Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] her [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anyway , Liz is a bit annoyed because she does n't want to lose her no claims bonus . |
| 2 | When he got to know her a bit better , he was further excited by her strength of will , her independence , her commitment to the Irish nationalist cause , and — best of all , he reckoned — her utterly straight-faced enthusiasm for his explorations of the Celtic spirit-world . |
| 3 | I only got to know her a little as a teenager when I visited her on my own in the single-end where she lived in a Parkhead tenement , sleeping , washing and cooking in one room . |
| 4 | I only want to see her a moment . ’ |
| 5 | I stopped to find her a name . |
| 6 | Perhaps he was going to try to sell her a story for the column ? |
| 7 | Her work on the project is strongly tipped to win her a place among the nine finalists of the competition , whose work will be developed at at National Theatre workshops involving members and patrons in July . |
| 8 | She 's looking for a decent second-hand one , and I actually want to buy her a new one , and she does n't know about it . |
| 9 | She 'd found her wallet of credit cards and flourished it under his nose , every fibre of her being poised to defy him if he tried to deny her the right to pay . |
| 10 | But as she bent to give her the bowl , she lowered her voice , and whispered in Rosa 's ear , ‘ Be careful , you 're not a child any more , you must n't forget that . |
| 11 | Her background was a few rungs up from the Jenkinses and that elementary social fact helped to give her a poise in the face of his ever-increasing sureness . |
| 12 | One better take her parachute jumping and forgo forget to give her the parachute . |
| 13 | Ms Brigitte Nielsen , the augmented embonpoint , ‘ belted ’ a ‘ fan ’ who tried to give her a ‘ kiss ’ ; |
| 14 | Changez , being at heart a traditional Muslim , explained the teachings of the Koran on this subject to her , and then , when words were not sufficient to convince her , he tried to give her a whack . |
| 15 | He dismissed the question as so much supposition , but when he tried to give her a reassuring hug she wriggled free and went out on to the balcony to join the others . |
| 16 | Preston stumbled out of bed and tried to give her a hug , but she fought him off as if it was an attack . |
| 17 | He took care never to stay with her for more than twenty minutes , obeying both the spirit and the letter of Anthony 's orders , but he tried to give her a clear account of the eight days Kesselring had spent in the witness box , watching her face all the time for signs of boredom or exhaustion . |
| 18 | Wycliffe wanted her to talk , not merely to answer questions , and he tried to give her a new lead . |
| 19 | He shifted uncomfortably and tried to give her a reassuring grin . |
| 20 | The man tried to give her a lift and would n't take no for an answer . |
| 21 | I tried to give her the kiss of life . |
| 22 | And it was wonderful to have heard from Liz today , when her cousin had rung to wish her a happy birthday , that she was expected to be discharged from hospital in about a week 's time . |
| 23 | I want to give her a Christmas present . |
| 24 | We love her so much and want to give her a lovely home . |
| 25 | I must mention one member — Angela ( nee Feetenby ) — for her help to me has been second to none — not only do I congratulate her for that but on your behalf I want to wish her every happiness in her new life — she was married last July to Harry Bell . |
| 26 | A small , thin tabby , she spent her life trying to work out the central dilemmas of her life — how to get in and out of the house , and why the fat man called Henry tried to kick her every time the two other people in the house were out of the way . |
| 27 | However , you will be expected to pay her a fee , as weddings do provide part of the local church organist 's salary . |
| 28 | I tried to ring her the other day as going to a seminar at my solicitors office nearby and had hoped to walk up plus dog , leave Bella for duration of seminar and pick her up again = kill exercise bird with seminar stone as it were . |
| 29 | If the woman says ‘ yes ’ to ( a ) the interviewer wants to ask her a whole list of questions about her life . |
| 30 | I want to ask her an embarrassing question . ’ |