Example sentences of "[verb] she [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was tired , emotionally and physically tired , and the champagne made her cease to worry about whether she was right to allow the Burgermeister to cosset her with flowers and champagne . |
| 2 | He did have a habit of railroading her into things , but she knew she would be crazy to refuse . |
| 3 | Head will write to mother arranging a meeting during last week of term to inform her of details , also Social Worker . |
| 4 | ‘ That was only because you were tearing her to pieces . |
| 5 | She struggled not to run screaming from the office , seeing the trip ahead , knowing what would happen , that desire , that overpowering excitement flaring up between them in a hotel bedroom somewhere on the other side of the world , dragging her deeper into a relationship that was already tearing her to pieces . |
| 6 | she 's gon na need her at weekends as well , in the summer , because she 'll be away eventing . |
| 7 | The doctor provided her with anti-depressants . |
| 8 | She spent much of her time in Swahili-land , where she met the poet and scholar Muhammad Kijumwa al-Bakry , who provided her with manuscripts and information about the language and literature of the Swahili-speaking people . |
| 9 | Karen realised that her goal was to find a job which was challenging and interesting and which provided her with opportunities for foreign travel . |
| 10 | ‘ He beat us to it , ’ she informed Felipe crossly as he guided her through the crowd , protecting her from knocks . |
| 11 | He made persistent phone calls to Lynsey , visited her home , invited her to drinks and dinner — and trapped her in his surgery when he was alone . |
| 12 | A drink was thrust into her hand and within five minutes she was being passed from group to group as though she were the prize exhibit ; asked numerous questions she did n't know how to or have time to answer ; told endless tales of this person or that person ; until eventually , somewhat bewildered , she ended up in the bar with someone called Patrick who began regaling her with tales of old Ireland . |
| 13 | He helped her to feet , and drew her free arm through his . |
| 14 | After Clare 's sudden departure from Saracen , Miranda had immediately located her through friends , then telephoned and urged her sister to be sensible and apologize to Elinor , ‘ because we all know you really love Gran ’ . |
| 15 | It 's Freda Newcombe 's vision which has carried her through months of hard work and even harder fundraising . |
| 16 | Maggie was shown into a very expensive flat that overlooked the river and she had one of her rare glimpses of the owner as he stood with his back to a roaring fire and regarded her through eyes that were just as sharp as they had ever been in his youth . |
| 17 | Provide her with drills , preferably on tape , to which she can listen while feeding the baby or cutting up vegetables . |
| 18 | Iago soon brings him back to the ‘ foul ’ image : ‘ I will chop her into messes — cuckold me ! ’ |
| 19 | She had been there before and was very tolerant of the young man plying her with questions . |
| 20 | Making lunch for Lucy and Francis , giving her lifts here and there when her car was off the road , calling her just to see how she was , ordering her home when she looked exhausted , plying her with remedies if she had a cold , rubbing her back if she was tense . |
| 21 | Mada Joyce expected Nana to trust her for goods from the store , but never expected to pay . |
| 22 | When they could not get money from the machine they beat her with sticks . |
| 23 | In feeling , though not in detail , this stands closer perhaps to another figure known in many copies through which a really great original seems to shine : ‘ Amelung 's goddess ’ ( fig. 81 ) , after the scholar who reconstructed her from copies of the head ( known by a quaint tradition as ‘ Aspasia ’ ) and of the body , one with a Roman portrait-head . |
| 24 | At any rate , Jerome would n't be there to upset this one , catch her in corners and smack her bottom like he had the Danish au pair . |
| 25 | She stretched Thérèse on the rack until her bones cracked , tore off her breasts with red-hot pincers , then flogged her with twigs and broke her on the wheel . |
| 26 | Stella tries to look after her sister showering her with compliements to try to get Stanley to ‘ understand her and be nice to her . ’ |
| 27 | He pursued her , showering her with gifts , jewels and precious cloths . |
| 28 | Then the dome was echoing with the last anthem : she was walking out into the September sunshine on João 's arm ; the crowds were cheering in the streets , gasping at the splendour of her dress and showering her with flowers and petals . |
| 29 | Midnight was forever filling her with surprises . |
| 30 | If that did n't work she 'd run like hell and scream like a banshee , but she was n't about to tell him that , especially since those long legs of his looked as though they could overtake her in seconds . |