Example sentences of "[verb] her [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But while these were unfortunate , and inclined to make Rachel crumple up her forehead and lecture her on the scientific method and the importance of mental clarity , there was no real danger in such remarks . |
| 2 | Starving her until the next evening , he coaxed her with pony nuts into a stall which Raimundo used for branding and saddling bigger horses , which was so narrow she could n't turn round . |
| 3 | Blood tests revealed Louise 's haemoglobin level was down and doctors referred her to the local hospital . |
| 4 | She refused the cold remains of the fish and chips , so he took the whole package out to the dustbin at the front of the house ( no need to worry her about the Sweet murder if she did n't know — and it appeared she did n't ) . |
| 5 | A short time later they went out to where a bay gelding and a grey mare were tethered and , after instructing her concerning the correct side to mount , he gave her a leg up . |
| 6 | She 'd firmly resisted her mother 's oft-repeated efforts to tempt her with the power-packed vegetable which she 'd seen the singing sailor-man so often greedily guzzle straight from the can . |
| 7 | In the second case , that where the wife agrees to become surety at the instance of her husband though she does not understand the effect of the document or the nature of the transaction , her failure to do so may be the result of the husband 's actually misleading her , but in any case it could hardly ever occur without some impropriety on his part even if that impropriety consisted only in his neglect to inform her of the exact nature of that to which she is willing blindly , ignorantly or mistakenly to assent . |
| 8 | In the meantime , while your kitten is polishing her hunting skills by stalking your feet , you can introduce her to the civilised way to eat . |
| 9 | He had manoeuvred her just right , pressing her into the tightest corner , standing squarely in front of her so that she had no choice but to stare into his dark , angry face . |
| 10 | She stared up at the granite-harsh features , trembling as much from the insidious effect of his hands on her back , pressing her against the male strength of his body , as from her growing anger at his arrogant , hurtful lack of confidence in her … |
| 11 | Lifting her with effortless strength to her feet , he cradled her against the hard strength of his own body . |
| 12 | She said that the sale provided her with the out-of-print material needed for research . |
| 13 | This provided her with the ideal opportunity to research and write a book about the local food , which resulted in the publication of The Taste of Cyprus ( Interworld Publications , £5.95 ) , an enjoyable look at seasonal Cypriot cooking . |
| 14 | A Salvation Army boy who was studying medicine invited her to the Christian Union . |
| 15 | Marina had that fabulous Gauloise and gin thee-ay-tah voice : which is why Jay had got to know her in the first place . |
| 16 | Perhaps too the journey had reminded her of the dreadful certainty that within a few years her beauty would fade , and all these inflated hopes and fears had combined to produce a mood of abandon utterly foreign to her that had found its culmination in that jungle storm . |
| 17 | A change to teaching English to Italian children brought worse problems with ‘ il Signor Conte ’ , and a period married to a sisal farmer in Portuguese East Africa found her in the worst place on God 's earth . |
| 18 | He threw the luggage into the boot of her hired car and helped her into the front seat . |
| 19 | I phoned her on the fourth night to say goodnight to her that was all . |
| 20 | As soon as she reached the club , as soon as she was back in the public eye , she would have to switch on the false persona that had carried her through the past week . |
| 21 | Listening to her talk about the make of corset she wore and the neckline shape that best suited her , speaking on these matters with the kind of solemnity they would only have brought to bear on the country 's economic situation or the future of the United Nations , they regarded her with the polite incomprehension with which they would have looked at a Martian . |
| 22 | The blow caught her on the right side of her face , high on the cheek bone , beneath the eye . |
| 23 | Rose gave a yelp of rage , her arm shot out and Evelyn gave an involuntary cry as the stone caught her on the left shoulder . |
| 24 | ‘ Fax her on the other line . |
| 25 | Thomas was sure the other androids would have rescued her from the burning ship but , discovering she was not part of their mission , would then have executed her . |
| 26 | " If that 's the trouble , you could n't do better than to entrust her to the skilled understanding of the Sisters . " |
| 27 | ‘ Why did you agree to meet her in the first place ? ’ |
| 28 | I arranged to meet her in the tiny port at Tala-Tala where she was waiting for me . |
| 29 | In an effort to find an ally in helping her , I mentioned her to the local priest . |
| 30 | Yvonne Paul whose The Glamour Game ( W H Allen , £2.95 ) tells all about the Glamour Biz sent me in the blouse off her back , drenched in exotic perfume , as a ‘ thank-you ’ after I 'd interviewed her for the Daily Mail and mentioned how much I liked her get-up . |