stabbing her finger at the different plates on the table , and her aunt wagged her head and pursed her lips before she said , flatly , ‘ I 'm courting one of the airmen ; he comes to Donald 's farm . ’ |
| 28 | One whiff of the opened container will make an on-heat goat wag her tail in the characteristic manner . |
| 29 | She eventually found her way to the social services department . |
| 30 | Was it too much to think that that dying little creature with the last of her strength had carried her kitten to the only haven of comfort and warmth she had ever known in the hope that it would be cared for there ? |