Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] her [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was not there and after running frantically around the garden he eventually found her beside the old hanging tree at the bottom of the path . |
| 2 | ‘ I only met her for the first time earlier this evening . ’ |
| 3 | One was strange , because it was about an old lady who meant nothing to me at all ; I hardly knew her and only saw her on the rare occasions when I went into her family shop two or three hundred yards from us . |
| 4 | But I did n't tell her everything at first , I just told her about the first two instances . |
| 5 | This time Roman said nothing , just observed her with a brooding air of deliberation , for so long that she felt quite faint with nervous tension . |
| 6 | After the success of Carrots and of The Cuckoo Clock the following year , which at once established her as a leading writer for children , she was to write prolifically , sometimes , as in the 1880s and early 1890s , completing seven books in a year . |
| 7 | He looked so tall and reliable and gentle and wise , and always greeted her in a kindly way with a little bow and a murmur . |
| 8 | The lift came to a halt and Roman practically lifted her into a quiet corridor with only one door opening from it . |
| 9 | In her eyes the marriage was good , life with Robert was still exciting , he was ambitious and popular at court , and he also kept her in a high degree of affluence . |
| 10 | I do n't know what it was , but I instantly fingered her for an obvious goer , sack-artist , dick-idolator , and so on . |
| 11 | It cost me money though , I originally got her from a tutoring agency . |
| 12 | Meredith 's mouth was open beneath her mask as Lucenzo imperiously led her to a favoured seat , followed by a posse of attentive waiters . |
| 13 | He often visited her in the early months , talking as if the passive figure in the background was n't there . |
| 14 | Thin and tiny in stature , her back was as straight as an arrow , but her legs often pained her in the cooler winter and spring weather . |
| 15 | But her religious faith now took her in a new direction . |
| 16 | I was now doubly careful not to let any more brother/sister matings take place , and when the female had attained a mighty 2.5″ I cautiously introduced her to the big male . |
| 17 | She had instigated a series of protracted lawsuits in her own right with authorities in Milan , Vienna and a German city , trying to reclaim a fortune supposedly left her by a defecting father . |
| 18 | She waited for him to continue speaking , but he simply studied her with a detached speculation that did nothing to soothe her ragged nerves . |
| 19 | The warm , soft-seeming lead beneath her feet and the sharp-knapped flint and stone under her hand only partially secured her against the deep fear of falling . |
| 20 | Except for occasional — rare — meals at a nearby restaurant , they never went out , sending out for meals when they did n't feel like cooking , while Luke no longer even accompanied her to the various work-connected functions she sometimes had to attend at weekends , dealing with business matters of his own or else remaining at the apartment while she was out . |
| 21 | Overcome with emotion , he led her out to meet some of the other prisoners in Algox' gilded cage : first , he mistily introduced her to a tall , thin nervy man with black brows knitted in a permanent frown . |
| 22 | It immediately reminded her of the unforgettable night at Ali 's Alley when she had met Sanborn , her jazz idol , who had then discreetly found out from her friends which of his songs was her favourite and made an impromptu appearance on stage to play it especially for her . |
| 23 | Today had her on the front page , in full colour . |
| 24 | The thought of presenting her naked behind to him so crudely filled her with a wild abandon . |
| 25 | She gave her name and address , and P.C. Clifford then drove her to the big office block in Upper Thames Street , just round the corner . |
| 26 | he bound her hands and raped her … he then drove her to the nearby village of Olney … where she was raped again … |
| 27 | Eventually he released her with what appeared to be reluctance , which was strange , she thought , because she would have expected a man with his inhibitions about women to have just brushed her mouth briefly and then dropped her like a glowing ember . |
| 28 | They sent her back to get another A-level , then welcomed her as a mature student at the ripe old age of 34 . |
| 29 | They went into the bathroom together ; he adjusted the taps and then pulled her under the steaming water with him . |
| 30 | Feargal bought her ticket , made sure she understood the map of which part of the mountain was hers to search , and then pointed her in the right direction . |