Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] her [prep] her [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | This morning even the scenery could not lift her from her jaundiced mood . |
2 | With a grandmother , it might be an odd domestic habit that is remembered — ‘ you know she used to polish her table legs and brass — and she used to cover 'em up after ’ — or simply her appearance : ‘ I can just see her with her white apron on , and cap ; ’ or ‘ she had a beautiful sequin coat , cape and a little sequin bonnet ; ’ or again , of a duchess , ‘ I can remember a tall gaunt woman in black — rather frightened of her . ’ |
3 | ‘ Just keep her on her present heading . ’ |
4 | He looked back from the road , and could still see her in her white dress , standing modestly apart from the dancers . |
5 | And she was delighted and discumknockerated when the King of the Diddymen took time off to congratulate her on her forthcoming wedding to Springfields maintenance fitter Tony Lindsay . |
6 | He still gripped her by her upper arms which , however , were on the point of rejecting this persistent , warning masculine pressure . |
7 | No one but the Queen herself , she had decided , could do anything now to help her save her crumbling marriage . |
8 | Keith Parker , manager of Harpers Sports Centre , where Joanna was a fitness consultant , said her boyfriend had often warned her about her personal safety after dark . |
9 | As her physical and mental skills develop , though , her desire for independence will often push her beyond her physical abilities . |
10 | The sudden tenseness of his jaw suggested that discretion would have been the better part of valour , and so it should have been , if he had n't taunted her about her sexual uncertainty . |
11 | ‘ Hello yourself , Fabia Kingsdale , ’ Ven murmured , and , coming over to her , he stood and silently surveyed her in her smart black dress , her sophisticated hairstyle , her flawless complexion , and her fine bone-structure . |