Example sentences of "[vb past] her [adv] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was just getting used to the chestnut when Alejandro moved her on to a dark brown mare who , when it was n't bucking , shied at the ball , and then on to another chestnut , whom she had great difficulty in holding . |
| 2 | Thunder woke her out of a fitful sleep . |
| 3 | He studied her minutely for a long time until she felt his eyes had bored into her very skull . |
| 4 | He drove her back in a battered silver sports car . |
| 5 | She was concentrating with exaggerated passion upon her own blind , sensitive footsteps when her instep caught in some solid , clinging mass , and threw her forward in a clumsy , crippling stumble , from which she recovered strongly , and kept her balance . |
| 6 | We have some friends whose 21-year-old daughter was murdered by a boyfriend who threw her out of a third-storey window . |
| 7 | The next thing she knew , Miss Hardbroom had pulled her out of the pocket and plonked her unceremoniously into a high-sided glass jar . |
| 8 | ‘ Cut it out , Maria , ’ he ordered her curtly after a few seconds in which he seemed to hold his breath . |
| 9 | In these crates — ’ he beckoned her over with a cool , authoritative wave ‘ — is the very latest ‘ state of the art ’ satellite communication system imported from France . |
| 10 | Billie heard the housekeeper ask Adam in the kitchen as he followed her through for a new packet of cigarettes . |
| 11 | She took the key from a hook by the kitchen door and they followed her out into a paved courtyard that was partly glazed over ; there were lounging chairs , potted plants and climbers , and a sizeable lily-pond with a fountain . |
| 12 | In the early hours of 9th January , 1969 , Vigilant sighted the suspect vessel entering the River Swale near the Isle of Sheppey and followed her in at a safe distance . |
| 13 | And he thrust her briskly into a small , book-lined room , and himself went on along a passage to the hall and the telephone , leaving the door open between them . |
| 14 | In a corner of the Salon Imperial of the Hotel Intercontinental , Paris , Harriet Varna braced her back against a statuesque pillar and looked steadily into the viewfinder of her camera , concentrating on her subjects so fiercely that she was almost oblivious to the electric atmosphere that surrounded her , bouncing off the Viennese décor and the sumptuous rococo ceiling along with the heat and the light as the models of the House of Saint Laurent moved gracefully along the hundred yards of catwalk to display the new season 's couture collection . |
| 15 | The children pulled her irresistibly into a large square room at the back of the house whose floor was covered with a threadbare brown carpet . |
| 16 | He watched her closely for a long time but there was no further flicker of consciousness . |
| 17 | Then I rang her up with a real ‘ he said , I said ’ story , an embroilment with a friend which had worried me . |
| 18 | Lori dominated the table and Travis urged her on with a few well-chosen words . |
| 19 | So Anabelle made her home under a lilac bush in Sergeant 's garden . |
| 20 | Ace took her on to a small but discreet restaurant where the food was delicious , but she found she did n't have much appetite . |
| 21 | ‘ I took her there for a last relaxing evening before we threw ourselves into the election campaign . |
| 22 | ‘ We took her out to a local restaurant for a celebration dinner , ’ Mike says , ‘ and she started to take the mickey out of Diana , imitating the way she nods her head when she speaks . |
| 23 | Asa took her down to a thousand , then five hundred feet , and the Yak , hungry for the kill , stayed on his tail . |
| 24 | It was n't an amused smile , but it was one that sent her away at a brisk and confident walk towards the house , and with a gratifying sense of being respected and appreciated . |
| 25 | She did not feel entirely at ease about this , and even went to consult the Careers Adviser in Cambridge , who gave her various leaflets , told her about trainee courses at the BBC , and sent her off for a two-day inspection of the Civil Service . |
| 26 | Blind panic sent her off at a stumbling run . |
| 27 | Could it be that her mother sent her there with a hot pie or pasty for her father ? |
| 28 | He sketched her deftly in a few minutes . |
| 29 | He summed her up as a sharp little piece with a head on her shoulders . |
| 30 | She followed him slowly up the stairs , and her heart dragged her down like a leaden weight . |