Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] her [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes , I know how we got talking to this girl in the Post Office cos I erm I asked her for some stamps as well , you see , I wanted some cos I happen to be sending stuff of for Germany tomorrow . |
| 2 | I told her of that woman novelist who made a character in Provence ladle out onion soup , followed by bouillabaisse for luncheon , and in summer too . |
| 3 | I believed her on both counts , especially when she visited me for a weekend and gave me a bottle of ‘ Denim ’ aftershave which she had shoplifted from a Chemist in mid Wales . |
| 4 | I taught her for several hours every day in the library , although it was not easy to make her concentrate on anything for long , as she was clearly not used to the discipline of lessons . |
| 5 | I WAS married four years ago to a girl I loved very much , but I lost her to another man , because I was so incompetent when it came to having sex . |
| 6 | Later in that passage he wrote : ‘ It was n't until thirty years later when I saw her in another woman [ Elizabeth Taylor ] that I realised I had been searching for her all my life . ’ |
| 7 | So I took her through that holiday in greater detail . |
| 8 | I took her outside this morning and she is the typical scaredy cat she is ! |
| 9 | I took her by both hands and I started to swing her in a circle , singing as I went , shouting the words of the song over and over again . |
| 10 | ‘ Do n't say anything , but I saw Bob Lamb going along the beck , so I sent her off that way , too . |
| 11 | The male started to bully the female , so I removed her to another tank — better to be safe than sorry . |
| 12 | The following case example is of a patient who was admitted to a psychiatric hospital because of reasons which placed her in both categories ( 1 ) and ( 2 ) . |
| 13 | A short flight up was a landing and the stairs turned in on themselves to another short flight , which brought her to another corridor similar to the one downstairs but more than twice its length . |
| 14 | She eventually located an Immigration officer who led her through several corridors until they reached a locked red-painted door at the back of the airport building . |
| 15 | So what did she say about the money when you tried her for less money ? |
| 16 | Those who knew her during this period described her as full of life and fun and an exceptional administrator . |
| 17 | The only sorrow for Marjory , of Lunedale Road , Darlington , is that her grandfather is no longer here to share in the good news for it was he who introduced her to all things historical . |
| 18 | Something worried her about that thought . |
| 19 | You see in consecrated ground so they buried her in this bit of wheat land at the Muckle Water there . |
| 20 | The police probably knew everything ; it was only a matter of time now before they challenged her about that sample of nail polish . |
| 21 | He led her into another room , and there listened , with a good deal of amazement , to Rose 's account of her extraordinary conversation with Nancy . |
| 22 | He led her up some stairs to a steel gallery from which he said they would get a bird's-eye-view of the operation . |
| 23 | He studied her for several seconds , as if baffled . |
| 24 | It seemed odd that he loathed her with such intensity and yet had made a pass at her . |
| 25 | ‘ You 're getting my postcards , are n't you ? ’ he asked as he kissed her on both cheeks . |
| 26 | Former model Carol Lawson , 42 , from Park Gate , Hants , refused to hang up on her relationship with neighbour Michael Hughes after he dumped her for another woman . |
| 27 | He watched her for several seconds before the casual motion of a hand raised to the back of her neck and run up through her long hair identified the silhouette as Judith . |
| 28 | He took her by both hands , and drew her up to stand breast to breast with him . |
| 29 | But that did n't mean she had to like the way he treated her like some sort of assistant . |
| 30 | He questioned her in more detail for several more minutes , asking about sleep , moods , energy levels and half a dozen other tiny things that revealed his deep concern for his sister . |