Example sentences of "do [adv] [verb] [prep] her [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sergeant wondered aloud whether Maggie Parkin did secretly believe in her husband 's guilt . |
| 2 | Her reputation as a glutton meant that while she often visited the matron with digestive problems these escapades did little harm to her popularity . |
| 3 | And yet … the sun might shine , but it did not shine in her life . |
| 4 | The inquest was told Sarah left her digs in early December but did not go to her home . |
| 5 | This may say something about Bridget Freemantle , that she did not stand on her dignity in her friendship with the poet , even though she came from a more genteel background , and was about the age of Leapor 's parents . |
| 6 | Richard Molesworth 's social rank ( he was nephew of the seventh Viscount Molesworth ) did not compensate in her mother 's eyes for the dangers of marrying a man with a violent temper ( supposedly caused by a head wound incurred in the Crimean war ) . |
| 7 | But a doctor at the inquest said he believed the complications could have happened anyway and the unmatched blood did not lead to her death . |
| 8 | She did not refer to her anguish ; nor did she to mine , but she bent all her energies towards distracting me , insofar as that was possible . |
| 9 | Noise had become Ariel 's lot : she , who had lifted her feet and put them down again so quietly on the slopes that birds did not stir at her passing , was used to hearing a single song in her head at any one time . |
| 10 | They did not pause on her arrival , though Alix , ever polite , waved obliquely to welcome her back : watching them , it occurred to Liz that perhaps in all the years they had all known one another , this was one of the very few occasions on which they had all been in the same room . |
| 11 | Tess blushed a little , but still did not pause in her work . |
| 12 | Romantic attachments did not feature on her agenda . |
| 13 | Vass , predictably , did not rise to her challenge . |
| 14 | ‘ But you did not believe in her ignorance . ’ |
| 15 | But the rook paid her no attention , did not fly at her crying in a human voice Go back ! |
| 16 | Of course , she should have realised by now that luck did not run in her favour where Matthew was concerned . |
| 17 | He did not come to her bed that night , nor for many nights after . |
| 18 | His eyes did not waver from her face . |
| 19 | He remarked , ‘ I have only permitted nature to do what she is always willing to do , if photographers do not stand in her way . ’ |
| 20 | But the Housing Executive hit back at Ms McGinley 's extraordinary protest and her claim that they do not care about her family 's plight . |
| 21 | A Chinese woman is unlikely to develop a longing for ice cream and chocolate , since dairy products do not feature in her diet . |
| 22 | Tantrums at this time are common when she is thwarted and she hits out at people and objects when they do not bend to her will . |
| 23 | People could think what they liked about her mental state , as long as they did n't stand in her way . |
| 24 | Miguel Rafaelo did n't react to her tirade . |
| 25 | Wayne , in her mother 's view , was more than just an ordinary valley kid ; he was a walking symbol of everything that she did n't want for her daughter . |
| 26 | Brave words , but she had the genes of the unknown Richard Redford in her veins even if he did n't show on her birth certificate . |
| 27 | Fortunately Rosie and Francisco went out after breakfasting , and , thinking Shelley was still asleep , they did n't knock on her door . |
| 28 | How can the poor woman explain that , probably like the majority of wives , she loved him most of the time , when he did n't snore in her ear all night or shout at the kids or keep her short of Bingo money . " |
| 29 | It did n't fit into her pocket . |
| 30 | It did n't sound like her voice . |