Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] her at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Looked again , more carefully this time , and saw no-one that resembled her at all . |
| 2 | A sentiment that ambushed her at the coldest moments . |
| 3 | The scene that greeted her at the top was already less frightening than it had been when Phoebe arrived . |
| 4 | And Glenn Close 's stubborn and pain-ridden performance as Sunny makes you sad for her and hate her at the same time . |
| 5 | So did you go and to see her at erm often |
| 6 | A stout butler led Alexandra across a hall floored in gleaming yellow wood and lined with large dark paintings , and announced her at the drawing-room door . |
| 7 | She felt a warm rush of gratitude for his sensitivity as he kissed and played with her in a teasing , light-hearted way which both excited and disarmed her at first . |
| 8 | Alex attended a similar establishment for boys ten miles away and visited her at every weekend exeat . |
| 9 | Even Lucy 's friend — and later lover — M. Paul seeks advice from the Church , and questions her at length about her Protestant theology , before they become seriously attached . |
| 10 | ‘ I further said to [ the defendant ] ‘ You set men to watch her , you trail her and found her at Gloria Chin 's house and there you threatened to kill her with your gun , but she escaped you . |
| 11 | They were watching her intently , with a look that disconcerted her and excited her at the same time . |
| 12 | Then Gillian blabbed to Stuart that I wanted to come and watch her at work . |
| 13 | With a wide smile , one of the waitresses came to collect her , and seat her at a small table in the window . |
| 14 | A worthy father should pass the tests of strength and endurance , and so she rewards the efforts of those who are still fit enough to subdue and defend her at the end of the arduous rut . |
| 15 | They kept up a twenty-four-hour vigil outside Coleherne Court , and plagued her at the kindergarten . |
| 16 | But presumably he must have taken a shine , as the expression went , to Celia , particularly as he had gone to such trouble to seek her out and visit her at the Meadhaven Clinic . |
| 17 | ‘ Whatever is it ? ’ shrieked the old lady , shaking her loose and holding her at arm 's length . |
| 18 | Sarah would not take a flying run , but with John and Nora running and holding her at each side , just catching the fringes of the grass , she had her stately share , too . |
| 19 | Dorothy would leave and abandon her at the very idea . |
| 20 | Billy rowed across and followed her at a discreet distance . |
| 21 | Luckily Billy saw Harriet leave , carrying the second of the cubs , and followed her at a distance . |
| 22 | I know that in Beirut I simply took my child through the checkpoints and delivered her at the school gates . |
| 23 | Everything seemed to be changing , and this excited and worried her at the same time : she thought about it so much that her face had a permanently screwed up , wondering look . |
| 24 | Her question was answered a few minutes later when Matthew himself came outside and saw her at the window . |
| 25 | He clambered up and intercepted her at the kitchen door , enfolding her and drawing her in to his body so that his warmth flowed through to her , just as he had that day when he 'd found her on the beach , lost and afraid ; like him , a victim of the past . |
| 26 | Later Lisa was to wonder at the power of the sensations that swept in on her and possessed her at that moment . |
| 27 | The gang abducted the eighteen year old daughter , and forced her at gunpoint to open up the bank in Bloxham where she worked . |
| 28 | He led her inside and left her at one side of the room , walking softly away and stopping to face her at the other side . |
| 29 | It looked as if they were about to push back their chairs and join her at her table , and only just in time , Cassie remembered that she needed no further complications in an already bewildering and uncontrollable life . |
| 30 | Jeff had rung to tell her — and to tell her at the same time that Silvia had passed her exams with flying colours . |