Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] her [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And it would be nice if you were to provide her with a little brother or sister . ’ |
| 2 | There was strength and an inner confidence reflected in those steady grey eyes that she suddenly realised were subjecting her to a thorough appraisal . |
| 3 | And you know she treasures it because it was given her by a grateful patient centuries ago . |
| 4 | Ginny could only suppose that Ralph thought he was protecting her from a possible nuisance . |
| 5 | Looking impossibly handsome in his formal wedding clothes , he was surveying her with a fierce intensity that not only made her blush furiously , but caused her pulses to race almost out of control . |
| 6 | One of them was that the nurse , robbed of her pleasure in subduing the hair , turned her savagery more directly on to Harriet and once in a temper broke both of her charge 's thumbs when she was forcing her into a new pair of white kid gloves for Sunday School . |
| 7 | Carolyn was ignoring her like a sulky child . |
| 8 | Now he was turning her into a stammering schoolgirl ! |
| 9 | It would n't be the first time that a man had lovingly supported a woman through crisis only to discover that when she was strong again his own need was to confine her in a dependent role . |
| 10 | And then , almost at once , his iron control seemed to snap , and he was kissing her with a frenzied , pent-up , impatient longing that was totally beyond anything she 'd ever experienced before . |
| 11 | It was all she was capable of saying for quite some time , for he had captured her lips again and was kissing her with a deeper intensity . |
| 12 | She had £8,000 in the Gibraltar fund , a substantial slice of which was providing her with a monthly income . |
| 13 | He was treating her like a cheap pick-up . |
| 14 | Yanto grunted some inaudible remark and was introducing her to a goggle-eyed Billy as Nigger joined them . |
| 15 | Her eyes were adjusting to the darkness , and now she could see that he had folded his arms over the enticing broadness of his chest and was watching her with a challenging glitter in his eyes . |
| 16 | His voice was low , and she glanced up and saw that he was watching her with a strange kind of intensity . |
| 17 | He was watching her with a strange look on his face , half amusement , half something else , and she felt herself bristle . |
| 18 | When she looked back at Petion , she saw that he was watching her with a sympathetic expression . |