Example sentences of "[vb pp] her in [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Physically , she was looking better than Harriet had seen her in a long while . |
| 2 | Her limbs were graceful , her whole body proportioned like that of a young goddess ; as for her breasts , an infatuated young man who had seen her in a small part at Robert 's Shield Theatre wrote her a letter quoting the Song of Solomon at length : Asshe threatened to horsewhip him . |
| 3 | It was the first time I had seen her in a pale colour — a light grey dress which made her seem shadowy . |
| 4 | Times I 'd lie in my bed , late at night , and shudder to think my Jake 'd wedded her in a Christian church . ’ |
| 5 | Arguably , Nathalie Sarraute 's career benefited enormously from Sartre 's famous preface to her first novel , Portrait d'un inconnu ( 1947 ) , which he claimed placed her in the alternative tradition of the ‘ anti-roman ’ . |
| 6 | The brown eyes regarded her in a contemplative manner until he said , ‘ You must meet Matt . |
| 7 | Her trip to Paris had already involved her in an unsolved crime , very possibly a murder , not to mention withholding evidence from the police . |
| 8 | I should never have appointed her in an acting capacity . ’ |
| 9 | As he had passed her in the little hall this morning a tendril of her silky black hair had brushed his ruined cheek , and the smell of it had been so distracting that he had feared for his composure . |
| 10 | I have tried her in every possible way . |
| 11 | She wondered whether this was going a bit far and glanced up , surreptitiously , at her mother : her wasted evening had left her in a bad mood , and she was determined to take it out on somebody . |
| 12 | " Well … something 's put her in a bad form … " |
| 13 | Daphne Neville says the staff at the centre have put her in an embarrassing position . |
| 14 | They 'd have put her in the freak show , confessing how misled she was by capitalist gold . |
| 15 | Fate had put her in the wrong place at the wrong time with the wrong man . |
| 16 | And I suppose we might have lost her in the long run , but not just yet . ’ |
| 17 | The next day she 'd discovered his whereabouts from Klein , who 'd warned her in no uncertain manner that John Zacharias was bad news for tender hearts . |
| 18 | He had accosted her in a public place , and yet she had n't screamed , or run , or asked for help . |