Example sentences of "[verb] her [prep] [adj] a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 She shuddered , half laughing , the joy reaching her heart and enveloping her in such a wave of pleasure that she felt weak-kneed .
2 Found her on half an acre in Buckinghamshire with her mother and got her for my youngest lad .
3 And yet … the thought crept back just before she drifted off to sleep … it had been rather nice that he had actually noticed her in the past , and noticed her to such an extent that he was now in a position to compare the woman she 'd become to the girl she 'd once been .
4 She had not missed the fact that the coffee-table was piled high with past copies of Query and his arrogant manner was beginning to annoy her to such an extent that she was just about ready to storm off through the door and let Mr Parnham make of it what he could .
5 What was it about him that constantly stirred her into such a state of agitation ?
6 Never seen her in such a state .
7 Have n't seen her in quiet a while .
8 This picture , the third in Faye 's series , focused more fully on her face and the likeness of features and form was very good , but it showed her with such a yearning , wistful expression that everyone who saw it and knew her would think her life had been one long secret sorrow .
9 ‘ Good heavens , ’ she flew , feeling outraged that he could suspect her of such a thing , ‘ I would n't dream of asking him questions about you ! ’
10 To aid her in such a duty Nature has wisely provided her with the sexual appetite slightly developed ’ .
11 He wondered how much it would cost to buy her for half an hour .
12 Dr Neil — she could not think of him as Neil — was careful to hold her in such a way that she felt no restraint , although his own self-control was slowly beginning to slip .
13 She was n't used to expressing such volatility in front of anyone , and it confounded her how a total stranger , and a man she disliked into the bargain , was able to stir her to such an extent .
14 His exclamation endorsed her suspicion , but why should he be regarding her with such a look of furious triumph on his face ?
15 No doubt he was getting a great deal of macho satisfaction at finding her at such a disadvantage .
16 Shelley stayed in her villa , regretting the incident , yet blaming her chief for not preparing her for such a patient .
17 What on earth had Fernando done and said to her to get her in such a state ?
18 It is not intended to place her in such a state of independence as might seduce her to devote her time to the idleness of Poetry …
19 But actually I had her for half an hour to the commands and everything .
20 She had been determined not to give anything of herself away to him , but he had succeeded in antagonising her to such a pitch that she almost could n't help herself .
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