Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] her [noun sg] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 She mumbled something while Flora supported her and I wiped her face with the warm , fizzy water .
2 I have this from her own mouth , for I visited her house at the Falster ferry , at a time when her husband was arrested for a crime . ’
3 Later , I helped her sponge off the caked blood .
4 So I put her bicycle in the boot of my car and got here just after nine .
5 I put her name on the papers but never got a card back , ’ explains the sister of a Down 's syndrome woman of average ability .
6 She should be able to move in by the end of next week , and I 'll never be so happy as when I wave her goodbye at the front door .
7 I arranged her suicide at the age of twenty-six and I felt that if this was n't ‘ the ’ truth I had certainly approached ‘ a ’ truth .
8 Secondly , I draw her attention to the career development loan scheme which the Government are funding .
9 I followed her gaze down the long empty platform and there at the other end stood a tall figure .
10 I heard her trip across the floor and the door closed behind her .
11 Her face was wrinkled with age but she looked friendly and her voice was pleasant when I heard her talk to the men .
12 I pulled her glass across the table and got generous with my bourbon again .
13 I watched her face in the rear-view mirror .
14 I watched her walk across the road to the ford taxi .
15 All these memories are connected incoherently to my mother : the oozing uterine passage closing in on Superman ; the dead man disclosed by nuns [ so pretty and so erotically close to the nightclub ] ; and the sadness of Limelight where , sitting in the dark with her I knew her pleasure at the tale was different to mine , an adult one , beyond me .
16 Outside in the street I took her hand for the first time .
17 I carried her luggage to the yard , noting that even Ellen 's strident feminism evaporated in the face of two heavy bags and tropical heat .
18 I see her walking with the bride to her new village , being teased by the escort of girls .
19 I see her picture in the paper , then I holler copper and tell them this is the dame from the sanatorium .
20 On one occasion , when Diana was due to stay with Prince Charles at Broadlands , she stripped the sheets from her bed and used them to lower her suitcase from the kitchen window to the street below , out of sight of the waiting newshounds .
21 Nao Naomi realizes there 's no point talking about it now , the dye has been cast the decision has been made , the commitment has been entered into , whatever the cost she was going gods way , there was nothing more to be said about it we find that a de a decision made before god and we all make those decisions , means nothing at all unless were determined to carry it through , whatever the cost may be , three women here make their decisions before god , they make their choices , Naomi she chooses to return to Judah once again and enjoy the inheritance god has given her , Auper she chooses to return to her own country and her own god , as far as were concerned that 's the end of the story , but Ruth she chooses , she expresses her faith in the one true god , she turns her back on the old ways and decides to follow gods way , no matter what the cost , she would of said with Joshua , but as for me and my husband were gon na serve god , whatever the cost , I du n no what 'll be and she did n't know what she was letting herself in for , and the , I counted it , although I do n't know what it is , I counted that cost , I 'm willing to pay it and Jesus said that that is the acid test of disciples , said to count the cost and weigh it up and Ruth had done that , then to make their decision and because if we make a decision without counting the cost , without weighing it all up , like Auper you 'll go back , it wo n't last , there is that choice for every one of us day by day , who will we serve , not to be like Joshua , its for us , never for any body else , I will serve the lord because and this is the reason for it , not because you 've done nice things for me , I will be your saviour because he is god , that 's the reason for our serving god , not because he blesses us because he blesses people who do n't serve him , blessing is not exclusive to gods people , blessing , god blesses across the board , god is generous he 's gracious , he causes the rain and the sun to shine on the just and on the unjust , blessing is not the ground for serving god , but because he is god that 's sufficient reason for our committing ourselves to him .
22 She met her aunt for the first time and was invited to spend a holiday with her .
23 Lady Thatcher often accused her male colleagues of lacking guts … today she met her match in the Lady from Cheltenham .
24 She revealed her side of the story to The Times .
25 He held a marble lighter towards her and said as she lowered her head to the flame , ‘ Filthy , is n't it ? ’ nodding towards the rain at the window .
26 When she saw him approaching , she lowered her gaze to the canvas before her and began to dab at it with the brush .
27 She lowered her gaze to the plate of food she had ordered a while ago .
28 After the armistice she applied her invention to the propulsion of liquids and gases through pipes and the improvement of ventilation of mines , sewers , and warships .
29 As she threaded her way through the guests she forced her lips to smile , though they still felt the pressure of the kiss to which she had yielded so weakly .
30 The relief was immense and she wondered if she plunged her brain into the water it would help too .
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