Example sentences of "[to-vb] her [prep] [det] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The vision of the vain , silly girl she had been seemed to accuse her in some obscure way . |
| 2 | Since all had been well before Kirsty went into hospital to have her appendix removed — and since many people have a very real terror of hospitals in general — I decided to regress her to that particular time . |
| 3 | How dared he treat her as if it was his right to inspect her with that insolent expression on his face ? |
| 4 | In all your efforts to help her at this crucial time the most important thing to remember is to try to reduce her anxiety by being as relaxed and quietly optimistic about her future as you can , and to restrain her from making any major decisions hastily , regarding such matters as the disposal of property or moving house , as she may regret this later on when she is feeling less depressed . |
| 5 | He was n't , however , going to help her in any other way . |
| 6 | Did he have to fix her with that piercing scrutiny ? |
| 7 | and it was too much hassle to put her into any other job . |
| 8 | He prayed for God to look after her , to protect her from any undue harm . |
| 9 | As she may not be a particularly gregarious person she will experience great loneliness after her husband 's death , and her need will be for the company of her family and a few special friends to see her through this difficult period . |
| 10 | She liked Clara because Clara was bright , and for no other reason : she had no need to like her for any other reason , as she was well equipped with a busy social life and a lover . |
| 11 | It was starting to be unnerving , this ability of his to judge her with such uncanny accuracy ! |
| 12 | There was also fear that he was going to punish her in some unpleasant way for Jason 's actions , and other , deeper fears that even now she refused to acknowledge . |
| 13 | Roza — I had learned to call her by this affectionate diminutive — at once sprang to her feet : ‘ Husband come . |
| 14 | She could not possibly have known the misery such a revelation would cause him , because now he was forbidden to call her by any other name and he knew from painful experience that Tom Fish would not relent until he had his way . |
| 15 | He had said she was beautiful and called her Felipe 's woman , but obviously the count was not about to enlighten her on that particular score , and as she was not revealing her knowledge of his language she had to let it go . |
| 16 | Jesus , if you knew how hard we tried to get her off that damned powder . ’ |
| 17 | Then she all at once became aware that Ven was looking at her seriously , all mockery , however gentle , gone , and suddenly she was feeling quite breathless , and discovering that she needed to say something , and quite urgently , to get her over that breathless feeling . |
| 18 | And there was a vigour about him , a brightness of eye , an easiness about the way he held himself , that almost seemed to threaten her in some indefinable way . |
| 19 | He never forgot how it had once been , never seemed to regard her in any other way but as the person who had cared for him and loved him without reservation . |
| 20 | So , if you 've got a sister who 's a Rainbow Guide , do n't forget to tell her about this super section — after all it is especially for her , although you might find it useful too ! |