Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [verb] her [art] [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 | The two crosses at either end of the roof gave her a brief moment of hope . |
| 3 | Round him , she was talkative in order to provoke him into replying , and the attempt made her a habitual confessor , though she would have been amazed if she had been charged with talking about herself all the time . |
| 4 | The ensemble gave her a slinky , model-like elegance and made her feel like an actress playing a part … a nightclub scene , probably … instead of her normal self . |
| 5 | A sudden drop in the wind told her the worst was over . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The city 's site on the Isthmus made her a natural centre for trade , and the aryballos seems to have been created to meet a new need : to bottle scented oils , imported from the East , for re-export east and west . |
| 8 | The barman hands her a second drink , a Tennents . |
| 9 | The girl gave her a pitying smile . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'll give you a hand until the rush dies down and then I thought I 'd get on with the account orders for tomorrow , ’ she said casually , but the girl gave her a strange look , and Folly had a nasty feeling that her voice was n't as fully under control as she had thought . |
| 11 | But then at two or three after midnight , a stack of dishes in the sink promising her a greasy good morning , Martin would feel drunkenly randy and she fought first her tiredness then her ( unreasonable ? ) anger when the next evening was the same . |
| 12 | Beneath the shirt , the mirror showed her the small fine flowers of her delicate bra could be seen . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | The doctor gave her a cool smile . |
| 15 | The doctor gave her a puzzled look , withdrawing the light he was flashing into her eyes for a moment . |
| 16 | The image gave her an awful cold gratification . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | ‘ The girl was walking on the pavement when the bus crashed into railings damaging them badly and the side of the bus hit her a glancing blow , ’ he said . |
| 19 | Marlene Dietrich played Lola , and the film made her an overnight international star ( please note that this film will be shown at QFT — see page 33 ) . |
| 20 | The tutor found her an old block from a ruined church and brought it to the house . |
| 21 | At school next day , even the girls who had n't been asked to the party wished her a happy birthday . |
| 22 | ‘ The Stage gave her a wonderful review . ’ |
| 23 | Actually , both garments fitted her very well , and the boater gave her the same kind of perky look it had given Annie . |
| 24 | It might be interesting ; he was obviously intelligent and well-educated , and the fact that both Dora and Iris had written him off as a fortune-hunter caused her no particular misgivings . |
| 25 | In the rush of their departure , there had been no time to buy her a new one . |
| 26 | The woman has turned down the offer of a caravan , and an attempt to buy her a seventy thousand pound house has been stopped by a public outcry . |
| 27 | Tonight Rebekah Ashford should be in hospital in London preparing for an operation to give her a new lease of life . |
| 28 | 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 . |