Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] her [prep] the [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 | He often visited her in the early months , talking as if the passive figure in the background was n't there . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Today had her on the front page , in full colour . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | he bound her hands and raped her … he then drove her to the nearby village of Olney … where she was raped again … |
| 14 | They went into the bathroom together ; he adjusted the taps and then pulled her under the steaming water with him . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Then , after a whispered word with one of the cousins , Angel and he galloped up on either side of her and neatly lifted her off the little black mare . |
| 17 | Listen , if you go off and become a goatherd you never loved her in the first place . |