Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] her [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had dressed her hair daringly with ivory combs , sweeping it straight back from her face to emphasize her high cheekbones , then letting it fall behind her in a dark torrent that contrasted sharply with the pale silk of her gown . |
| 2 | Her friends did not think of her as a drunk and Rachel would be truly shocked if she knew about the long nights of insomnia and secret alcohol . |
| 3 | ‘ I do n't know how you can even speak of her in the same breath . ’ |
| 4 | His opinion of her work , like his opinion of her as a person , really should n't matter to her in the slightest . |
| 5 | She felt his arms tighten around her in a comforting hug and just for a few seconds she allowed herself the luxury of sinking against him , feeling the strength and the warmth of his body next to her skin . |
| 6 | I suppose I can look upon her as a younger sister ? ’ |
| 7 | ( ’ The people who sold the soap for us want to replenish their supply ’ came the typically slippery message to McFarlane ; his secretary described how , when such messages came , he would look at her with a puzzled expression . ) |
| 8 | Surely a man of the cloth would n't look at her with the same sort of craving as James Halden . |
| 9 | His eyes , glittering with rage , bored into hers for one deadly moment ; then he was out of the office before she could move , and minutes later the showroom door closed with a precision she knew would remain with her for a long time . |
| 10 | For a while Elaine was cared for by young volunteers who used to come and stay with her for a few months at a time . |
| 11 | Likewise , Mr Clark has had to explain that his remark to Mr Lamont ( ‘ I can see you were n't at Eton ’ ) is derogatory not of the chancellor but of Mr Clark 's alma mater , where ‘ you were surrounded by shits and knew what shits were , the sort of people who could vote against Her in the first round . |
| 12 | Nothing much could happen to her on a sunny September afternoon between here and the launderette , and Mrs Barakhda who ran it was a friend of hers , or the nearest Lili had to a friend . |
| 13 | ‘ Patsy was told by both fortune tellers that something would happen to her before the New Year — that an attempt would be made on her life , ’ he said . |
| 14 | Almost a year later , a general election imminent , talk persisted that third candidate , Col. Lawrence Williams , would stand against her as a true Liberal candidate . |
| 15 | By the time she reached Venice , they had had enough : ‘ they would not go with her for a hundred pound ’ , and left her on her own . |
| 16 | it was in my training , she but she had n't but your mother who never had before I could rely on her from a little child , I said stay there , when I came back , if I came back half an hour later , she 'd still of been there Linda would of been |
| 17 | TARA , the golden retriever with a theatrical bent , came face to face today with the two little girls who will star with her in the musical Annie . |
| 18 | In the spring , almost without knowing how it happened , she accepted Rachel 's invitation to go and live with her in the new house she was buying in London . |
| 19 | How long can you still live with her in the same house while making up your mind ? |
| 20 | When Waterford Wedgwood Canada 's Gail Lilly volunteered to help out in a major international athletics event , she never dreamed she would find a pen-pal who would write to her from the other side of the world . |
| 21 | How did you come across her in the first place ? ’ |
| 22 | Certainly Stock , Aitken and Waterman and the guardian angel figure of manager Terry Blamey were waiting in the wings , but would they understand and care for her in the same way ? |
| 23 | Nell glanced towards Delaney , feeling the unease rise in her like a fanned fire ; the feeling that the white , ordinary-looking corridor with its strip lighting and featureless walls led down to … what ? |
| 24 | I did n't always agree with her Chopin , and her Liszt was a disaster area , but I 'd listen to her for a long time if it 's Schumann . |
| 25 | Perhaps now , Isabel would listen to her in a normal manner , help mark the newspaper columns with hotel advertisements . |