Example sentences of "[to-vb] her [adv prt] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was trying to win her back from the greedy black hole — to release her from its iron grip and return her to the safety of the study . |
| 2 | Someone had laid out knee-high duckboards to cross the snow , and Lucenzo shot out an imperious hand to help her on to the low platform . |
| 3 | Eager for the haven of her hotel room , Luce allowed Michele to help her on to the deserted fondamenta . |
| 4 | When he had dumped their two canvas bags on the ground , he reached up again to help her down from the high train . |
| 5 | She was being a bit of a weed and in any case I went to cheer her up in the first place . ’ |
| 6 | There were no relatives to travel with her to the grave , only strangers to see her off on the darkest of journeys . |
| 7 | So now you want to unload her on to the wretched Miss Plimsoll in the top form where she will cause even more chaos ? ’ |
| 8 | He looked ready to throw her out of the moving taxi . |
| 9 | I think he 's at the bottom of a bog with a hole in his head and they 're waiting to scoop her up at the right moment . |
| 10 | ‘ Who in hell 's name are you ? ’ he asked amiably , still unable to make her out in the thick shade of an ivy-infested oak . |