Example sentences of "[vb past] her [prep] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Detective Sergeant Mick Ornellus , of Clacton CID , said the two men either offered or already had carried out a number of jobs for her and tricked her into parting with the money . |
| 2 | The service section also involved her in caring for the elderly and paediatrics . |
| 3 | ‘ Modern mattress , ’ he told her before proceeding with the more pleasurable task of nibbling her ear . |
| 4 | Her safety-valve , the thing that prevented her from going round the bend , was the fun of devising and dishing out these splendid punishments , and the lovely thing was that they seemed to work , at any rate for short periods . |
| 5 | But only stubborn pride and the knowledge that Giles 's monstrous accusations were totally unfounded prevented her from fleeing to the Ladies ’ . |
| 6 | Only the sudden arrival of three new boarders saved her from succumbing to the terror which filled her . |
| 7 | Her father , a Swansea lawyer , discouraged her from going into the legal profession because he thought she would get too emotionally involved in her cases . |
| 8 | Thomas ' father , a Swansea lawyer , discouraged her from going into the legal profession because he thought she would get too involved in her cases . |