Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] her [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | She said : ‘ I met her for the first time this week . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm just grateful I met her before the final operation . ’ |
| 3 | I phoned her on the fourth night to say goodnight to her that was all . |
| 4 | In an effort to find an ally in helping her , I mentioned her to the local priest . |
| 5 | I told her about the tragic young man . |
| 6 | I told her about the Scottish physicist Charles ( C.T.R. ) Wilson 's interest in meteorology and of his accidental discovery of the tracks . |
| 7 | I told her of the big green seas , all crinkled and slow , heaving up astern as the icy wind scoured their tops into freezing spume . |
| 8 | I told her of the dead snake that you and she had found once , and which had been your special secret . |
| 9 | I kissed her for the last time as she lay in her hospital bed : the bedclothes were crisp and undisturbed , and she looked very clean , just as she would have wanted to ; and very small , because she was so old , and having started life none too big had ended up , at the age of ninety-one , not much bigger than a child . |
| 10 | I followed her to the Georgian wing where the rooms were more human size . |
| 11 | The popular myth paints a homely picture of the Queen Mother ducking around Diana as she schooled her in the subtle arts of royal protocol while the Queen 's senior lady-in-waiting , Lady Susan Hussey took the young woman aside for tuition in regal history . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'm glad she waited for the wedding to be over , ’ whispered Mrs Alderley in Theda 's ear , as she joined her by the French windows that had been opened to the terrace outside . |
| 13 | Listening to her talk about the make of corset she wore and the neckline shape that best suited her , speaking on these matters with the kind of solemnity they would only have brought to bear on the country 's economic situation or the future of the United Nations , they regarded her with the polite incomprehension with which they would have looked at a Martian . |
| 14 | There was just enough time for Bobbie to make herself tidy before they called her into the front room . |
| 15 | Mm , Cathy knew what they called her in the initial stage |
| 16 | They reminded her of the cardboard kaleidoscope she had as a child , packed with coloured fragments , which she looked into for hours , turning and watching , turning and watching . |
| 17 | She kept clear of everybody in the house in case they reminded her of the ill person her uncle had become . |
| 18 | TWO friends of Cadbury 's Flake model Rachel Brown last night denied they supplied her with the deadly drug Ecstasy . |
| 19 | He led her to the far room where she had found Leo . |
| 20 | He led her to the last desk in the line , on which she could see a sheaf of pink sheets of paper . |
| 21 | He led her through the crowded flat to the kitchen and poured her a glass of wine . |
| 22 | ‘ Pringle 's used to have a Directors ' Dining Room , with their own cook , ’ Wilcox explained as he led her through the drab corridors of the administration block , and out across a yard where fresh snow was already covering the footpath that had been cleared . |
| 23 | As he led her towards the wood-and-thatch building by the roadside , Isabel contemplated another night in fitzAlan 's company . |
| 24 | Tugging her gently , he seated her on the low stone wall . |
| 25 | " I 'm sorry , can I … " she motioned towards the door , and he helped her through the packed people , using his elbow to get them out of the way . |
| 26 | Lifting her with effortless strength to her feet , he cradled her against the hard strength of his own body . |
| 27 | Then , before she realised what was happening , he fastened her in the double stirrups , binding her hands and feet . |
| 28 | No hearts were going to be broken , he told her with the frankest face , if he were to run off with a Protestant and have a dozen kids . |
| 29 | He moved closer , delving in the pocket of his dinner jacket to lift out a carton of cigarettes and light one , his pale eyes gleaming as he studied her over the glowing tip . |
| 30 | ‘ You will not be coming back , ’ he assured her in the same arrogant tone . |