Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] [vb past] her [prep] the " 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 He led her back into the bedroom and sat her on the chair while he rummaged in the chest .
3 The retiring president , Mrs Beryl Abbott , welcomed Mrs Archer as the new president and presented her with the badge of office .
4 Jessica turned in her seat and touched her on the arm .
5 The man then grabbed her around the neck and forced her to the ground .
6 She barged past police , threw her arms around Diana 's neck and kissed her on the cheek .
7 One of the assistants took Ruth into a fitting-room and helped her into the dress , then stood back to admire the effect .
8 He threw the luggage into the boot of her hired car and helped her into the front seat .
9 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 .
10 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 .
11 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 .
12 Craig came to her side and relieved her of the bowl .
13 Bunny noticed Stella 's distress and patted her on the shoulder .
14 He picked up the tray and followed her from the room .
15 The scene that greeted her at the top was already less frightening than it had been when Phoebe arrived .
16 Marion was sitting in the sun , her back to the hut that sheltered her from the cold wind .
17 THE gritty determination that took her to the top as Coronation Street 's Ivy has always been there .
18 I did n't want her to give herself over to the view of life that underlay all this , the philosophy that pinned her to the shadow-corners of the world .
19 She went to the Labour Bureau and the clerk there told her that she would be passed fit for clerical work and sent her to the Ministry of Defence Office .
20 Bella was very old now and would probably be glad of a rest , George considered , so he drew the pony to a halt and walked her off the road and on to the quarry floor .
21 Princess Marie Louise went to the Queen and told her about the scheme .
22 He joked and playacted , then put his arm round one 's waist and kissed her on the cheek .
23 Yanto curled his arm around Sheila 's waist and guided her towards the river bank .
24 He had hustled her out of the kitchen into the boudoir and kissed her on the lips , slipping his arm round her waist .
25 The minutes crawled like tired snails , but the ambulance arrived before Tom had returned from making his phone calls in the study , and with the compassionate yet businesslike speed that Belinda never ceased to admire , the paramedic ambulance officers slid Faye on to a stretcher and carried her to the waiting vehicle , where an intravenous line could be set up immediately .
26 We discussed our plans for the living museum and theme park and told her about the oak tree .
27 At ten past eight that evening , when he ran downstairs to answer his outer doorbell and found her on the doorstep , it was as if he had been kicked in the stomach .
28 She glared at her sister and kicked her under the table .
29 Heat flared along her veins , ripple after ripple of heady sensation that shook her to the very depths .
30 Kate grabbed the shoulder of her daughter 's tee-shirt and dragged her to the cell door .
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