Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] her [noun sg] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | All through the first part of the interview — the crazy part , when she had been talking about seeing her son in the house — Hank had been telling the straight truth . |
| 2 | There was something very attractive about delaying her return to the poisonous atmosphere of the office . |
| 3 | Elek also approached Edie Lamont after seeing her work at the London Group and discussed the idea for an illustrated book on Wales . |
| 4 | A WOMAN clutching a baby stole an elderly woman 's purse after conning her way into the pensioner 's home . |
| 5 | A WOMAN clutching a baby stole an elderly lady 's purse after conning her way into the pensioner 's home . |
| 6 | MONICA Seles pulled out of Wimbledon last night — only hours after confirming her withdrawal from the French Open , which starts in Paris next week . |
| 7 | It kept her going , especially when she was angling for the notice of the one man who , after giving her dinner on the way back from Bovington , had treated her with only a lighthearted pleasant banter whenever they met . |
| 8 | ‘ I do n't see any reason why a dog should have been a problem , ’ said Dr Julia Schofield after collecting her MBE from the Queen . |
| 9 | After making her way into the fashion business as a freelance designer and as a partner with Ann Buck in Tuttabankem from 1969 to 1974 , Hamnett set up Katharine Hamnett Ltd on a £500 loan in 1979 . |
| 10 | After leaving her daughter in the brightly lit and chatter-filled house she did not immediately drive away . |
| 11 | The England squad — ranked fourth in the world — will be selected following trials in December , and the team 's coach , Betty Galsworthy , will relish the prospect of pitting her team against the world champions from New Zealand and second-ranked Australia prior to the 1991 world tournament . |
| 12 | It is Miss Havisham 's way of getting her revenge on the male sex as it was a man who broke her heart , all those years ago , when she was abandoned on the day of her wedding . |
| 13 | ‘ Yes … ! ’ he said deeply , and then his mouth closed over hers , burningly sensual as his hands moved slowly up to tunnel into her thick black hair , and as her mouth opened beneath his the hunger swept them both again , their breathing quickening as the kiss took fire and his mouth was fierce , hot , demanding , his hands moving over her body as she heard his heart thudding violently at his chest , and she knew she was in danger of losing her mind with the sweet , hot rush of excitement . |
| 14 | What the second Mrs Van Butchell thought of having her predecessor in the house is not recorded , neither was Hunter 's opinion . |
| 15 | Ruth supposed it was Mrs Peterson 's way of taking her mind off the sad events of last week . |
| 16 | The sets were marvellous and Madge Grimsilk had devised a quick and efficient way of implementing her transformation of the whole theatre into a fairy ballroom . |
| 17 | Thousands who heard her singing to the troopships passing through Durban remember ‘ The Lady in White ’ , and there will be many who will appreciate the opportunity of hearing her story through the medium of audio tape . |
| 18 | Dressed only in her thin nightgown , she had no intention of entering the room , just of poking her head into the doorway to yell for peace and quiet . |
| 19 | Even when she has selected a place and a time , the female cuckoo has still got the problem of introducing her egg into the host 's nest in such a way that it wo n't be rejected . |
| 20 | Would she never grow out of this knack of rubbing her father up the wrong way , she wondered , ‘ I 'm sorry , Father ! |
| 21 | Donna flicked ahead a few pages but could see no way of hastening her search for the information she sought . |
| 22 | One obvious problem about the regent 's earlier policy of marrying her daughter to the dauphin is why leading Scottish Protestants like lord James Stewart and John Erskine of Dun had not only accepted this symbolic and political consolidation of the alliance with Catholic France , but had given it positive support , being among those who negotiated it . |
| 23 | And she 'd been nicknamed ‘ Scatty ’ because of a habit of daydreaming her way through the mundane bits of life . |
| 24 | Should the plan be discovered and Alianor be seen as party to the clandestine meeting , she could well find herself in danger , accused of shelving her responsibility for the lady Anne 's protection and honour … |
| 25 | Frank Sinatra ( another of her liaisons ) introduced her to the Kennedys , and the prospect of working her way into the uppermost levels of American political life appealed to her enormously . |
| 26 | DIRECTOR Sir Richard Attenborough ‘ tricked ’ a young actress into baring her bottom in the hit film Chaplin . |
| 27 | Now settled here , she is helping Bunty Matthias with co-ordination for Harlemation , and has danced on Neneh Cherry 's video for ‘ Inner City Mama ’ , putting into practise her experience from the early Manhattan break-dancing scene . |
| 28 | George Stacey is charged with murdering Christine Campbell on the 19 of November , Martin Stacey with concealing her body on the same date . |
| 29 | On a Thursday there was invariably some instruction about the lunch she 'd left him , since Thursday was her day for doing her charity with the elderly . |
| 30 | She 'd cut off her hair , which he already knew from seeing her photograph in the papers ; it had the effect of making her head seem less of a burden on the slender neck . |