Example sentences of "[vb past] her [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She wore nothing beneath other than cami-knickers , but before they followed her dress he nuzzled her graceful neck , and stroked her striking red hair . |
| 2 | When a friend invited her to attend one of the Christian community study groups , she was deeply impressed by the contrast and decided to join the community : |
| 3 | He was looking for female voices , he remembered Jakki , invited her to submit some tapes and — presto ! — she was offered a job in The Smoke . |
| 4 | In my study , a white mother , previously married to a full-time skilled manual worker and now living on benefits , described her changed economic circumstances like this : |
| 5 | Later that evening , when the Labrador had been handed over to its rejoicing owners , Sophie went into Joanna 's room and found her looking pensive . |
| 6 | She 's hardly eaten a thing since she got here , and last night I went into the kitchen and found her looking terrible . ’ |
| 7 | Eminent Victorians and gardeners who visited her by now famous Munstead Wood home found her wearing two pairs of spectacles . |
| 8 | to Steve on t' phone , I says , I helped her fill all the forms in , you do n't mind do you ? |
| 9 | He gave her specialist child custody advice and helped her win legal aid for her court battle . |
| 10 | I reached the flat just after so helped her carry clean sheets and towels upstairs as well as my luggage and B. The two bedrooms in the flat are small — ‘ compact ’ in estate agency jargon I expect ! — and the bathroom is very nice with a washing machine in it . |
| 11 | Someone helped her to struggle free from her banner . |
| 12 | Jenny helped her see that . |
| 13 | Morton said it was only the intervention of the Queen which stopped her leaving public life for good . |
| 14 | In an added postscript , Mr Morton said it was only the intervention of the Queen which stopped her leaving public life for good . |
| 15 | Her face went blank , but this time Guy saw the effort it cost her to regain that air of remote calm , and her eyes still held a mute appeal that stabbed him to the heart . |
| 16 | First I advised her to take four to six garlic capsules a day for the duration of the treatment which we hoped would not be too prolonged . |
| 17 | The side letter advised her to take independent advice . |
| 18 | He advised her to spend more time with the Prince of Wales . |
| 19 | Nigel advised her to tell that to the Russians . |
| 20 | She said she wanted to warn the Shah , but her husband forbade her to do any such thing . |
| 21 | Ben forbade her to do any such thing . |
| 22 | Unhurriedly he studied her sparking green eyes . |
| 23 | In my mind 's eye , I imagined her nestling warm and soft in the palms of my hands , trustingly accepting morsels of moistened wafer from between my lips , maybe cooing a little — not to say thank you , I 'm not daft enough to think that — because she would be so happy . |
| 24 | Then something , a movement to her right , caused her to turn that way . |
| 25 | Frederica borrowed also Hemingway in translation , and read about bullfights and the earth moving , which caused her to feel worse , sex-starved , desperate for life , and love , and action . |
| 26 | This in itself caused her to feel guilty and so added to the distress she already suffered . |
| 27 | However , she realised the wisdom of his words , but hunger and the sound of the lunch bell caused her to discard all thoughts of a long soak , and instead of running a bath she stood beneath the soothing waters of a hot shower . |
| 28 | She wrinkled her freckled teenage nose . |
| 29 | I told her to cancel those flowers . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Maybe the French told her to act pregnant and so lengthen her stay in Scotland ! ’ |