Example sentences of "[vb base] her [prep] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But while these were unfortunate , and inclined to make Rachel crumple up her forehead and lecture her on the scientific method and the importance of mental clarity , there was no real danger in such remarks . |
| 2 | It was a size too small , but finally the leather stretched so that it fit her like an elastic corset . |
| 3 | ‘ Fax her on the other line . |
| 4 | put her in a mental hospital or a |
| 5 | they put her in a bloody trolley and oh course she said , this woman said erm |
| 6 | Put her in an early grave ? |
| 7 | She would have liked to take the girl in her arms and hold her for a long time . |
| 8 | I knew what to do , incorporate her into the mass grave of my fantasy world ; there her real charms would soon decay and get jumbled up with my rather more rotten visions . |
| 9 | With a wide smile , one of the waitresses came to collect her , and seat her at a small table in the window . |
| 10 | He turned abruptly away now , saying , ‘ Take my advice , Aggie , get her into a closed school . ’ |
| 11 | As one who knew her and her husband only a little , I remember her as a vivacious lady of beauty and charm who worked throughout her life for many good causes . |
| 12 | But presumably he must have taken a shine , as the expression went , to Celia , particularly as he had gone to such trouble to seek her out and visit her at the Meadhaven Clinic . |
| 13 | Visit her in the new showroom one minute from Harrods . |
| 14 | The wine — had she really allowed it to dim all her common sense , lull her into a false sense of security ? |
| 15 | Find her through the local authority . |
| 16 | Assuming that she is asymptomatic , she either depends on the male who infected her to inform her of the diagnosis or , if he does not , wait for the next person with whom she has intercourse to develop symptoms , discover the diagnosis , and then contact her with the bad news . |
| 17 | The result is a set of pictures that expose her as a fabulous vamp with more definition than Wolf and more powerful pectorals than Panther . |
| 18 | He had it all worked out : the hand over her mouth , the knife under her eyes , and drag her into the dark shed . |
| 19 | She thinks it is simply awful that being successful and ( reading the ill-camouflaged sub-text ) gorgeous means that men wo n't chat her up , admire her breasts or perceive her as a sexual creature . |
| 20 | If you , fearing an attack by an octogenarian mugger , floor her with a swift knee to the stomach , then it can reasonably be said that you are , without doubt , paranoid . |
| 21 | Presently , he said , ‘ If it 's going to help , by all means interview Edna , but I do n't quite see how raking up the past , digging into something which might be better left alone , is going to get Celia over this illness , turn her into a normal woman again . ’ |
| 22 | Turn her into a human being . |
| 23 | Obediently she returned the gesture , meeting his mesmeric gaze , feeling the power of his appraisal bathe her in a tingling aura before taking a deep , refreshing swallow . |
| 24 | ‘ I keep her under the white rock . |
| 25 | Flynn , of course , meant that the English government was uncaring and malignant — out to break Ireland and keep her as an inexhaustible well of cheap labour and a fertile nursery for the British army . |
| 26 | ‘ What will people think when those children ask her for an improper story ! ’ |
| 27 | ‘ The trouble is I love her in a different way . |
| 28 | One example of bad practice of this kind occurred where a hospital refused to re-admit a patient three days after discharge , and the senior social worker in desperation on a Friday afternoon sent a taxi driver to pick up a vulnerable old woman , to gather together her things , and take her into a residential care home . |
| 29 | No I 'm not , erm if I , if I take her for a long run . |
| 30 | That should protect her from those worrying bouts of weakness whenever Roman took it in his head to produce his caveman act and haul her into a passionate clinch … |