Example sentences of "[adv] be [verb] her " in BNC.
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| 1 | She alighted at Groppis , and inside took a seat beside an aristocratic-looking Lt Colonel , who had obviously been awaiting her . |
| 2 | Luke Calder was used to getting what he wanted from life , and the last thing she needed was for him to turn his sights on to her , even though it might only be to put her back in her place ! |
| 3 | Oh , this is wrong , he reminded himself fiercely , when all she needs is mild affection and the ability to trust , and if I go too far it will only be to betray her again — or so she will think . |
| 4 | ‘ The very first thing I 'll do when I get 'ome is take her a bunch of flowers . |
| 5 | She was walking unarmed into dangerous territory , but something deep inside was urging her on , refusing to let her back off now . |
| 6 | ‘ Six months ago , we never thought she would ever achieve her ambition but , fingers crossed , I 'll soon be taking her to the school gates and she can sit in class with the other youngsters , just like she always wanted . ’ |
| 7 | After all , she did n't know him , and a fate worse than death might just be awaiting her . |
| 8 | They will not be expecting her , they will see her as an intruder . |
| 9 | Yesterday Silas had assured her he would not be taking her to town — yet here she was , smartly dressed and ready to accompany them . |
| 10 | ‘ As I shall not be seeing her again it would be pointless . |
| 11 | I should not be pressuring her in this way . |
| 12 | ‘ Jorge can take me , ’ Maggie said , feeling an incredible little burst of disappointment that Felipe would not be driving her . |
| 13 | ‘ He may not be leading her on . |
| 14 | I am able to examine concepts , she thought , to test values , for I have thought things out , I am not like my sister who bakes and cleans and shops and irons , and goes from day to day , never realising what her mind might discover , content to accept what has always been told her , without a doubt . |
| 15 | But now that Gharr had taken Mala away — and had probably been enjoying her , as he 'd quaintly put it — I 'd began to see that I really had no choice . |
| 16 | Where in the 1930s the mother was given solemn warnings as to what would happen if she disobeyed the rules , the mode now is to refer her , with continual reassurances however , to what might possibly result from some mistaken handlings : ‘ Here 's what happens once in a while when the needs of the child are n't recognized ’ ( Spock , 1946 , chapter on ‘ The Two Year Old ’ ) . |
| 17 | Then she became aware that the horseman behind was following her very closely indeed . |
| 18 | She has n't heard Alina walking across the terrace , and has n't even been expecting her for another half-hour . |
| 19 | If he had simply been using her why , in that split-second of warning , had he called her sweetheart ? |
| 20 | She in turn asked why I had n't been to visit her . |
| 21 | If Guy had n't been holding her , she was sure she would have dropped to the floor . |
| 22 | She 's only been with them three months , remember , and Daniel has n't been to see her since . |
| 23 | ‘ And for all we know Ma might realise that she has n't been to see her . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I have n't been to see her yet . |
| 25 | Boz is the only one she 'd tell such a thing to , but she 's already told me Boz has n't been to see her since the attack . ’ |
| 26 | I take it you have n't been keeping her at home and just not sent a note ? |
| 27 | Very little apart from his outward appearance , and when he had n't been teasing her he 'd been carelessly kind to her when they met . |
| 28 | Something tells me I wo n't be seeing her for a while either . |
| 29 | ‘ Obviously , it appeals to you , though , or you would n't be seeing her . |
| 30 | They would n't be expecting her to go further into the lion 's den . |