Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] her [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I guessed , ’ he replied , and suddenly gave her a lop-sided grin — and all at once Leith discovered she was feeling most unexpectedly lighthearted . |
| 2 | He resented the implied criticism , and defended himself by saying he merely gave her a book which he happened to have with him , rather than one he felt suitable for such a person . |
| 3 | He said nothing more , merely gave her a last withering look before moving away . |
| 4 | Helen Crane , an ex-secretary , valued her job because it not only gave her the experience of autonomy , but it publicly valued her exercise of this responsibility : |
| 5 | There 's memorable dialogue in this film , not least in the last scene , which turns Jane Darwell , as Ma Joad , into a spokeswoman for all the oppressed of the Earth and ends the picture on a defiant , upbeat note that rightly won her an Oscar . |
| 6 | The melodrama of it appealed to her sense of the ridiculous , and she hastily stifled a laugh as a youth passing inside gave her an odd look . |
| 7 | What perhaps struck her the most was that , despite all , many of them appeared to be happy , while she , Sally-Anne , who could if she wished command the most luxurious life a woman could dream of , was most desperately unhappy , and had no idea of how she might become otherwise . |
| 8 | ‘ And who unkindly told her the truth ? ’ |
| 9 | No I just told her the truth , I wanted wanted some of her |
| 10 | Her arguments were ridiculed by Tobias Smollett [ q.v. ] ( a former pupil of Smellie 's ) in an essay in the Critical Review ( 1760 ) , which nevertheless paid her the compliment of insinuating that her husband must have written the book . |
| 11 | , but she told Helen , I just called her an old cow and she put the phoned down , well if she thought I said cow , well I do n't know but she went and used that . |
| 12 | I just gave her a lift to the Fair . ’ |
| 13 | I just gave her a bit of a hand and these sort of questions where they 've got so many alternatives answers to fill the spaces |
| 14 | Never off duty for a moment , he took her into his training school and soon gave her a booking in his spectacular , Jack and Jill . |
| 15 | Her colourful opinions soon gave her a wider platform and she became a familiar face in the gossip columns . |
| 16 | Holtby 's forceful , witty articles and reviews soon gained her a high reputation as a journalist . |
| 17 | He once made her a beaded jacket so beautiful she told him she wanted to be buried in it . |
| 18 | In the launderette it was warm and cosy ; here Maggie made friends and fans and she had inconsequential conversations which mysteriously made her a member of the local community in a way she had never been when she had been fighting for the area 's well-being . |
| 19 | I do n't think the boys ever found her an embarrassment . |
| 20 | And because her bag was light , with only Miss Gemma Dallam 's brown Chinese satin in it , and her hopes as high as she ever allowed them to be , she smiled at everybody else who came her way , the fishmonger , the old-clothes dealer pushing his cart with its flea-ridden bundles ; the organ-grinder whose emaciated monkey , cowering sadly on his shoulder , always caused her a stab of pain : |
| 21 | As she smiled smugly — she 'd suspected he would n't — he deliberately threw her a frosty glance . |
| 22 | The girl quickly handed her the phone . |
| 23 | He still owed her a fiver more than he had on him , she complained . |
| 24 | The press still followed her every step |
| 25 | He still thought her a traitor . |
| 26 | I still sent her a Christmas card each year , for old times sake . |
| 27 | And while she always spent a great deal of time and money on their Christmas presents , they only ever sent her a packet of scented drawer liners or a box of soap . |
| 28 | Hank , when Mrs Stych thought of him at all , always gave her a headache . |
| 29 | She felt all right coming down when Sue and the children were there , or when the kitchen was empty , although the suddenly-abandoned look of the room always gave her a shock . |
| 30 | She sometimes wondered if he ever gave her a thought between departing from Taipei early on Monday mornings and his Friday evening returns . |