Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] her [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nick 's mum got her all the Barbie stuff . |
| 2 | The wind whipped her long , golden hair back and chilled her face , but he made her look . |
| 3 | Mary-Lou stuffed her English grammar into the back of her desk and pulled out a French one . |
| 4 | Instinct and an adolescence spent in observation rather than practice told her this was the kind of man who ate little girls like Suzie for breakfast . |
| 5 | She did n't have to be told that they would be arriving within seconds ; Marguerite 's tight shoulders told her that and Alain 's lips tightened too as the tension in the car reached him . |
| 6 | A great shudder went through the old house , as with a sickening crunch the weight hit her front wall . |
| 7 | Piers pulled her close to him . |
| 8 | Once , the wind blew her long , pale hair forwards over his shoulder and strands of it caught his face and stroked it , and he could smell the fragrance of her drifting through his body . |
| 9 | But the high mountains pulled her , the warm wind blew her long , shining hair . |
| 10 | BIG TIME : Lysette 's Hollywood break brought her more than she bargained for |
| 11 | Brown had to be at her very best in the breaststroke event as Emma Robinson of Coleraine pushed her all the way , finishing just 0.6 secs behind in the runner-up spot . |
| 12 | Coins rained down on to the stage , and accepting their payment caused her more embarrassment than the impromptu show she was putting on . |
| 13 | She settled in Stone Alley with reluctance , though Maggie made her more than welcome . |
| 14 | Joy , Joy told her that . |
| 15 | His attitude showed her that quite clearly . |
| 16 | Fergus pulled her close again . |
| 17 | ‘ You must n't overdo it , ’ Ronni warned her one day , amazed that such a necessity should ever come to pass . |
| 18 | Panic took her all apart , and then she gripped herself together again . |
| 19 | Pausing only to send a page running to fetch her maid , fitzAlan marched her all the way to the ladies ' solar , deliberately avoiding the crowded hall . |
| 20 | Where the editor rattled her half dozen strings of large beads and remarked with a toothy grin : ‘ They say it 's the fashion — ’ Where Gerald , the art editor — who was reputed to have a fabulous house on the Chelsea Embankment full of priceless works of art — was so sensitive that he had to have a soundproof office specially built for him , while his assistant Jeremy padded along like his superior 's spaniel , and if Gerald wore a shirt of subtle pink on Monday , his minion would appear in the same shade on Tuesday . |
| 21 | Miss Ellis shook her long blonde hair back off her shoulders . |
| 22 | Magda poured her another drink . |
| 23 | Solicitor Janna Neale sold her partnership in the law firm she had helped establish when she realised that her anxious and perfectionist nature made her unable to leave work any evening before ten , and even then she 'd carry clients ' cases and cash-flow worries home . |
| 24 | A deputation from the right-wing 92 Group visited her that evening , as did three ministerial members of the No Turning Back Group . |
| 25 | Her husband found her one day wearing a rose pinned to her gown that was not from his garden , and guessed it was a gift from her lover . |
| 26 | ‘ Any adventures or encounters ? ’ asked Susan languidly , and Breeze told her all about Mrs Dare , and Ebenezer Arkwright , and the Blessington-Dalrymples . |
| 27 | As rapists never go around with dogs , Lydia 's imagination spared her one of its flights . |
| 28 | Her husband joined her some months later , but the marriage was by then irrevocably damaged , and they separated soon after the outbreak of war . |
| 29 | And when Dr Greene examined her this morning he said the placental bleeding had completely stopped . |
| 30 | Lovebird needed her more than ever now , and she needed St Vincent . |