Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [verb] her [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr when he gave evidence , assessed the parent 's contribution as quote absolutely amazing really , not just what they did to help the nurses but also in insisting that she was n't stupid , she just could n't talk they made it clear to the nurses and doctors that she could understand and we were n't to treat her like a vegetable . |
| 2 | Happiness , I knew , was not something she thought much of as an end : it was as if she had said , I 'm glad you do n't mind being poor , and , although when I replied to her , it was only to tell her about the baby , Thomas , and how he had put on five pounds and had cut his first tooth , I brooded over what I might have said while I stood at the sink or pushed the pram , making great , windy speeches in my mind , venting on my absent aunt the curious , unreasonable anger that seemed to rise up before me like a dark pit , bottomless and frightening . |
| 3 | But Keith was already pushing her into the living-room , bubbling with what he had to say . |
| 4 | She had been just past Luke when he had caught at her , and now his arms came round her from behind , drawing her back against him , and the response she dreaded was already weakening her as the warmth of him transmitted itself to her . |
| 5 | But he was already leading her to the stairs . |
| 6 | I was not accompanying her to the home but was treating her to a taxi all the way . |
| 7 | The old woman was always threatening her with a stick-licking if she told lies , but told them herself . |
| 8 | He was still watching her across the table . |
| 9 | He was still holding her by the scruff of the neck . |
| 10 | He was still holding her in the loose circle of his arms and she instantly bridled at the teasing . |
| 11 | He was still clasping her by the shoulders and she tried to shake free . |
| 12 | Anne tried to get up , pulling on a coat , but Nina was still pinning her to the floor . |
| 13 | Juliet had an awful suspicion that she was about to strike her with the plastic colander , and she stepped back . |
| 14 | So Elizabeth was about to get her onto the to carry her out , she said nice and gently and picked her up and taken her outside ! |