Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] her [noun pl] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ian Hay told me the lady 's last wish had been that the Colonel should scatter her ashes in the headwaters of the River Laxford : ‘ But , you see , his new young wife was not the sort of lady to enjoy much walking and the poor Colonel just did n't know how he was going to get the job done . |
| 2 | I never took them far from home , although I told Nonni I intended to in order to prevent her accompanying me , inventing expeditions to the common where she might tear her stockings on the brambles , or to the recreation ground which was a mile away , too far for her to walk in high-heeled shoes . |
| 3 | The doctors say it should be scrapped , and an MEP says she 'll raise her objections to the road in the European Parliament next week . |
| 4 | This time the chasm yawned in front of her , and she knew that she might close her eyes for the moment , but she was already taking little steps towards the edge . |
| 5 | Kelly could see her clothes in the corner across the room , but she needed to get to them without being jumped by this barrel of lard . |
| 6 | The others , in so far as she could recover her feelings of the time , seemed to have involved love — inflammation of the senses , certainly . |
| 7 | She could shut her eyes to the future and be content to share the present with him , as her body longed to do . |
| 8 | Her dance hall , her dance class was down there , London Parkses Dance Class but she , she used to hold her dances in the club hall , because you could get more in . |
| 9 | These tournaments were also not being played on clay , and she obviously felt that participation in the Olympics would damage her chances on the tournament circuit , where failure to defend her points would mean that she might drop out of the top 100 in world rankings . |
| 10 | The force of it lifted Golden Girl 's stern and for a moment Trent feared that she would bury her bows in the sea and pitch-pole . |
| 11 | Margaret Thatcher , for example , would remember her lessons in the grocery shop at her father 's knee and conclude that developing countries were foolish and irresponsible to live beyond their means and borrow so much money . |
| 12 | In a very short space of time she would have her feet under the table and those huge jaws would be munching their way into the breast . |
| 13 | Rather than have that happen she would take her chances on the boat . |
| 14 | On summer days she would practise her arabesques on the sandstone balustrades of the house and when the visitors had gone she danced in the black-and-white marble entrance hall , known officially as Wootton Hall , beneath portraits of her distinguished ancestors . |
| 15 | She would put her elbows on the table , she would be allowed wine , she would read a book while she ate if she wanted to . |
| 16 | Either you 're worried that Sarella will get her hands on the money , or you 're worried I will . |
| 17 | It will increase her anxieties about the future and it will also and it does indeed , cause great frustration , frustration at her terrible disabilities . |
| 18 | And the toilet , cos there 's no carpet she can stick her paws under the toilet . |