Example sentences of "and [verb] her [noun sg] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | If Saint Winifred did indeed conceive and decree her departure with the wagon for Ramsey , and if a saint 's plans can not be disrupted by man , then surely she must also have willed all that happened after … the ambush by outlaws , the theft of the cart and team , the abandonment of the load , and with it , her reliquary , to be found by my tenants , and brought to me here . |
2 | Naturally , Hannah had to take her place on the Baldersdale treadmill , working to the orders of her uncle in the fields ( her father died when she was an infant ) and assisting her mother in the kitchen and wash house . |
3 | Then she stood up and led her friend to the door . |
4 | She sniffed and wiped her nose with the back of her hand . |
5 | Even if she 'd dabbed Mummy 's eyes and wiped her brow with a hanky soaked in cologne . |
6 | She brushed the white flowers and wiped her hand on the earth . |
7 | He remembered little things — childhood images trapped in memory : his father 's hand laid momentarily on his mother 's as they sat at table ; laughter from their bedroom at night ; his mother straightening his father 's tie and drawing her finger in a delicate gesture along his cheek . |
8 | The preacherman had hauled her out of the Feelgood and battered her face against the road . |
9 | A strong force behind her husband 's career , she was the first woman chairman of the National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations in 1926 , a member of the Church Assembly 's house of laity from 1925 and of the archbishop 's commission on church and state ( 1930–5 ) , and succeeded her husband as a BBC governor . |
10 | Now , although no bombs ever fell in the country district where they lived , from time to time the air raid warning sirens would sound and Sylvia 's mother would take her baby and make her way to the shelter at the bottom of the garden , remaining there until she heard the ‘ all-clear ’ . |
11 | As he said it he raised her hand to his lips and grazed her flesh with the warmth of his kiss . |
12 | On Friday , Paula , whose writing emphasises the sound of language , demonstrated how she uses electronic technology to project and enhance her voice during the performance of her work . |
13 | The riverbank rushed towards her with dizzying speed as the stiffness in her legs caused her stumble and lose her balance on the uneven ground . |
14 | She had not time to dress and make her way to the Casa Guidi . |
15 | Someone at the next table echoed that in a foreign accent and Ruth turned to smile at him and raise her glass in a mutual toast . |
16 | Lindsey dropped the cards on to the desk , took a deep breath and checked her appearance in the mirror , seeing the fashionable dark tailored skirt and the short-sleeved blouse with its red epaulettes . |
17 | Then , dressing in her long white dress , she stole quietly downstairs and made her way down the path to the gate and across the meadow to the railway line . |
18 | The driver looked on sentimentally as she alighted from the car and made her way down the path . |
19 | Finally , hugging the bottle 's warmth to her chest , she checked on the bolts of the front and back doors and made her way up the uncarpeted stairs to bed . |
20 | With this , she once more wrapped up warmly and made her way to the stable . |
21 | ‘ Rest , ’ she said and made her way to the door . |
22 | Before she finished here and made her way to the sitting room , there were certain things she must say to Cissie , and she must say them without alarming the girl , yet , at the same time , make her aware that she was no longer a child , that she already had the mark of a woman on her . |
23 | She crept out of her house , and made her way to the festa . |
24 | She broke away before he could get a stranglehold and made her way to the podium , hitching up her dress and putting on her very best smile for the tridvid sages . |
25 | She went into the house and made her way to the small suite of rooms that Bonard and his staff of two used as offices . |
26 | She slipped quietly out of the hotel , grateful that none of the other cast members were around to witness her departure , and made her way to the car park . |
27 | Marguerite was sleeping and Jenna crept downstairs in the silent house and made her way to the kitchen to fix herself a milky drink . |
28 | Then , feeling a strong urge to look at his portrait again , she showered quickly , put on clean undies and an oatmeal skirt and blouse , and made her way to the long gallery . |
29 | Still clutching her champagne glass , she hurried from the terrace and made her way along a path through the garden towards the sea . |
30 | She shed no tears as she left the cottage and made her way along the lane to the priest 's house . |