Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] [vb past] her the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She declined There was something else she needed from the van so he gave her the keys . |
| 2 | ‘ Oh , as usual , except- ’ She stopped and she turned to look at him , but she could n't make out his face in the darkness of the wood , so it gave her the courage to say , ‘ I 'm worried , Charlie . |
| 3 | If I was outside , she said she could telephone me every day for nothing , if I gave her the number of a phone box and arranged to be there for a certain time … |
| 4 | If he told her the fence would be best in barbed wire she 'd believe him . |
| 5 | If he offered her the use of one of his typewriters , she was done for . |
| 6 | When by the third day her father had still not allowed Jessie out of her room , and Agnes confronted him , saying he could n't keep her incarcerated forever , and that if he did n't let her out then she was leaving , and that she meant it , he had gone along to his daughter 's room , taking with him a Bible , on which he made her swear that if he gave her the freedom of the house she would not attempt to leave it . |
| 7 | ‘ OK , ’ he said , taking her money and recounting it before he handed her the ticket . |
| 8 | But Miss Blagden , whom I met by chance yesterday , is going to Rome and when I told her the absurdity of your request she volunteered to carry your ridiculous weapon saying she had always had a fancy to be a gun-runner and that it would be a tale to tell her friends and astonish them . |
| 9 | That 's life , on Vadinamia , as I said to Mala when I told her the news . |
| 10 | Yeah , but when I took her the toilet she wanted to go toilet |
| 11 | If my deception worked , she 'd still think she was attached to the creance and fly straight to me as usual when I showed her the chick . |
| 12 | She told Susan about her encounter when she gave her the humbugs , and the elder sister seemed interested for the first time that evening . |
| 13 | ‘ Everything 's fine , my darling , ’ she whispered , giving Constance a little pat as she handed her the telephone . |
| 14 | All the girls helped her to get the fire going , spread the tablecloth , put out the cups and plates , laughing and whispering and bustling about as they showed her the places and secrets of the kitchen , the room that was now her room . |
| 15 | As they showed her the house , Rose seemed to enter completely into the terrible awareness of Moran now sitting in the car chair meditatively rotating his thumbs about one another . |
| 16 | She had obviously forgiven him now for all those cruel but necessary things he had said when he dropped her the year before . |
| 17 | When he told her the truth it sounded like cruelty . |
| 18 | Blanche plugged in the electric kettle and spooned coffee into the percolator while she listened to the sergeant 's account of his afternoon , swearing softly when he told her the news from the forensic labs . |
| 19 | Shae leaned against him , dizzied by the mental pictures he was creating , and when he kissed her the touch of his lips sent a scorching heat right through her . |
| 20 | Now , they smiled , standing with fingers entwined , bodies touching , and even when he left her the smile would remain and she would save her tears until his train was out of sight , trying not to think of the brave goodbye that might be their last . |
| 21 | When he handed her the cocoa she looked up at him and said , ‘ Only three weeks to Christmas . |
| 22 | The advice sounded incomprehensible to her but when he handed her the phone receiver back , the car man said , ‘ OK , I 've got that . |
| 23 | She went to see Mr Bailey , the manager of the factory , and she was surprised and happy when he gave her the job immediately . |
| 24 | She drew a breath as he offered her the platter of bread , and her fingers shook as she lifted a slice from among the pile . |
| 25 | He poured Moselle for her , brushed fingers as he handed her the glass and looked into her eyes . |
| 26 | As he handed her the key , he added , ‘ Apparently she wants you to take the personal things from her lodgings . ’ |
| 27 | His blond head dipped briefly , as he refused her the possibility of completing what he must have guessed would have been a remonstrative retort . |