Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] her a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The woman has turned down the offer of a caravan , and an attempt to buy her a seventy thousand pound house has been stopped by a public outcry . |
| 2 | A quick flick of a comb through her hair — there was no hat to accessorise this dress — she reached for the crocodile clutch bag and moved towards the doorway for Arlene to give her a quick check before she stepped out onto the catwalk again . |
| 3 | Her husband had begged the Judge to spare her a jail sentence . |
| 4 | ‘ That certainly makes things easier , ’ he said heartily , and leaned across the monumental desk to offer her a cigarette and a light . |
| 5 | Instead , Theda slipped into the ballroom to think about Lady Merchiston 's determination to make her a bequest . |
| 6 | ‘ Not a play to miss , ’ she said in the interval , while Herman had gone running round Sloane Square to buy her a box of chocolates . |
| 7 | He offered that evening to buy her a little dog . |
| 8 | Prosecutors did not go ahead with charges that she plotted to handle part of the proceeds of the robbery by allowing her husband to buy her a Tudor mansion . |
| 9 | A wife whose husband had had multiple sclerosis and went to a holiday home for the disabled for two weeks to give her a rest said : |
| 10 | But then she remembered Tony , and how grateful she would have been to anyone who had had the courage to give her a hint of his real nature … |
| 11 | Moscow was also offended by the refusal of the Anglo-Americans to give her a share in controlling the German industrial heartland , the Ruhr , which lay in the British zone . |
| 12 | That 's really just a little relaxation to give her a break from the office job . ’ |
| 13 | He pushed the bottle across the table but made no move to get her a glass . |
| 14 | A 16-year-old English girl committed suicide after failing to get the required grade to guarantee her a place at art college . |
| 15 | A 16-year-old English girl committed suicide after failing to get the required grade to guarantee her a place at art college . |
| 16 | He put her suitcases down in the driveway and reached into the boot to pass her a carry-case which Belinda recognised as containing a portable monitor , something like an electrically amplified stethoscope , which meant that it was often possible for a pregnant woman to hear her baby 's heartbeat as early as ten weeks into the pregnancy . |
| 17 | Financially , I have the wherewithall to give her a very good life . |
| 18 | Ross turned his dark head to give her a broad smile of approval . |
| 19 | She nodded slightly , and he bent his head to give her a kiss which was meant to be fleeting , but which went on and on until they were breathless and shaken when he put her away from him at last . |
| 20 | ( Would he seize the chance to give her a message , without her mother seeing through her ruse ? |
| 21 | She was his only daughter and the youngest of seven , and he had been at pains to give her a good education . |
| 22 | Another woman , after all , would no more hire a beauty queen to present a current affairs programme than she would hire a motor mechanic to give her a facelift . |
| 23 | ‘ Sorry , ’ she said , feeling him watching her and he fought back a violent physical impulse to give her a cuddle and take her away from all this . |
| 24 | The woman detective had gone off with Roxie Farmer to give her a cup of tea and sit in her house keeping an eye on her . |
| 25 | Tonight Rebekah Ashford should be in hospital in London preparing for an operation to give her a new lease of life . |
| 26 | cos I 'm going as a favour to give her a lift really . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'm sure we 'll discover the cause by morning , ’ d'Alembord said , then turned to Lucille to offer her a glass of wine . |
| 28 | Outside the hotel she asked the doorman to get her a cab . |
| 29 | Still reluctant to abandon her , he placed advertisements in the local paper in an effort to find her a job . |
| 30 | I got the duty doctor to give her a blood test , for my eyes only . |