Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] her [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was aware of nothing else but his compelling , mesmeric eyes , which were rooting her to the spot , setting a torch to her , the shooting flames searing her insides . |
| 2 | Maggie was taking a plane to London that night and Sheila and Mona were driving her to the airport . |
| 3 | Poor Mrs got two lots of children and they were driving her up the wall ! |
| 4 | And then when they were taking her in the ambulance , the nerves , I was sitting fucking laughing |
| 5 | The one time they were encouraged to sit her on a chair , after she had scratched her sister , both parents moved over to her and fussed her , talking and explaining to her why they were putting her on the chair . |
| 6 | All these people were smacking her on the back , and touching her and congratulating her , and expressing surprise and delight . |
| 7 | Three men who were visiting her in the flat were also attacked and beaten . |
| 8 | The order was for the production of material relating to the purchase by a client , Mrs G , of certain real property , the allegation being that she was a member of the family of another person who was suspected of being a drug trafficker and who was using her for the purpose of laundering the proceeds of such trafficking . |
| 9 | Yet now he was praising her to the skies . |
| 10 | But Michele was urging her down the steps , and the gondolier had reached up to assist her into the gently rocking craft . |
| 11 | Fabia got out , then found that before she could say a word , Ven was escorting her inside the hotel and waiting with her while she collected her room key . |
| 12 | But by then , Nicolo was hurrying her down the steps , out of the building , and into a black Mercedes limousine . |
| 13 | Then he was leading her across the terrace and through the open doors of the villa , across the drawing-room and out into the hall . |
| 14 | He was leading her to the edge of the dance-floor . |
| 15 | On long strides he was leading her towards the door , oblivious to her inner anguish . |
| 16 | Their eyes met , sheer delight in each other in both pairs , and then Luke was kissing her on the mouth with so much loving tenderness that she could n't speak for quite a while . |
| 17 | The young man was asking her about the room , about his chances of getting it , she suddenly heard . |
| 18 | So do I and I was just talking to her downstairs and I was asking her like the differences between here and the States , you know the boar cos she was in a boarding school before , and she was saying erm how you know just generally the people are nicer and the blokes talk to you not just because you 're cos they |
| 19 | ‘ Are you … ? ’ she began , but she did n't want to believe what was staring her in the face . |
| 20 | He was swinging her into the sailboat , then , with a broad grin , leaping in beside her . |
| 21 | Then , with a nod in the direction of the railwaymen — ‘ Thanks for your assistance , and for holding up the train' — he had grabbed Shiona unceremoniously by the wrist and was dragging her towards the door . |
| 22 | And then he was dragging her by the hands , racing across the lawn , nearly pulling her arm from its socket , crashing through the kitchen door , crying aloud so that it sounded like a whoop of triumph . |
| 23 | Before she was aware of what he was doing , he had lifted her up and was carrying her to the bed , where he deposited her gently , like some priceless , fragile object . |
| 24 | With horror she realized he was carrying her to the top of the stairs . |
| 25 | When she came to , she saw that he was carrying her across the field , past the cottage and up the track towards his Jaguar . |
| 26 | Mrs Brooks ' dog was almost run over recently as she was putting her into the car . |
| 27 | It was then she realised that he was lambasting her with the tennis racquet . |
| 28 | He paused , and Juliet felt he was watching her in the darkness . |
| 29 | He was telling her about the Ayatollah , and she was telling him about her convent days . |
| 30 | I 'd gone across to the old folks ' home to have a chat with Maureen and , inevitably , I was telling her about the trouble I was having . |