Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [vb past] her [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | She 's written to her M P , Andrew Smith , and at the start of this year , British Rail allowed her into the buffet car . |
2 | Felipe 's possessive attitude rid her of the attentions of Peter Rainford and when Felipe offered to show them Ana 's skills neither of them looked overjoyed . |
3 | When they stepped into the street the damp warmth hit her in the face and the heat of the pavements struck through the thin soles of her shoes so that every step of the way was like treading on hot cinders . |
4 | Did n't it hurt his arm to hold her like this ? she wondered distractedly , but then another tremulous whimper escaped her as the hand holding her against him moved to cover her breast . |
5 | Ten minutes of easy walking brought her to the cul-de-sac where Delia Forbes lived . |
6 | And after another sleepless night , the green-eyed woman took her to the commanding officer . |
7 | One large , official hand grasped her by the elbow . |
8 | She relived the agony of trying to control the boat , the moment of horror when the engine cut out , the desperate struggle to keep the dinghy from capsizing , and the ultimate horror as a giant wave swept her into the sea . |
9 | The numbing stupor got her through the next few hours . |
10 | In fact she had been feeling tired and queasy for the past few days ; and that night , when the leading man laid her on the sofa , suddenly turned her head and , without letting the audience see , vomited quietly down the sofa back . |
11 | The veiled Daughter kicked her in the side . |
12 | A pleasant-faced maid showed her into the surgery . |
13 | If the child woke and cried at night , sleepy Rose took her into the warmth of the big bed 's flannel sheets , opened her nightdress to her . |
14 | Of the 62 yachts in her class , only the 12-metre Crusader led her round the course . |
15 | It annoyed her even more that his continuing aristocratic demeanour disappointed her after the way she had been thinking about him . |
16 | Her General Practitioner referred her to the surgical Outpatients Clinic where the surgeon examined her and placed her on the waiting list for stripping ( removal ) of varicose veins . |
17 | Shannon fell in behind him , muttering under her breath until the sheer exertion robbed her of the power of speech and she was forced to concentrate all her energy on the task in hand . |
18 | Ruth exhaled a hugh sigh of relief as she stepped out of the hotel foyer into fierce sunlight and a wall of hot air hit her after the cool of the air-conditioning . |
19 | When she tried to hang on to the cash one man punched her in the face and they both escaped . |
20 | A thick hedge shielded her from the field which swept down towards the foot of the embankment . |
21 | A sharp blow hit her between the shoulder blades and she wheeled round to see the woman who had spat at her leaning down to pick up another stone . |
22 | ‘ The middle sister found her by the pool in their garden . |
23 | She came down and this young PC walked her into the bridewell . ’ |
24 | Ten weeks later , the ambulance team that had driven Elinor from the Nice hospital carried her into the château and up to her bedroom . |
25 | She went round to her former home in Hardwicke , Gloucestershire , where she was beaten unconscious by Probyn , who put her back into her Renault 19 car took her to the River and some how pushed her in . |
26 | One flying fist caught her in the throat . |
27 | Izanami died when giving birth to the fire god , and the distraught Izanagi followed her to the Land of Gloom , where he was appalled by the sight of her body infested with maggots . |
28 | Although Liz 's body is disposing of alcohol at the rate of about one unit a hour , her last drink pushed her over the legal limit for driving of 80mg of alcohol per 100ml of blood . |