Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] her [noun] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 And then , under pressure from Walter Ash , she allowed to slip into her mind the faint , faint hope that by some quirk of reasoning her mother might be persuaded to agree .
2 For example , Bill Naysmith , Group Design Director , was contacted late one evening to meet with Her Majesty the following morning .
3 The helots are directly responsible for Spartan military supremacy in Greece : a great revolt ( the Second Messenian War ) in the seventh century caused Sparta to impose on her citizens a strict military discipline , the agoge .
4 A spokesman said : ‘ She was obviously deeply upset but still felt able to continue with her duties the following day . ’
5 Chiang happens to have under her pillow a large red flag , and the five women embroider on it the five stars of the republic , meanwhile singing a song of praise .
6 To add to her worries the sandy bottom was thickly covered by myriads of minute creatures in their delicate shells .
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