Example sentences of "[vb past] her [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He helped her up the veranda steps and , taking a large key from his pocket , opened the arched door and stood aside for her to precede him . |
| 2 | Anyway , I phoned her up the other day to have a little chat with her . |
| 3 | When her alarm woke her up the next morning , she felt heavy-eyed and lacking in energy , but that was probably because her sleep had been long in coming and had been plagued with dreams when she had eventually managed to drop off . |
| 4 | I shadowed her down the tapering passage , all its planes carpet-covered , like four floors . |
| 5 | Instead , he half lifted her down the rest of the stairs meaning to frogmarch her towards the door that led to the yard . |
| 6 | ‘ I told her where the door was , because I knew she would keep the secret . ’ |
| 7 | Ace took the note and read it , finding that it told her where the Doctor and Howard had gone . |
| 8 | ‘ I thought you 'd make it for me , ’ Dana faltered ; usually Claudia would leap to do her twin 's bidding , but this morning she told her where the coffee lived , turned her back and went back to sleep . |
| 9 | Carrie dropped to her knees to examine the ankle making sympathetic noises as Seb told her how the accident had occurred . |
| 10 | He put his hand in his pocket , then handed her back the sovereign , saying , ‘ She 's gone . |
| 11 | Ari had no positive idea which rooms Tammuz and Zambia occupied and was babbling nonsense to this effect as Lennon hauled her up the metal stairway to the gallery . |
| 12 | He walked her out the doors and down the steps , and kissed her on the cheek as if she were an old maiden aunt he had developed a polite affection for . |
| 13 | And yet , self-denied , he was still dominant , rampant male , she the one reduced to mindless begging for the release she now knew could only ever be temporary because she was an addict already , enslaved by him as he fed her again the fatal taste , the bitter-sweet of his passion , and her own . |
| 14 | As I followed her up the pathway , every inch of her breathed that she was being a good girl , and as the driver settled her in the front seat beside him she gave him a happy smile ; almost , one felt — seeing the hat-boxes and cases piled up behind them — they might have been starting out on their honeymoon . |
| 15 | He followed her down the hall to the kitchen at the back of the house . |
| 16 | The sound of her mother singing followed her down the hall : |
| 17 | One of them stepped forward , bouncing frantically to the music , and the others followed her down the catwalk . |
| 18 | But he kissed her just the same . |
| 19 | They owed her only the debt of Ruth . |
| 20 | James Spencer QC , prosecuting , alleged Mr Nichol approached Mrs Chandler in a field but when she ignored him he pulled her down the bank , sexually assaulted her and hit her on the head with a rock or rocks . |
| 21 | When they pulled her out the vase had n't a crack in it , and then the air-raid warden stumbled … ’ |
| 22 | Innocent — and so they fancied her all the more . |
| 23 | Up until this point we have assumed that a referential locus is quite generally available for property words , not only adjectives in fact but also adverbs : ( 8 ) Philippa comforted her lovingly the referential locus of the adverb is that of the verb ; and the referential locus of the verb in turn is the entity of the subject phrase ; that is why a sentence like : ( 9 ) the drink comforted her lovingly is unacceptable , despite the fact that lovingly can co-occur with comfort , while comfort is compatible with drink . |
| 24 | She got up early to muck him out and groom him and exercise him , and she babysat nearly every evening to keep him in good oats ( not Uncle Knacker 's ) and shoes , and when she saw the riders she was up against in the collecting ring , with their adoring parents and their fat cheque-books , it just made her all the more determined to beat them , because determination was all she had . |
| 25 | It was a sad thing to Beth , and one which only made her all the more determined to draw Matthew back into the family fold . |
| 26 | She dashed out to Doreen and asked her where the doll was . |
| 27 | And when they asked her why the yellow ribbon , |
| 28 | Fox F M reporter , Tiffany Foster asked her how the curiosity exhibition works . |
| 29 | Drawing her to her feet , he led her up the wide staircase to a comfortable oak-panelled bedroom which overlooked the eucalyptus trees in the garden . |
| 30 | Wilcox led her down the broad central aisle , with occasional detours to left and right to point out some particular operation . |