Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] her [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he asked to see her in his study , a few days after her return from Blaworth , she feared the worst . |
| 2 | I used to talk to her and when I found out she was murdered it was a shock , because you expected to see her in here |
| 3 | After work the same evening , my husband and I walked all over the golf course and were eventually rewarded by spotting the dog in the distance , although we failed to coax her towards us . |
| 4 | It seemed to be the only real thing in the universe ; the temple , the city , the motorspeeder , all of these were illusions devised to distract her from the important issues , the real business of life . |
| 5 | His ex-wife Margaret claims he tried to kill her at the family home in Brockhampton . |
| 6 | He tried to kill her by pumping exhaust fumes into the vehicle while they were both inside , Mr Charles Kellett , prosecuting , said . |
| 7 | She went to sleep , and woke to growl , ‘ Me least , ’ and he put a bath towel round her and tried to carry her into his bed-sitting room , but he was too frail to do it and she had to wake up again to walk by herself . |
| 8 | Summer in the country , was the toast echoing in Diane 's ears as she went back inside ; and she shuddered , and wondered if she could think up something really cutting to say the first time one of them tried to treat her like a servant . |
| 9 | When I prised her off and tried to stand her on the floor she kept rocking back and sitting on her tail , then falling over sideways and lying there like a stuffed parrot . |
| 10 | Later , I tried to mollify her by pointing out that the teacher had said what a nice boy he was . |
| 11 | As she leaned into the car , the attacker grabbed her and tried to pull her into the vehicle . |
| 12 | He tried to pull her to him . |
| 13 | She saw a small coffee shop on the other side of the lane and , taking Dana 's arm , tried to pull her with her . |
| 14 | After the series of treaties in 1854 – 58 which helped to launch her on a rapid and irreversible process of change it could even still be questioned whether full-scale diplomatic representation there was worth what it cost . |
| 15 | He then frantically tried to revive her before leaving her face down in a copse . |
| 16 | ‘ I tried to provoke her into doing so , but she said she 'd put you out of her mind completely — she 'd forgotten you , she said — which is nonsense of course — ‘ |
| 17 | I bought her some lunch and while Werewolf flirted , I tried to pump her about Pegasus Farm and the operation there . |
| 18 | I promised to remember her to the Harvey-Beaumonts ‘ over the water ’ , and we set off once more , along a road that ran beside a demesne wall . |
| 19 | She says a man tried to abduct her in similar circumstances around the time of the murder . |
| 20 | Julia 's pain seemed to have left her , and she lay seeming to drift in and out of sleep or unconsciousness , Anne could never be sure which , as she sat beside her , wiping her face , or tried to feed her with beef tea from a feeding cup . |
| 21 | I stepped inside and got behind her and tried pushing her from that side . |
| 22 | One day , as I tried to serve her on the quiet , two deep meaningful coughs from behind me raised the small hairs on my neck . |
| 23 | He discovered the girl 's name was Stella and tried to engage her in gossip . |
| 24 | Mr Spencer said : ‘ Nichol was sexually attracted to Mrs Chandler and probably tried to engage her in conversation . |
| 25 | A SPURNED lover disguised himself to kidnap his ex-girlfriend then tried to stab her in the neck with a syringe , a court heard yesterday . |
| 26 | He knew Blanche was nervous by her uncharacteristic air of distraction and tried to calm her with compliments about her appearance . |
| 27 | When the 69-year-old woman tried to open the door he slipped round the front and pretended to help her before running off with her bag . |
| 28 | After the appeal , Duncan McAllister resigned his Army commission while publicity surrounding Christie 's friendship with Anna Moore helped keep her in the public eye . |
| 29 | Unable to think of anything else to do , I suggested to Eileen that we tried regressing her to her childhood . |
| 30 | The crew tried to sail her through a narrow gap at a bridge in Purton . |