Example sentences of "[vb past] her [prep] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lady Constance visited some suffragettes imprisoned in Holloway gaol , and this experience transformed her into a public figure with a single-minded burning cause . |
| 2 | She giggled when his second attempt ended in the same way , and when he grasped her in a great bear hug , she was able to slip away as easily as if it were a child holding her . |
| 3 | Her General Practitioner referred her to the surgical Outpatients Clinic where the surgeon examined her and placed her on the waiting list for stripping ( removal ) of varicose veins . |
| 4 | The coroner , Harold Price , heard at Walthamstow Coroner 's Court in north-east London that baby Kim 's GP and health visitor referred her to the social services on the day she died , said it was vital that such referrals should be made as soon as possible . |
| 5 | Blood tests revealed Louise 's haemoglobin level was down and doctors referred her to the local hospital . |
| 6 | The test came back positive and Fiona 's doctor referred her to the top London expert in toxoplasma . |
| 7 | Then , when they turned out on to the main road , Luke overtook her with an authoritative toot . |
| 8 | He often visited her in the early months , talking as if the passive figure in the background was n't there . |
| 9 | There was a time , early in their days at Cambridge , when a brilliant and handsome research student from Yale made a determined pitch for Robyn , and she had been rather dazzled and excited by the experience ( he wooed her with a heady mixture of the latest post Freudian theoretical jargon and devastatingly frank sexual propositions , so she was never quite sure whether it was Lacan 's symbolic phallus he was referring to or his own real one ) . |
| 10 | Lucy spent just three days in intensive care before doctors moved her to an ordinary ward at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital . |
| 11 | Lucenzo ruthlessly hurried the shaken Meredith through a small door , to the sound of indulgent ribaldry , and drew her into a small salotto . |
| 12 | I drew her into a shadowy window embrasure . |
| 13 | Things that filled her with joy and drew her into the everyday lives of the two people she had loved for so many lonely years . |
| 14 | Lifting her with effortless strength to her feet , he cradled her against the hard strength of his own body . |
| 15 | A legacy from a great-aunt had bought their house and provided her with a small income . |
| 16 | In January 1990 the Education Department provided her with a new tutor . |
| 17 | Without a word , Lucenzo offered her a jug of coffee and flicked a quick finger at the alert barman , who provided her with a fresh cup . |
| 18 | Her investments provided her with an annual income of well over a million dollars , in addition to the trusts and investments left to her directly by her husband . |
| 19 | She said that the sale provided her with the out-of-print material needed for research . |
| 20 | This provided her with the ideal opportunity to research and write a book about the local food , which resulted in the publication of The Taste of Cyprus ( Interworld Publications , £5.95 ) , an enjoyable look at seasonal Cypriot cooking . |
| 21 | A Salvation Army boy who was studying medicine invited her to the Christian Union . |
| 22 | Her instructor , Sally Sheffield , described her as a competent first-aider who did not panic . |
| 23 | He fixed her with a cool stare . |
| 24 | He fixed her with a bloodshot eye . |
| 25 | He fixed her with a glittering eye . |
| 26 | He fixed her in a maddened stare and she saw the blood running from his gashed hand . |
| 27 | He found her in a small kitchen . |
| 28 | I found her in a large day-room where groups of elderly ladies sat in plastic-covered armchairs . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | The baby weighed less than one kilo , she took it to the clinic and a clinic worker helped her to a nearby hospital . |