Example sentences of "[vb base] her [adv] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I look her straight in the naked eye . |
| 2 | If Kelly could see her now she 'd throw up her hands in horror and drag her off to the nearest restaurant to order the biggest meal on the menu . |
| 3 | ( If she has suffered an electric shock , push her away from the electric equipment with a broom handle before touching her , or by turning off the electricity mains . ) |
| 4 | What an extraordinary suggestion , to put forward a girl — a charity child who was not a Sister , a novice , a postulant , nor anyone with the remotest intention of becoming a nun — and raise her up above the many Sisters in the Community who were all hoping and praying for a chance of higher education … what would they feel if a girl who had already been pampered , it seemed , by the convent in Knockglen , were put in to study , over their heads ? |
| 5 | In fact , Hyacinth was thinking about Wullie Robertson who , to her great surprise , had said he would pick her up from the Hospitality Inn after dinner , and take her on to the Young Conservatives Ball . |
| 6 | Mrs Reed said calmly , ‘ Take her away to the red room and lock her in there . ’ |
| 7 | She felt them lift her and take her over to the low stone wall beside the glimmering field of water-chestnuts . |
| 8 | ‘ Take her back to the medical centre and have Dr Karnstein meet me there in one hour . ’ |
| 9 | He kept hold of her hand once the music had ended and lead her over to the french windows . |
| 10 | It is seven years since , at Zurich , I appealed to France to take Germany by the hand and lead her back into the European family . ’ |