Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] she [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 His ex-wife Margaret claims he tried to kill her at the family home in Brockhampton .
2 When I prised her off and tried to stand her on the floor she kept rocking back and sitting on her tail , then falling over sideways and lying there like a stuffed parrot .
3 As she leaned into the car , the attacker grabbed her and tried to pull her into the vehicle .
4 A SPURNED lover disguised himself to kidnap his ex-girlfriend then tried to stab her in the neck with a syringe , a court heard yesterday .
5 After the appeal , Duncan McAllister resigned his Army commission while publicity surrounding Christie 's friendship with Anna Moore helped keep her in the public eye .
6 She left her home last night as her owner tried to weigh her in the garden .
7 ‘ Somebody tried to phone her at the flat .
8 He stopped and turned her towards him and tried to kiss her on the mouth .
9 He slid his arm round her narrow waist and bent to kiss her on the forehead .
10 If you tried to pat her on the shoulder and say ‘ There , there , ’ anything might happen .
11 Margaret Jones claims her husband tried to murder her at the family home in Brockhampton , by pumping exhaust fumes from the garage into her bedroom .
12 Oh who cares , I thought , and tried to bundle her into the bag right away .
13 Luke tried to steer her across the road , but she turned on him , her eyes heavy with shadows , her face pale and strained .
14 One of the cats came to meet her in the wood and accompanied her back into the house .
15 He 'd met her on the beach walking with a dog , a wire-haired terrier called Dolly which had come sniffing up to him .
16 He asked the old man if he knew Miss Lavant , if he 'd seen her at the fete , in clothes with buttercups on them .
17 I told him that I 'd seen her in the company of a minder I did n't like the look of and that I 'd followed them to Woolwich .
18 She stared at him and , as her eyes met his , once again , like the moment he 'd seen her in the pool , she seemed unable to look away .
19 ‘ In her mind , she 'd twisted her into the daughter she and Gaston never had .
20 Once they 'd had a conversation on two levels , from street to first-floor window ; it had been in April ; on the second occasion he 'd visited her in the afternoon , for a walk along the canal .
21 She had not merely been a housekeeper but her qualities of efficiency , cheerfulness and gastronomic expertise seemed to fit her for the task of looking after this unusual pair .
22 , so I put her out in the end it erm it was surprising everybody knew what was going to happen they knew what I was going to do right when I come back in after swi place was empty they 'd got out that door before I 'd got her out the door but erm no it 's it 's very insulting .
23 ‘ To a certain extent you 'll have free rein , ’ he 'd told her over the telephone .
24 I 'd dragged her into the storeroom and begged her to take me to London , saying my family would n't allow me to go without her .
25 He was confident he 'd brought her to the stage where he could lay her .
26 He clambered up and intercepted her at the kitchen door , enfolding her and drawing her in to his body so that his warmth flowed through to her , just as he had that day when he 'd found her on the beach , lost and afraid ; like him , a victim of the past .
27 In fact , he was the man who 'd escorted her to the door to mark the end of her first visit .
28 He 'd left her at the inn without so much as a word , and here he was , calmly indulging his hobby while she 'd had to trek after him .
29 When he 'd left her at the entrance to Newcastle Place the day Pa died she 'd ached with disappointment that she might never see him again .
30 We 'd left her in the car actually .
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