Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] she [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At least it was comforting to know that he would n't consider her compliance ‘ cheap ’ or despise her for the speed with which he had been able to seduce her . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'll go and collect her , or meet her on the way home . |
| 3 | I was thinking maybe next weekend I might or meet her for the day |
| 4 | I sometimes did little unexpected kid things out of my tenderness for her , and was always glad to be the one to take up tea for her if she was unwell , and so on , or to help her with the housework when she was servantless . |
| 5 | In his absence she 'd been as nervy as a wildcat , jumping a mile every time someone spoke to her or touched her on the shoulder , expecting him to turn up out of the blue as he 'd made a habit of doing . |
| 6 | Tony found that the best thing to do was to put her in the buggy and push her round the town , or take her to the park . |
| 7 | God had n't fully maintained His help to keep condescension from her tone or to prepare her for the answer when it came : ‘ Yes , I went to school , ma'am . |
| 8 | She whimpers as I twist a little harder and drag her to the cloakroom , to keep out of Merchant 's way . |
| 9 | She heard a muttered curse , she saw a shadow across the french window at the end of the room , she felt someone catch her round the waist and drag her to the ground . |
| 10 | Yussuf caught hold of her and propelled her towards the gate . |
| 11 | If he 'd picked her up and laid her on the bed and taken her with all the passion and strength his virile body was promising her at that moment , she would n't have raised a finger to stop him , so when he swung her around in his arms and deposited her nearer to the bathroom door before removing his arms from her she was left gasping with surprise and a sinking feeling of disappointment mixed with humiliation which shook her with its intensity . |
| 12 | I snatched up my doll , Topsey , and laid her in the cart and ran after Mum who was half way down the street before I caught her up . |
| 13 | Then Clare took her by the elbow and led her along the path which suddenly went through a gate and stopped . |
| 14 | He smiled again , fleetingly , and her pulse gave another blip as he took her arm and led her through the entrance . |
| 15 | Elisabeth put her hand under Rosa Jacobsen 's elbow and led her into the cottage . |
| 16 | He took her hand and led her into the atrium , where she turned and went into his arms . |
| 17 | I took her hand and led her into the centre of the dancers , as the light failed over Wimbledon . |
| 18 | Then he picked up the two bags and led her into the terminal . |
| 19 | As he took his hostess 's arm and led her into the dining-room , he did not glance again at Madeleine . |
| 20 | He put his arm around her and led her into the room , and Maggie got up to go . |
| 21 | After the caretaker had unlocked the big front door and disappeared down the drive , Harry took Madeleine 's arm and led her into the drawing-room . |
| 22 | He turned now and led her towards the door , but there he stopped and in a quiet voice said , ‘ Now , do what I tell you . |
| 23 | He made no response , but just took her hand and led her towards the stable-block . |
| 24 | He looked surprised at her request for a word in private , but readily agreed and led her across the hotel reception hall , out through a door at the rear of the building and into the garden . |
| 25 | She helped the old woman up and led her across the room . |
| 26 | He smiled at her , took her arm and led her to the window . |
| 27 | Alexander took her hand and led her to the door that led out on to the path that wound down towards the beach . |
| 28 | He took her arm and led her to the dining room , where the gleaming long rectangular table had been impeccably set for two . |
| 29 | Rosie took Artemis by the hand and led her down the corridor to a small room right at the end . |
| 30 | I spoke to Princesse Mathilde and asked her about the school Violette went to in Switzerland . |