Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] her in [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Woolley met her in a Belgian hospital in the summer of 1916 , after he had broken both ankles in a forced landing . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Florrie told her in no uncertain terms that she would have to get used to it . |
| 4 | ‘ And there you are wrong , ’ Alain assured her in an amused voice . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Rose asked her in a low voice . |
| 7 | A change to teaching English to Italian children brought worse problems with ‘ il Signor Conte ’ , and a period married to a sisal farmer in Portuguese East Africa found her in the worst place on God 's earth . |
| 8 | ‘ Yes , Nana , ’ Martha assured her in a distracted tone . |
| 9 | Beth told her in a reproachful voice . |
| 10 | She had not yet worn any of the gowns sent by Tamar and was longing for Bob to see her in the blue one . |
| 11 | Yon Yonson married her in an evident attempt to qualify for the Irish dole . |
| 12 | Britain 's golden girl missed out by a stride on an £86,000 jackpot when arch-rival Sandra Farmer-Patrick pipped her in the 400 metres hurdles at the IAAF Grand Prix final and also won the women 's overall title . |
| 13 | ‘ Well , I suggest yer get yerself a good mouser , ’ Mr Goodrich told her in no uncertain manner . |
| 14 | One friend has explained how , in a conversation in which she was lamenting the cost of electricity , Eliot asked her in a confidential manner , " Are you on the domestic tariff ? " |
| 15 | ‘ He wo n't be at this place , ’ Doreen assured her in a lofty tone . |
| 16 | In 1928 screen goddess Gloria Swanson hired Stroheim to direct her in the lavish Queen Kelly , but after he had wasted $600,000 on meaningless footage , Swanson fired him . |
| 17 | He returned to Madeira to marry her in the English Church in 1874 . |
| 18 | John wrapping her in a scarlet cashmere dressing gown , which she considered madly extravagant but adorable of him . |
| 19 | But when they finally met , Shug greeted her in an enigmatic tone , ‘ You sure is ugly ’ . |
| 20 | She turned to bachelor colleague Phillip Levy to fulfill her in the Sixties . |