Example sentences of "[vb past] [to-vb] her [art] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her background was a few rungs up from the Jenkinses and that elementary social fact helped to give her a poise in the face of his ever-increasing sureness . |
| 2 | I tried to give her the kiss of life . |
| 3 | Oddly enough , it even , while it lasted , seemed to give her a sense of purpose in life . |
| 4 | The fact that she and Hugh happened to fit the bill seemed to give her every opportunity for finding out . |
| 5 | Her owner rushed to bring her a bucket of oats before she should become entangled in the fence once again . |
| 6 | Her husband leapt to give her a glass of water and Wilson to help her sit upright . |
| 7 | I went to see her a couple of times , but there was no progress . |
| 8 | ‘ Invalid and invalid as in having no effect , ’ Fernando grumbled as he went to pour her a drink from a jug on the table . |
| 9 | When he offered to buy her a house in Blackpool , her request was for a simple terrace house , similar to the one in which they had spent their early life together . |
| 10 | When a kind and affluent sister-in-law offered to buy her a house in the suburbs of London , she asked , " What will my boys do there ? " |
| 11 | The doctor went to fetch her a glass of water . |
| 12 | While he went to get her a glass of freshly squeezed lemon and lime juice she tried to resent his patronising amusement , but failed to summon up enough ill-feeling to do so . |
| 13 | Retracing her steps , she encountered one of the paper 's rare female employees , who offered to show her the way to the library . |
| 14 | The butcher , who was gentle and warmhearted in spite of the cruel bloodstains on his boater , loaded her basket free with bones for the dog and offered to show her the mysteries of his store room where , shaggy with frost , the sides of meat hung in refrigerated darkness . |
| 15 | Then to stop her crying , anything to stop that , he had to buy her the set of antique-look brass fire-irons she had set her heart on for the lounge , to give an extra touch of authenticity to the rustic stone fireplace and the imitation-log gas fire . |
| 16 | We had to watch her every moment of the day , to stop her playing her tricks on us . |
| 17 | He had invented the idea of the comedy at that moment , and to prove it he had to offer her a joke in evidence . |
| 18 | ‘ I had to offer her a round of toasted cheese and a cup of tea . |