Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] [verb] her [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Margaret Hughes wept in the backseat of the police car that took her from the court to prison . |
| 2 | They 'd thrown her into a Jeep and driven her into the Heide , through the woods , to a large wooden building hidden in the trees . |
| 3 | He led her back into the bedroom and sat her on the chair while he rummaged in the chest . |
| 4 | The retiring president , Mrs Beryl Abbott , welcomed Mrs Archer as the new president and presented her with the badge of office . |
| 5 | Jessica turned in her seat and touched her on the arm . |
| 6 | Stanley sees through her facade and sees her as a threat to his marriage , and his affection for Stella . |
| 7 | The man then grabbed her around the neck and forced her to the ground . |
| 8 | She barged past police , threw her arms around Diana 's neck and kissed her on the cheek . |
| 9 | At an auspicious moment the groom threw a gold chain over the bride 's neck and presented her with a wedding dress and jewels . |
| 10 | One of the assistants took Ruth into a fitting-room and helped her into the dress , then stood back to admire the effect . |
| 11 | ‘ We will eat first , ’ Lubor smiled , parking his car and escorting her into a smart hotel . |
| 12 | He threw the luggage into the boot of her hired car and helped her into the front seat . |
| 13 | It was still daylight as Rune , having parked the car and guided her across the road , stood back to let her precede him through the Tivoli turnstiles . |
| 14 | The boy carried her out into the snow and pushed her into the ground , turning her so that she faced the tent and the cluster of trees that formed their crude and failing shelter . |
| 15 | Needlework and laundrywork provided an effective class and gender strategy , designed to prepared the prostitute for her correct place in the female labour force and to re-educate her into an approved feminine role . |
| 16 | He dumped his kitbag and led her to an armchair , but she clung to him in a state of possessive disbelief which upset Charles even more than the deep depression he 'd been suffering from when he entered the flat . |
| 17 | She let him help her down from the carriage and lead her inside a shop where there was a strong , pastoral smell of grain , and Sarah wrinkled up her nose to sniff it . |
| 18 | Fired by an intensely feminine and creative energy , she was spotted as a teenager by her first impresario , who snapped her up off the streets where she had been making her living and introduced her to the torrid cabaret life of the French capital . |
| 19 | To mark the occasion the club presented her with a tracksuit and treated her to a slap-up lunch at a Middlesbrough restaurant . |
| 20 | Once inside , Belinda noted with relief that it was lit mainly by the dim , warm yellow of candles in the centre of each table , which would soften the contours of her figure and save her from a self-consciousness that was probably unnecessary in any case … |
| 21 | Craig came to her side and relieved her of the bowl . |
| 22 | Bunny noticed Stella 's distress and patted her on the shoulder . |
| 23 | He picked up the tray and followed her from the room . |
| 24 | The latter become the ‘ mensonge vital ’ of fantasy and fiction that provides her with a means of coping in a hostile world . |
| 25 | In recent months the presidential asset has been the subject of some distinctly unflattering news articles , including a long Vanity Fair magazine story that painted her as an autocrat angry with her husband and out of touch with her family . |
| 26 | It was carved into planes of rugged indifference , though the blue eyes that blazed at Charity were filled with cynical censure that left her in no doubt that he had heard almost every word Mandy had uttered about him . |
| 27 | The scene that greeted her at the top was already less frightening than it had been when Phoebe arrived . |
| 28 | Best of all Miss Martineau writes with a wry humour — of the karaoke bar that bans her as a foreigner and then welcomes her lest her Japanese host lose face ; of the popularity of sado-masochistic pornography , but without pubic hair ; of the burglar who first took his shoes off . |
| 29 | Marion was sitting in the sun , her back to the hut that sheltered her from the cold wind . |
| 30 | THE gritty determination that took her to the top as Coronation Street 's Ivy has always been there . |