Example sentences of "of [v-ing] her [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I was not desperate to make money at that time , rather I thought of helping her with the commission she would take .
2 Even if this were true , he is still guilty of bringing her to a state of desire that he can not rightfully satisfy .
3 She thought she might avoid the place for a few days herself , just in case the boy had any ideas of adopting her as a protector .
4 And he was on the brink , she sensed , of surprising her with a confidence .
5 But since she had wrecked Luke 's plans for a country weekend with Lexy , and deprived him of the possibility of replacing her from the ranks of his unofficial harem , perhaps it was hardly surprising that he should demand that she herself should fill the gap .
6 George felt anxious that he had had no opportunity to be alone with Tamar , and so there had been no chance of warning her about the groom .
7 Instead of ordering her off the boat , he was now beginning a more subtle campaign .
8 I 've already telephoned the Consulate , ’ he added , in the hope of soothing her with a half-truth .
9 She waited all day for the Kurd to return , but he failed to do so ; and when she made enquiries the next morning she was told that he had left the town within minutes of conducting her to the priest 's house .
10 They were married in the Guards ' Chapel , a stone 's throw from Buckingham Palace , on July 4 1973 , and one member of the close-knit circle of Camilla 's friends said : ‘ She believed Charles had lost interest and had no intention of considering her as a wife .
11 Just the thought of having her around the place made him irritable .
12 I shall therefore take the liberty of treating her as a character , not utterly different in kind , though of course belonging to a very different social species , from Vic Wilcox .
13 In this case I am satisfied that the doctors were justified in disregarding the written instructions of Miss T. and of treating her on the basis of an emergency .
14 It 's a very funny joke , but it works at the expense of treating her like a child , which is not at all what the novel usually intends .
15 An 11-year-old Leeds girl is attempting to divorce her parents , accusing her mother of treating her like a slave .
16 Tess manages to infiltrate the world of high finance with a fabulous proposal that has the potential of taking her to the top .
17 He suddenly swung her into his arms , his tortured breathing the only sound in the darkened barn , and instead of carrying her down the stairs he turned and lowered her to the soft hay that was spread thickly on the floor behind them .
18 The idea of making her into a museum was abandoned and instead she was turned into a Boys ' Club .
19 Instead of lifting her into the saddle first , as he had always done before , he mounted Chalon , turned the horse in a tight circle to present its left flank to Isabel , and extended an imperative hand .
20 Had he been so sure of finding her at the alehouse ?
21 Well , no point in denying it , she took after her mother 's side of the family for looks even if she had her dad 's brains , and Mrs. Pridmore had no intention of exposing her to the temptations of London .
22 He met two artists , husband and wife , ‘ awfully sweet , she has a bold yet subtle and exotic sense of colour ’ , and thought of trying her for the costumes ; he had already got another artist to try and ‘ you never saw such revue in all your life ’ .
23 As a matter of fact , I 'm thinking of offering her to The Lancet .
24 If indeed he 'd secured the tickets as a way of bribing her between the sheets , then he suffered for his lust .
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