Example sentences of "was [verb] her [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He gave her a long , slow look as if he was seeing her for the first time . |
| 2 | It is her ambition to be tried for her life for murdering a small tobacconist with a meat-cleaver , only to be dramatically cleared when her alibi is established by the bishop who was confirming her at the very moment of the crime . |
| 3 | Ted had pulled Katherine away , was navigating her towards the other end of the room . |
| 4 | Josey was watching her from the other side of the fireplace . |
| 5 | A Norwegian freedom fighter who knew the area was to take her to the nearby village , after which she was on her own . |
| 6 | His pole was impaling her to the absolute limit , and she began panting as if she 'd just run the four-minute mile . |