Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] her [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It must have been the word " social " that created for her this image , a word judiciously expunged from later versions of the verse . |
| 2 | Her train of thought stopped right there , and she sat up suddenly , as a number of things occurred to her all at once . |
| 3 | All of a sudden , the morning gathering at Mrs Tiverton 's had lost a little of its terror , for just at this instant it seemed less threatening than Mr Aycliffe 's serious face , demanding of her this fatal choice . |
| 4 | It is an Alto Duo , a kit car which Joy 's dad made for her some four years ago . |
| 5 | That night he took a midnight train to London , searched for her all day , and had his first demanding quarrel with her in a Chinese restaurant at five o'clock in the afternoon , blue-jowled with fear and tiredness , and smelling of the stale smells of travellers . |
| 6 | It seemed for her that space itself was now slowly constricting . |
| 7 | Later in that passage he wrote : ‘ It was n't until thirty years later when I saw her in another woman [ Elizabeth Taylor ] that I realised I had been searching for her all my life . ’ |
| 8 | I 'll wait for her and walk with her all the way to Miss Lucchesi 's . |
| 9 | I suffered with her that evening , right through every moment , and when I went to bed at around midnight I could still hear her crying into her pillow — not a sound that sends a mother peacefully to sleep . |
| 10 | and cling to her all night as sheets … |
| 11 | I says to her that 's what I want , you know I want mine doing like that |
| 12 | It came to her that being bewitched was like drowning , dark and easy . |
| 13 | ‘ You do n't have to listen to her any more , Gittel-plus-nine , ’ comes the breathless word from below the windows . |
| 14 | He would have liked to talk to her more about her husband , but he could n't really bring himself , not yet , to ask any more questions . |
| 15 | The question is are you actually interes , attracted to her enough to want to , you know what are you |
| 16 | But she had my Aegean Greece , which I hope said to her more what I should have wished to say . |
| 17 | What she was doing seemed to her all utterly natural . |
| 18 | The Earl had been shouting at her that morning , ‘ Have n't you gone yet ? |
| 19 | Perhaps she could convince him to stop looking at her that way — though , in her heart , she did not want to stop him . |
| 20 | She could n't speak , not with him looking at her that way . |
| 21 | Why was he looking at her that way ? |
| 22 | He was looking at her this time , directly into her eyes , and in the twilight she felt her pulses begin to race , and she thought , Oh , my God , I 'm really attracted to this man . |
| 23 | All I knew is my mother talked about her that 's all , and she , she , my mother knew her but , I did n't . |
| 24 | Waiting for her this evening , as always . |
| 25 | He just had to look after her all the time . |
| 26 | Look after her all the time ? |
| 27 | It was like a slap in the face , the insult so unexpected , and the revelation of what he had really thought of her all along was so hurtful , so callous that she went rigid in his arms , white with stiff dignity , eyes brilliant with pain . |
| 28 | They saw that she really wanted to change things at the factory , and everyone agreed with her that safety was very important . |
| 29 | As Rachaela got up something seemed to tear inside her all the way down , between her spine and stomach . |
| 30 | so I hope to hear from her this week . |