Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] she [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd rather throw her off the Empire State Building ! |
| 2 | She told me that the previous year she had confided to an American friend in Rome that the two people who most fascinated her in the world were Albert Schweitzer and Herbert von Karajan ; and a year later she was sitting in an empty hall with Walter Legge , Elisabeth Schwarzkopf , and Herbert von Karajan listening to a private recital on the organ by Albert Schweitzer . |
| 3 | Turning to Omi , skilfully bringing her into the conversation , and complimenting her on the way the venison had been cooked . |
| 4 | I managed to track her down and eventually got her on the telephone . |
| 5 | Merely to connect her with the Battle of Trafalgar liquefied him a little further because it moved him . |
| 6 | ‘ Just cruising down the street , see one you fancy and literally pick her off the sidewalk — wallop , in the back of the truck . ’ |
| 7 | He threw off the blanket , picked up the limp girl and gently placed her on the mat in front of the blazing fire . |
| 8 | She liked Robert Urquhart and was attracted to him , even trusted him , unlike Spittals who was no doubt gleefully stabbing her in the back at that moment . |
| 9 | But he let her go , only cradling her in the circle of his arm . |
| 10 | ‘ I have only seen her at the funeral . |
| 11 | Yet I can only picture her in the posture of Candice Riberon in Le Métro lying on her back , her face caught in an agony of uncertain provenance . |
| 12 | An hour or so was spent drafting a new outline for this second approach on the mysteries of the Coniunctio and , when she was satisfied that its thread was strong enough to guide her through the maze , she took up again the pursuit of Mercurius through the bridal-chambers of the mind . |
| 13 | She 'd imagined herself deeply in love with a man who 'd spun her impossible yarns of riches and position , only to abandon her in the end to shame and ridicule . |
| 14 | The merchant 's wife was about to rise but Cranston gently touched her on the shoulder . |
| 15 | Gilly could feel Miss Ellis 's fingers on her backbone gently prodding her through the doorway and into the house . |
| 16 | When she opened the boot of her car to dump her shopping inside , one of the thieves suddenly grabbed her round the neck from behind . |
| 17 | We had better take her to the mortuary , before the daily hordes come pouring in . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I only took her to the doctor because she had a bad nose bleed at playgroup , and I thought she looked a little pale . |
| 19 | I suddenly saw her as the shuttlecock in the game her husband is playing with his inamorata . |
| 20 | Locked in a marriage with a wife who showed increasing signs of mental instability and whose health constantly brought her to the point of death , exhausted in his work and fearing for his own life and sanity , Eliot 's view of relations between the sexes is at its bleakest , as is shown not least in the epigraphs , which were originally further universalized by including ( in the draft synopsis ) , |
| 21 | He thought it about the stupidest remark he 'd ever made — and so did she by the look on her face . |
| 22 | ‘ You 'd better get her to the hospital , ’ said Comfort . |
| 23 | The Hispaniola was moving by herself now , the sea high enough to take her off the beach . |
| 24 | He came down to join her on the floor . |
| 25 | ‘ I only see her at the office . |
| 26 | ‘ Who is to know ? ’ he countered , and , setting a firm hand to her back , he began gently to propel her towards the table . |
| 27 | Happiness , I knew , was not something she thought much of as an end : it was as if she had said , I 'm glad you do n't mind being poor , and , although when I replied to her , it was only to tell her about the baby , Thomas , and how he had put on five pounds and had cut his first tooth , I brooded over what I might have said while I stood at the sink or pushed the pram , making great , windy speeches in my mind , venting on my absent aunt the curious , unreasonable anger that seemed to rise up before me like a dark pit , bottomless and frightening . |
| 28 | The grip on her arm did n't hurt , exactly , but it was firm enough to rivet her to the spot . |
| 29 | But Pappy , who was always so willing to engage with her for hours and talk about school work or play chess , only patted her on the shoulder and fobbed her off with platitudes when the question of her mother came up . |
| 30 | However , the basic National Insurance retirement pension by itself is not enough to bring her above the point where tax begins to be charged , so if she has no other income apart from this , she will not be asked to pay tax . |