Example sentences of "[verb] her [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This made him desire her all the more . |
| 2 | When he asked if he could see her again the next day , she would not have dreamed of declining ; they saw each other for about a fortnight , and her enthusiasm for him increased with each meeting , though he said not a word of any interest in the whole two weeks . |
| 3 | over in Spain , she fucking had she had her right the way round there , sniffing out the fucking size of it , felt like saying do you want a quick short back and sides girl . |
| 4 | He turned to help her clear the table . |
| 5 | And yet , self-denied , he was still dominant , rampant male , she the one reduced to mindless begging for the release she now knew could only ever be temporary because she was an addict already , enslaved by him as he fed her again the fatal taste , the bitter-sweet of his passion , and her own . |
| 6 | But he kissed her just the same . |
| 7 | They owed her only the debt of Ruth . |
| 8 | His features showed no expression other than a mild amusement that only served to infuriate her all the more . |
| 9 | That he was speaking only the truth simply served to infuriate her all the more . |
| 10 | Innocent — and so they fancied her all the more . |
| 11 | Up until this point we have assumed that a referential locus is quite generally available for property words , not only adjectives in fact but also adverbs : ( 8 ) Philippa comforted her lovingly the referential locus of the adverb is that of the verb ; and the referential locus of the verb in turn is the entity of the subject phrase ; that is why a sentence like : ( 9 ) the drink comforted her lovingly is unacceptable , despite the fact that lovingly can co-occur with comfort , while comfort is compatible with drink . |
| 12 | She got up early to muck him out and groom him and exercise him , and she babysat nearly every evening to keep him in good oats ( not Uncle Knacker 's ) and shoes , and when she saw the riders she was up against in the collecting ring , with their adoring parents and their fat cheque-books , it just made her all the more determined to beat them , because determination was all she had . |
| 13 | It was a sad thing to Beth , and one which only made her all the more determined to draw Matthew back into the family fold . |
| 14 | ‘ How can I ever treat her quite the same again' , he said . |
| 15 | To give Perdita a break , Luke took her away the following Saturday to see a high goal match at the famous Hurlingham Club which left her speechless with wonder , then on to Buenos Aires to an English production of The Merchant of Venice throughout most of which she slept . |
| 16 | It hurt her all the more and she slumped to her knee . |
| 17 | On the one hand , the onset of menstruation gives her immediately the status of young womanhood . |
| 18 | It had taken her virtually the rest of the afternoon to find someone to take her . |
| 19 | ‘ They have to ask her just the same ? ’ |
| 20 | As time went on , to avoid a whipping , I learned to tell her only the things I thought she wanted to hear . |