Example sentences of "and [verb] her [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE African National Congress leader , Mr Nelson Mandela , has been urged by colleagues to announce his official separation from his volatile wife , Winnie , and to strip her of political office to avoid continued embarrassment to the organisation . |
| 2 | Two men appeared in front of him , and he caught her wrist and jerked her to one side , raising his sword . |
| 3 | Now , as she prepared to close the window , the robin returned , standing only inches from her hand and eyeing her with great deliberation , his tiny head cocked to one side and his bright eyes glinting in the sunshine . |
| 4 | His head went back and he laughed at her mutinous expression , the glint in his eyes deepening , before leaning forward again and addressing her with quiet insistence . |
| 5 | Charles reproved her for rushing on ahead of his story , and told her about this Sergeant lurking within like a spider waiting for a juicy fly . |
| 6 | And studied her with deathless agape . |
| 7 | Kit thought that she would go and see her in that convent . |
| 8 | Within moments I had decided to strip her to her expensive banker 's underclothing , lash her to a Quattrocento day-bed with fur-lined leather manacles , and whip her with unimaginable delicacy until she handed over a full power of attorney and yielded herself totally in a frenzy of self-abnegation . |
| 9 | When she saw her gesture performed by a sister who had been admiring and imitating her from earliest childhood , she felt a certain unease : the adult gesture did not fit an eleven-year-old child . |
| 10 | Stephanie picked Mary up — Mary liked to be picked up — and perched her on one hip as she walked from bed to bed . |
| 11 | It was as though they had returned to the relationship there had been between them on Ridgery Butts when he had taught her to use the bow , and encouraged her with gentle praise . |
| 12 | Sarah would not take a flying run , but with John and Nora running and holding her at each side , just catching the fringes of the grass , she had her stately share , too . |
| 13 | Before he climbed the gangway of the RAF VC10 he grasped her arm and kissed her on each cheek . |
| 14 | He rose and kissed her with spontaneous pleasure . |
| 15 | He held her by the shoulders and kissed her in continental fashion on the cheeks . |
| 16 | ‘ He said I was just to keep her warm in bed , and feed her on soft broth . |
| 17 | The girl was dishevelled , her hair a mess , but she only laughed as he caught her and pulled her into another room . |
| 18 | So you went and pulled her to one side . |
| 19 | The Ashleys fully appreciated how much they owed to Sybille and treated her with great respect and kindness ; faux pas , which from other members of staff would have met with icy reproofs , went scarcely noticed . |
| 20 | ‘ And engage her in casual conversation ? ’ |
| 21 | Later Lisa was to wonder at the power of the sensations that swept in on her and possessed her at that moment . |
| 22 | But he pulled her back and leaned her against another tree . |
| 23 | In the end he would simply deny it and accuse her of false witness . |
| 24 | Then Francis turned and greeted her in perfect English . |
| 25 | He dragged the 18-year-old girl to a nearby common and forced her into humiliating sex acts for more than an hour while the three-month-old baby she had been caring for lay alone in the house . |
| 26 | I mean , I might have had to shove the split match heads under Carol 's fingernails , or tie her to a tree and subject her to psychological warfare by , say , reading Hemingway aloud to her . |
| 27 | He led her inside and left her at one side of the room , walking softly away and stopping to face her at the other side . |
| 28 | She , no she , cos she 'd s what , he 'd done his business pel pissed off and left her in this house and she did n't even know . |
| 29 | The man in the bushes by the gate still worried her but I found it easy to isolate him from our friendship , although she felt now that he was trying to gas her ; the fumes from someone 's central heating outlet , discernible on the otherwise pure air , had inspired and confirmed her in this idea . |
| 30 | Maman put down the loaded fork with a sigh and turned to Twomey at the sideboard : " Please give Miss Nicandra a clean plate and help her to some spinach . " |