Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] her [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Speaking of Aunt Maureen , do n't you think we should give her the good news ? ’ |
| 2 | She felt we should get her a healthier place , one where we could stay with her when we come over here . ’ |
| 3 | I 'm convinced you 'll make her an excellent mother . ’ |
| 4 | He 'll buy her a small gift when she 's made an exceptional contribution . |
| 5 | The old woman turned back to her daughter , remarking belligerently , ‘ Kept her talking downstairs so you might give her a mean account of me , eh ? ’ |
| 6 | This may take her some time to really believe ( probably not until she 's around three ) , but eventually it 'll give her a healthier respect for the pain of others . |
| 7 | ‘ Well , I 'll give her the other half-crown out of my pay . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I 'll get her a new set . ’ |
| 9 | We 'll get her a nice presentation pack , that one over there , local pottery . ’ |
| 10 | He said it was a devastating mental handicap : ‘ You 'll find her a terrible burden on your life and your family . |
| 11 | Never mind , he 'd buy her a nice bunch of flowers from that stall outside the infirmary on his way home . |
| 12 | Or , if you have a Brownie pen-pal , you could send her a special bookmark to show her that you are thinking of her on February 22 . |
| 13 | New Year 's Eve in those early years had possessed a dull religious sheen , a pewter glimmer , which by much effort and polishing and dedication of the will could bring her a little light , a little hope , a little perseverance : but she had longed for the flames and the candles , the cut glass and the singing . |
| 14 | You could take her a small gift … ’ |
| 15 | She 'd tell her every single thing , all he 'd said about Commander Abigail and all about the bath and the wedding-dress and what he was saying now , about witnessing the accident . |
| 16 | What if I could offer her a proper home , a proper family , with two parents ? |
| 17 | I debated whether to call on him to kill him for his slanders before I came here to try to see her , and ask her to have me back — if you think I would make her a suitable husband , that is . |
| 18 | Her part in Share My Lettuce had done as much for her own theatrical career as the show had done for Ken , and she was embarking on a series of films that would make her an international reputation . |
| 19 | Though she had said she was too young for them she had been enraptured by them in a tiny jeweller 's in Pollensa but Fernando had hurried her away saying he would buy her the real thing one day . |
| 20 | Well , Mrs Newton , as she is now , was fairly monosyllabic until I promised that the Daily News would send her a little present . |
| 21 | ‘ But why must you go away , just when Corrie 's leaving me ? ’ her mother had asked when she 'd told her she had fixed up a job as a nanny with a family in the north which would give her a better chance of training as nursery nurse . |
| 22 | Butch Beausoleil could live here in the nude and no one would give her a second glance . |
| 23 | If Pickles really does love you , maybe the pater would give her a decent allowance and you 'd manage somehow . |
| 24 | The morning would give her a different perspective on things . |
| 25 | But in front of the other pupils Mother Francis had made an iron-hard rule that Eve must never be seen to do anything which would give her a different status . |
| 26 | In addition , she knew that ours was the kind of show which would give her the right sort of outlet . |
| 27 | It was settled that Branson would give her the signed contract at the Roof Gardens , where all the directors of Virgin were meeting for a Christmas dinner . |
| 28 | It would take her a long while to learn to become one of them . |
| 29 | Doctors said it would take her the best part of a year to recover . |
| 30 | They would call her The Little Nightingale . ’ |