Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] [verb] her [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd gone across to the old folks ' home to have a chat with Maureen and , inevitably , I was telling her about the trouble I was having . |
| 2 | So do I and I was just talking to her downstairs and I was asking her like the differences between here and the States , you know the boar cos she was in a boarding school before , and she was saying erm how you know just generally the people are nicer and the blokes talk to you not just because you 're cos they |
| 3 | She was aware of nothing else but his compelling , mesmeric eyes , which were rooting her to the spot , setting a torch to her , the shooting flames searing her insides . |
| 4 | She had £8,000 in the Gibraltar fund , a substantial slice of which was providing her with a monthly income . |
| 5 | Three men who were visiting her in the flat were also attacked and beaten . |
| 6 | And it would be nice if you were to provide her with a little brother or sister . ’ |
| 7 | One of them was that the nurse , robbed of her pleasure in subduing the hair , turned her savagery more directly on to Harriet and once in a temper broke both of her charge 's thumbs when she was forcing her into a new pair of white kid gloves for Sunday School . |
| 8 | Mrs Brooks ' dog was almost run over recently as she was putting her into the car . |
| 9 | The order was for the production of material relating to the purchase by a client , Mrs G , of certain real property , the allegation being that she was a member of the family of another person who was suspected of being a drug trafficker and who was using her for the purpose of laundering the proceeds of such trafficking . |
| 10 | There was a much-told tale of her Australian infancy that was held to be prophetic in this respect — about how at the age of three she had , by the sheer force of her will , compelled her uncle Walter ( who was taking her for a walk to the local shops at the time ) to put all the money he had on his person into a charity collecting-box in the shape of a plaster-of-Paris boy cripple ; as a result of which the uncle , too embarrassed to admit to this folly and borrow from his relatives , had run out of petrol on the way back to his sheep station . |
| 11 | It is her ambition to be tried for her life for murdering a small tobacconist with a meat-cleaver , only to be dramatically cleared when her alibi is established by the bishop who was confirming her at the very moment of the crime . |
| 12 | She was unshackled and they were dragging her from the only remaining hut . |
| 13 | And then when they were taking her in the ambulance , the nerves , I was sitting fucking laughing |
| 14 | Poor Mrs got two lots of children and they were driving her up the wall ! |
| 15 | The one time they were encouraged to sit her on a chair , after she had scratched her sister , both parents moved over to her and fussed her , talking and explaining to her why they were putting her on the chair . |
| 16 | And you know she treasures it because it was given her by a grateful patient centuries ago . |
| 17 | He told us what sport it was to take her to the ‘ Houtsize ‘ 0use ’ in London , first putting her on the Inner Circle , getting off smartly himself , and leaving her to go round and round until his amusement wore off . |
| 18 | When she looked back at Petion , she saw that he was watching her with a sympathetic expression . |
| 19 | He was watching her with a glint of amusement in those remarkable eyes . |
| 20 | His voice was low , and she glanced up and saw that he was watching her with a strange kind of intensity . |
| 21 | With a puzzled lift of her head she found he was watching her with a faraway expression in his eyes . |
| 22 | He was watching her with a strange look on his face , half amusement , half something else , and she felt herself bristle . |
| 23 | That curious flicker was in his eyes again ; he was watching her with an intensity that was unnerving . |
| 24 | He was watching her like a cat with a mouse . |
| 25 | He paused , and Juliet felt he was watching her in the darkness . |
| 26 | He was swinging her into the sailboat , then , with a broad grin , leaping in beside her . |
| 27 | If he was to save her from a lifetime 's retreat from life and love he had to move her along the right road as quickly as he dared and as quickly as she would let him . |
| 28 | He gave her a long , slow look as if he was seeing her for the first time . |
| 29 | And then he was dragging her by the hands , racing across the lawn , nearly pulling her arm from its socket , crashing through the kitchen door , crying aloud so that it sounded like a whoop of triumph . |
| 30 | He was draining her from every angle , mentally , physically and … and sexually . |