Example sentences of "[vb past] her [prep] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " 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 | Blood tests revealed Louise 's haemoglobin level was down and doctors referred her to the local hospital . |
4 | Then , when they turned out on to the main road , Luke overtook her with an authoritative toot . |
5 | 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 ) . |
6 | Lucy spent just three days in intensive care before doctors moved her to an ordinary ward at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital . |
7 | Lucenzo ruthlessly hurried the shaken Meredith through a small door , to the sound of indulgent ribaldry , and drew her into a small salotto . |
8 | I drew her into a shadowy window embrasure . |
9 | Lifting her with effortless strength to her feet , he cradled her against the hard strength of his own body . |
10 | A legacy from a great-aunt had bought their house and provided her with a small income . |
11 | In January 1990 the Education Department provided her with a new tutor . |
12 | 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 . |
13 | 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 . |
14 | She said that the sale provided her with the out-of-print material needed for research . |
15 | 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 . |
16 | A Salvation Army boy who was studying medicine invited her to the Christian Union . |
17 | Her instructor , Sally Sheffield , described her as a competent first-aider who did not panic . |
18 | He fixed her with a cool stare . |
19 | He fixed her with a bloodshot eye . |
20 | He fixed her with a glittering eye . |
21 | He fixed her in a maddened stare and she saw the blood running from his gashed hand . |
22 | He found her in a small kitchen . |
23 | I found her in a large day-room where groups of elderly ladies sat in plastic-covered armchairs . |
24 | The baby weighed less than one kilo , she took it to the clinic and a clinic worker helped her to a nearby hospital . |
25 | ‘ I helped her through a bad time , you see . |
26 | Clare helped her into a black car that stood by the kerb with its door open . |
27 | Colleague Evelyn Cookson and a stranger hoisted Tammy to her feet and helped her into a waiting ambulance . |
28 | He threw the luggage into the boot of her hired car and helped her into the front seat . |
29 | He helped her in a two-year battle against cancer and to come to terms with her double mastectomy . |
30 | Already involved with her longstanding boyfriend Neil Turley , Jenny declined his advances , but undaunted , fearless Frank phoned her on a regular basis and left messages with her unsuspecting boyfriend , a West Ham fan who was flattered that the team 's top scorer was training so late at night . |