Example sentences of "'s [noun] [verb] her [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Miss Fogerty 's heart smote her at the sight of her patient 's distress . |
| 2 | At 2200 the casualty refloated herself under her own power , but as the rudder was jammed the lifeboat came in again to secure a towline from the casualty 's bow to keep her off the sand . |
| 3 | For this reason above all others she had come very close to declining Philip Swallow 's proposal to nominate her for the Shadow Scheme . |
| 4 | She used Rosalind 's flashlight to take her across the kitchen 's frayed linoleum to the corridor . |
| 5 | A physiotherapist from Dawn 's area accompanied her to the centre on occasion to observe the specialist care she received . |
| 6 | Moreover , since Michael Heseltine 's departure , there is no one in Mrs Thatcher 's Cabinet to remind her of the nature of Entrepreneurial Man . |
| 7 | He asked Esther to stand up , but she could not , so he and Esther 's father carried her onto the settee where she could rest . |
| 8 | Her father 's voice jerked her into the drawing-room . |
| 9 | Miss Belle 's stature placed her between the two sisters , but whereas the other two were thin , her body was well padded and tightly laced . |
| 10 | The spontaneity of metaphoric innovation in the speech of the professor 's children leads her to the revelation that words once thought of as ‘ the bare bones of language ’ are actually alive with flesh . |
| 11 | The test came back positive and Fiona 's doctor referred her to the top London expert in toxoplasma . |
| 12 | Rain 's memory guided her to the cafe where she had sat with Cobalt . |
| 13 | Mr Browning motioned his wife to be quiet and taking Wilson 's arm conducted her to the door , saying something to the effect that she must not give way to gloomy thoughts and that doubtless she was tired with a young baby still nursing and a house to run . |
| 14 | Both men looked at her , and the expression on Dr Neil 's face struck her to the heart . |
| 15 | What a ruthless bastard he was , she found herself thinking , the pain on Stephanie 's face touching her despite the other girl 's undisguised hatred . |