Example sentences of "[noun pl] be [verb] her " in BNC.
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| 1 | She could see , as plain as the nose on her face , that here was a man of the self-centred , philandering , dangerous variety , the kind of man no girl in her right mind would risk getting involved with … so how come her hormones were letting her down in this maddening way ? |
| 2 | The dark eyes were raking her from head to toe , appraising her — from the long , tousled russet hair to the bare feet protruding from beneath the hem of her wrap . |
| 3 | Her brain was still having a great deal of difficulty coping with what her eyes were telling her . |
| 4 | The disappointment and the puzzlement in his eyes were slaying her , like a red-hot sword piercing her breast . |
| 5 | The voice lowered to soft sensuality and the warm attention his eyes were giving her warned her . |
| 6 | The blue eyes were studying her with an intentness she found exceedingly disconcerting . |
| 7 | He was an expert at extracting himself from emotional entanglements … the bitter voices were mocking her … |
| 8 | His partner had suddenly remembered her brothers were to meet her at the door and take her home ( an old trick , this ) . |
| 9 | Stopped , just for five minutes , just to have a quick look , and now here you are , in charge of the stall of a woman you do n't know , a woman you 've never seen before in your life , and all because someone called Harry was n't to get away with something — And that man with blue eyes was watching her again . |
| 10 | She walked into the sitting-room , and there was Simone , a glass of wine in her hand , her face a picture of absorption as she listened to whatever Piers was telling her . |
| 11 | Her parents were expecting her to go to the college they themselves had attended . |
| 12 | Because so many parents were asking her how they could help their children with reading , teacher and mother of three Barbara Geere wrote Seven Ways to Help Your Child With Reading ( Seven Ways Series , £1.95 ) , which sets out simply how to make a start , build up your child 's confidence , make reading fun ( with plenty of learning games to make or buy ) and , at the end , how to form letters . |
| 13 | The sobs were shaking her , the tears making his handsome face wobble in front of her vision . |
| 14 | Medics are keeping her under intensive care but say she is making satisfactory progress . |
| 15 | Mrs Bracken 's varicose veins were playing her up and the doctor had told her to rest for a week . |
| 16 | When your dogs were chasing her . |
| 17 | The woman in the mack was running , a camera on tracks was following her , a group of men clustered around it , pacing , several attached to it , one on a high seat , another underneath the lens , Jean-Claude Meursault on foot at their flank . |
| 18 | The Paddington Bear wallpaper that had been on the walls for years was mocking her . |
| 19 | She told them about her house and that the managers were calling her a thief . |
| 20 | The uniforms were giving her the once-over . |
| 21 | He was so wild and different from the usually cool and sensible Dr Neil that Sally-Anne stared at him , saying nothing , because unshed tears were choking her , and he took this as a sign of rejection , and began to speak feverishly again . |
| 22 | He told her his instructions were to take her wherever she wanted to go , but nothing else . |
| 23 | I think the doctors were telling her the truth . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ She was very sensitive and if she thought people did not like her or she thought her friends were ignoring her she became paranoid . ’ |
| 25 | She spoke of some of those investments now , in particular some of her land investments in Texas , which her American advisers were counselling her to sell . |
| 26 | Well if her mums was to slim her |
| 27 | She was confused , one of her friends was picking her up at the studios that afternoon , not M. Apéritif , but a doe-eyed Persian who was — he said — training to be an engineer . |
| 28 | ( Why had n't the police been to see her ? |
| 29 | The police were driving her around Soweto , wanting her to identify key activists . |
| 30 | Susan had no clothes on , and the two men were showering her from head to foot — in her eyes , inside her ears , everywhere . |