Example sentences of "[verb] her [adv] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anyway , I phoned her up the other day to have a little chat with her . |
| 2 | When her alarm woke her up the next morning , she felt heavy-eyed and lacking in energy , but that was probably because her sleep had been long in coming and had been plagued with dreams when she had eventually managed to drop off . |
| 3 | I shadowed her down the tapering passage , all its planes carpet-covered , like four floors . |
| 4 | When he asked if he could see her again the next day , she would not have dreamed of declining ; they saw each other for about a fortnight , and her enthusiasm for him increased with each meeting , though he said not a word of any interest in the whole two weeks . |
| 5 | Here are , race that fucking whore and get her out the bloody way |
| 6 | And yet , self-denied , he was still dominant , rampant male , she the one reduced to mindless begging for the release she now knew could only ever be temporary because she was an addict already , enslaved by him as he fed her again the fatal taste , the bitter-sweet of his passion , and her own . |
| 7 | Up until this point we have assumed that a referential locus is quite generally available for property words , not only adjectives in fact but also adverbs : ( 8 ) Philippa comforted her lovingly the referential locus of the adverb is that of the verb ; and the referential locus of the verb in turn is the entity of the subject phrase ; that is why a sentence like : ( 9 ) the drink comforted her lovingly is unacceptable , despite the fact that lovingly can co-occur with comfort , while comfort is compatible with drink . |
| 8 | And when they asked her why the yellow ribbon , |
| 9 | Drawing her to her feet , he led her up the wide staircase to a comfortable oak-panelled bedroom which overlooked the eucalyptus trees in the garden . |
| 10 | ‘ How can I ever treat her quite the same again' , he said . |
| 11 | You must have touched her up the wrong way . |
| 12 | Instead , here she was , creeping around her own house like a burglar , trying to avoid a man who rubbed her up the wrong way . |
| 13 | To give Perdita a break , Luke took her away the following Saturday to see a high goal match at the famous Hurlingham Club which left her speechless with wonder , then on to Buenos Aires to an English production of The Merchant of Venice throughout most of which she slept . |
| 14 | The Palmers have been promised a back door ramp to get Mrs Palmer into the garden in case of fire , but no ramp to get her down the 5 garden steps into the street . |
| 15 | When her mother died Constance had turned slightly vegetarian and announced that she would never have any children since her mum had had ten and put her off the whole idea , and she gave away the chickens . |
| 16 | He wrapped her in a scarlet blanket , and carried her up the outside area steps . |