Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] her [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Peregrine interrupted her with a languid chortle and was properly admonished . |
| 2 | Linda asked her on a sudden impulse . |
| 3 | Woolley met her in a Belgian hospital in the summer of 1916 , after he had broken both ankles in a forced landing . |
| 4 | No — she did n't want to be locked away to die , yet as she rushed across the square she escaped death by inches from a dog-cart without noticing it , the magnet that was Christie Goldsborough drawing her in a straight line , through brick walls if need be , to get at him . |
| 5 | Calapaez rewarded her with a seven lengths win over Homme d'Affaire . |
| 6 | Emilia silenced her with a raised finger . |
| 7 | Just having a think , " Aunt Tossie said when Nicandra roused her with a gentle nudge . |
| 8 | Already involved with her longstanding boyfriend Neil Turley , Jenny declined his advances , but undaunted , fearless Frank phoned her on a regular basis and left messages with her unsuspecting boyfriend , a West Ham fan who was flattered that the team 's top scorer was training so late at night . |
| 9 | ‘ Poor Owen — he seems to have broken every bone in his body , ’ Ross told her with a heavy sigh . |
| 10 | Loretta followed her into a spacious drawing-room , and seated herself in a chair to one side of the tiled fireplace , while Veronica took the chair opposite . |
| 11 | Sharpe spurred her into a clumsy gallop that made his heavy sword flap in its slings and crash its disc hilt painfully onto his left thigh . |
| 12 | Her cousin Liz had always said that Ross reminded her of a ferocious , hungry lion gliding smoothly through the tall grass of life , looking for his supper ! |
| 13 | ‘ I 've no doubt he 'll ask Dr Curtis to admit her to a cardiac ward . ’ |
| 14 | She took the drink Gaston handed her with a brittle smile , and sipped . |
| 15 | Willi led her into a huge living-room with a window looking over the valley . |
| 16 | Jade 's skull was fractured when she was a few days old when her nanny , Carol Withers battered her with a heavy weapon . |
| 17 | Elaine watched her for a few minutes before paddling further into the shore , lying on the soft , creamy sand , letting the shallow water caress her feet and legs . |
| 18 | She opened the surgery door and Helen greeted her with a great sigh of relief . |
| 19 | Annabel tried to persuade Stephen to join her on a bright-blue canvas swing seat with Charlie . |
| 20 | As well , Hi 's reflections on Carlotta establish her as a real woman as well as an ideal of love and beauty . |
| 21 | Penry held her in a loose , impersonal embrace as her tears fell thick and fast , bitter and scalding enough to cauterise the wound in her memory . |
| 22 | Damian led her to a long dark blue velvet sofa and ordered a bottle of Laurent-Perrier champagne , which was brought to their table in a silver ice-bucket . |
| 23 | Rose asked her in a low voice . |
| 24 | They became lovers , but Valerie did n't know that Sanquest regarded her as a mere plaything — someone he could have a little fun with ; someone he could display before his friends as his latest conquest . |
| 25 | Vitor studied her for a long , piercing moment . |
| 26 | ‘ Yes , Nana , ’ Martha assured her in a distracted tone . |
| 27 | Phoebe hated her with a brief clear flame of anger . |
| 28 | ‘ I shall be free tonight , ’ Lubor thought to mention as Ivo handed over Azor and went on his way , and Lubor guided her to a rear door of the house . |
| 29 | Within weeks of Ms Haslam 's turnaround , Ontario premier Bob Rae reassigned her to a lesser role in the Ministry of Health and appointed Anne Swarbrick , formerly minister-without-portfolio responsible for Women 's Issues , to head Ontario 's newly recombined ministries of Culture , Tourism and Recreation . |
| 30 | Golding treated her to a scornful look . |