Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [prep] her [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I have n't any serious plans to marry him , if that 's what you 're asking , ’ she told him as levelly as she could , and had the hardest work in the world in hanging on to her temper when his glance flicked from her through the open door into her sitting-room . |
| 2 | A wild , violent delight that had intolerable hunger as its other side spasmed through her as the deep , slow throb low down in her slender body became a pounding , yearning ache that must be soothed , or she thought she would die . |
| 3 | She closed her eyes as the memory rushed back vividly into her mind again , and a feeling of panic rose through her at the thought that a fierce spark of that madness might be living on within her as she approached the middle of her life . |
| 4 | She was not surprised when the girl turned to her with the dark remark , ‘ I wish he had n't come in just then . ’ |
| 5 | The carvings swung , and up there an owl of wood stared at her among the leaves . |
| 6 | A shudder ran through her at the thought of meeting Luke Calder again and she turned away , making a great performance of picking up her handbag . |
| 7 | ’ Her husband gazed at her across the body . |
| 8 | Lightness and truth came to her with the wind 's speed . |
| 9 | A picture came to her of the shaggy wanderers huddling together in the bus shelter at the top of the road where she had been born and bred . |
| 10 | ‘ And if your singing went with her through the dark , she had a good passage . |
| 11 | Then a small chill ran through her as the recalled the fortune-teller 's words : ‘ I see danger from a train ’ . |
| 12 | Fenella looked over her shoulder at them and saw that they were looking at her with such blind trust and with such faith that cold anger rose in her at the evil Lord who had forced them to his work . |
| 13 | The Inspector turned to her for the first time , but if he was cheered by her observation he gave no sign of his approval . |
| 14 | At last she felt clear and a kind woman smiled at her among the machines and said , ‘ Nearly ready now . ’ |
| 15 | A dark and lovely young woman smiled at her from the doorstep . |
| 16 | The light was behind him and Melanie could not see his face ; besides– Finn walked before her up the stairs . |
| 17 | As she was telling the shuffling Grimauds that light thickens , and the crow makes wing to the rooky wood , a voice cried above her from the high scaffolding . |
| 18 | Before the side-car receded from her along the straight avenue , she observed a gun case ( sometimes Anderson shot the bogs with Dada ) , a rod case , and a bulging Gladstone bag tied together in the space ( called the well ) situated between the opposite wings of the sidecar . |
| 19 | His golden shadow fell on her from the lamp . |
| 20 | The trial continued without her after the judge , Mr Justice Latham , was satisfied that was her wish and she was capable of instructing her lawyers . |
| 21 | The arrival of the carrack and the news of her betrothal was now well known in the barony , and the valedictory Mass said for her in the church of St James in Dingle was attended by the town Sovereign and the local dignitaries and as many of the working folk of Dingle and the surrounding villages as could find kneeling space in the church . |
| 22 | Unexpected excitement flickered inside her at the thought . |
| 23 | Four times a day the nurse came towards her across the wide spaces of lino with the shiny basin containing the rattling metal syringe . |
| 24 | ‘ The learned judge left the case to the jury , remarking upon the tender years of the girl , her situation under the care and authority of the prisoner and his wife , and the authority and influence which the prisoner had over her in the absence of his wife . |
| 25 | Then they were on the cliff road for Repulse Bay , and the sea glittered below her to the right . |
| 26 | Voices from the breakfast table came to her through the open window . |
| 27 | Jonathan 's face grinned at her from the telescreens . |
| 28 | In the bathroom , her woebegone face stared at her from the mirror . |
| 29 | Her mother went with her to the edge of the village . |
| 30 | The solicitor glared at her over the top of his spectacles , unamused . |