Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [verb] her the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To put it another way : when the cat is on heat ( which she has n't been since the vet gave her the unkindest cut of all ) , nevertheless when she was , she had very little time for chasing moths hanging unsubtly round the fridge or cuddling up for a neck scratch . |
| 2 | A sudden drop in the wind told her the worst was over . |
| 3 | The Chancellor of the Exchequer , Kenneth Clarke tells the programme how she once asked : ‘ Why do I have to do everything in this Government ? ’ and no-one had the nerve to give her the obvious answer — she did n't have to do everything . |
| 4 | Beneath the shirt , the mirror showed her the small fine flowers of her delicate bra could be seen . |
| 5 | She had scarcely seen the Mercedes that had swung into the drive just as she 'd been about to go out , but by sheer instinct she had swerved to miss it , sparing only a glance in the mirror to tell her the other car was safe before speeding on her way again . |
| 6 | The maids found her the next morning hunched up in the laundry cupboard on the landing , dozing lightly . |
| 7 | You see a woman see a woman and your man did n't know where he was , and then she walked out one night and put her hand through the window and she ripped it from there to there and she said the doctors told her the only thing that stopped her the arm from coming off was the bone . |
| 8 | Rosita was a bit old but she kept her body in good condition and the men liked her the best . |
| 9 | She had owned good horses such as Manicou ( who had won the King George VI Chase in 1950 ) and Monaveen ( who had finished fifth to Freebooter in that year 's Grand National as his royal owner 's first runner in the race ) , but in Devon Loch she had a chaser who apparently had all the attributes to win her the greatest steeplechase in the calendar : he was a big horse , strongly built and bold yet intelligent enough to look after himself in the hurly-burly of four and half miles and thirty fences . |
| 10 | The book gave her the academic credentials she needed , and from 1914 to 1945 she combined her local social work with acting as tutor in economics at St Anne 's and tutor-secretary ( 1914–19 ) for women students at Barnett House , Oxford 's centre for training in social work . |
| 11 | Actually , both garments fitted her very well , and the boater gave her the same kind of perky look it had given Annie . |
| 12 | With that she saw me off with an invitation to visit her the next day after school but that I was to tell my parents in case they were worried where I was . |