Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] her [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Elizabeth Woodville drew her to one side . |
| 2 | She was nineteen , the age Maria had been when she had first felt the power of Luke 's attraction , and Maria regarded her with ironic envy , wishing she could have reacted as insouciantly , her awe and admiration as impersonal as Penny 's , Luke confined to some remote pedestal along with other out-of-reach heroes , contact undreamed-of . |
| 3 | While Helen 's day was filled by the demands of her young charges and the vain attempts of Mrs Webb to train her in some orderliness in domestic affairs , Edward continued to tend her father 's grave . |
| 4 | ‘ The king my father learned of my regard for yourself from Sir Thomas Vaughan who saw it as his duty to inform him , ’ Edward told her with notable reluctance . |
| 5 | Details are not yet available , but it is possible that Dr Threadneedle turned her into some sort of cyborg death machine . ’ |
| 6 | Woolley placed her under close arrest for mutiny . |
| 7 | ‘ It was to have children that Allah put her on this earth . |
| 8 | Jake regarded her with superior amusement . |
| 9 | For example when Pip meets Miss Haversham for the 1st time , Dickens describes her in immense detail . |
| 10 | At last she reached Broom House and rushed into the surgery , where Helen greeted her with evident relief . |
| 11 | Damian studied her with loving amusement and murmured , ‘ You do n't really believe I would have knelt to you ? |
| 12 | They passed two landings , Gordon following her with majestic tread , but faster than one might expect , since although he had lost time in hanging up his raincoat in the hall , he reached the door first , and opened it without any kind of announcement , and Edward was standing , with his back to them at first , thinner and smaller than she remembered , but then she always made the mistake when she had n't seen him for a bit — he turned round , protesting , and it was Edward . |
| 13 | When Helen paused , he cannoned into her and she turned , offering a startled apology that turned into a cry of alarm as Goldman shoved her to one side . |
| 14 | But God confronted her about that laugh — not because she laughed in God 's presence but because her laughter expressed a limiting view of God which was a denial of his power and an incitement to doubt . |
| 15 | Modigliani painted her with such ferocity , in his shirt-sleeves , his hair all ruffled . |
| 16 | ‘ Oh , he sees me , ’ Belinda told her with some spirit . |
| 17 | ‘ Mind you do n't neglect him , ’ Ratagan told her with mock severity . |
| 18 | Life can take many strange twists , ’ Jonas told her in all seriousness , then softened the whole with a laugh . |
| 19 | She broke off , feeling a rush of heat and cold all at the same time as Niall studied her with penetrating intensity . |
| 20 | Myra greeted her with suppressed excitement and Claudia wished she could feel even a little of the same anticipation . |
| 21 | She could sense Guy watching her with narrowed attention , and clenched her hands inside the pockets of her suede waistcoat , battling to get her reactions under control . |
| 22 | It was not her first transatlantic flight , as she was in the French team last autumn in Washington , New York and Toronto , where Miss Ledermann rode her into second place in the World Cup round , behind Britain 's Tina Cassan and Genesis . |
| 23 | Preston stopped her without much trouble with his one good arm . |
| 24 | ‘ He 's not that far gone , ’ Gus assured her with unexpected shrewdness . |
| 25 | Penry Vaughan studied her in brooding silence for a moment , then glanced at the forgotten tray on the bedside table . |
| 26 | As Nellie Tanner started off Sadie called her to one side . |
| 27 | Mrs. Mounce watched her with discreet curiosity . |
| 28 | Luke regarded her with narrowed watchfulness . |