Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] her [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 She thinks it is simply awful that being successful and ( reading the ill-camouflaged sub-text ) gorgeous means that men wo n't chat her up , admire her breasts or perceive her as a sexual creature .
2 For a time DeVore simply watched her , following her every movement with the hidden cameras , switching from screen to screen , zooming in to focus on her face or watching her from the far side of the room .
3 " If that 's the trouble , you could n't do better than to entrust her to the skilled understanding of the Sisters . "
4 Heat flared along her veins , ripple after ripple of heady sensation that shook her to the very depths .
5 Her head lay next to the thin wall that separated her from the two of them .
6 It was perfectly natural that Jake should marry — and , apart from how it might affect Kirsty , it was not an event that interested her in the slightest .
7 The result is a set of pictures that expose her as a fabulous vamp with more definition than Wolf and more powerful pectorals than Panther .
8 She thanked the driver , lifted the latch of the low iron gate and took four steps that brought her to the front door .
9 The walls were brick lined and the floor covered with dull tiles set in a herringbone pattern that reminded her of a Roman villa she had once seen near the South Coast .
10 Miranda and Angus sat in a velvet-lined , crimson booth that reminded her of an old-fashioned railway carriage .
11 Backed by just one woman trainee officer she confronted the suspect in alley off Lawrence Road , the scene of an attack in December 1991 that left her with a smashed up face .
12 A sentiment that ambushed her at the coldest moments .
13 Marion was sitting in the sun , her back to the hut that sheltered her from the cold wind .
14 But , to her relief , the voice that greeted her from the other side of the oak door , though indistinct , was that of the porter she had met so briefly the evening before .
15 He took her chin between finger and thumb , turning her face and drowning her in the warm amber light of his eyes .
16 He had it all worked out : the hand over her mouth , the knife under her eyes , and drag her into the dark shed .
17 Salt shook her shoulder and when that made no difference , dragged her to her feet and propelled her to the small book-lined room known as the study .
18 And Glenn Close 's stubborn and pain-ridden performance as Sunny makes you sad for her and hate her at the same time .
19 I took Montaine by the hand and led her through the empty rooms … there were very many .
20 I stood up , took Flavia 's hand and led her into a little room .
21 He untied Dobbs and led her into a large dark shed .
22 He saw her state at once and without another word took her arm and led her into the little sitting room .
23 Then he took Victoria 's hand and led her towards the strange woman .
24 Allen took her by the arm and led her to the nearest stone shelter .
25 He took her hand and led her to the open-air dance-floor just as the band slipped into the first of their slow numbers .
26 A man dragged her into an alleyway , and attacked her in a nearby churchyard .
27 Having had the good fortune to fall in with Gabriel outside Cat 's Coffee Shop as she was on her way home , he had seized his chance and asked her for an early supper .
28 He suddenly swung her into his arms , his tortured breathing the only sound in the darkened barn , and instead of carrying her down the stairs he turned and lowered her to the soft hay that was spread thickly on the floor behind them .
29 He looked at her for a moment as if seeing her for the first time then paused , giving the question serious thought .
30 A mother who has put her daughter on the stage and made her into a teenage star is obviously aware that she is moulding something special .
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