Example sentences of "[vb past] her [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I told her no messages had been sent and suggested that if Uncle was a businessman — I thought it better not to mention that we already knew he was a multi-millionaire businessman — he might naturally tend to be secretive and that he might also be reluctant to broadcast the fact that he had lost his yacht through what might have been his own fault . |
| 2 | He told her the others and she tried to memorize them , the positions and the titles . |
| 3 | They thanked her in quiet voices , told her the clothes were ‘ cool ’ , but no one said they knew Francis . |
| 4 | He showed her the cases with other small flags on pins : these he used in the autumn to mark the beginning of the vintages , and the card-index where he kept the regional weather reports year before year . |
| 5 | He showed her the stables , and one of the old mares nuzzled Isobel 's hand , with a mouth as soft as velvet . |
| 6 | All the girls helped her to get the fire going , spread the tablecloth , put out the cups and plates , laughing and whispering and bustling about as they showed her the places and secrets of the kitchen , the room that was now her room . |
| 7 | As a child she had not had time for many fairy stories and did not now know them to tell to her daughter again , but instead she showed her the pictures . |
| 8 | Once the researcher arrived though , Harrison was as friendly as you like , showed her around the house that he built himself , even showed her the pictures he 'd painted , and best of all , agreed to be a guest on Aspel and Company . |
| 9 | He handed her the tablets and water , and she swallowed them obediently . |
| 10 | The young man closed the boot of the car and handed her the keys . |
| 11 | ‘ Thanks , ’ he said , and handed her the keys . |
| 12 | Joseph , who paid her no wages and feared increasingly ( Alice had been a most unexpected reprieve ) that his goldmine was sure to be removed from his use , could ape his former threats but do nothing . |
| 13 | Just a fortnight earlier , she 'd been on a course called Heart Start , which taught her the basics of resuscitation . |
| 14 | He taught her the words of the Angelus , the Hail Mary ; though he said that he could not quite use all the words himself literally , but he respected those who could , and he did not think there was anything in it which made Mary take the place of her Son . |
| 15 | She looked ill and tired , and the children asked her no questions . |
| 16 | I passed her the tissues as I always do . |
| 17 | However they viewed her the girls knew that her love was genuine , and the discipline was a necessary part of the love . |
| 18 | Of course , to achieve that I needed the former whore 's co-operation so I secretly sent her the messages . ’ |
| 19 | I got her flashies I bought her a flashies . |
| 20 | Funny , but even though she knew Delaney , Lawton and Forster were engaging Mahon — she could hear gun fire — the empty shadowy corridors of the place gave her the creeps . |
| 21 | The prospect of being marooned on Gullholm for days with a Heathcliff bereft of his Cathy gave her the creeps . |
| 22 | Or maybe the gun gave her the guts . |
| 23 | She declined There was something else she needed from the van so he gave her the keys . |
| 24 | When leaving on his epic journey around the world , Phileas Fogg encountered a begging woman with her child at Charing Cross Station and gave her the proceeds of his recent success at whist . |
| 25 | ‘ Listen , Kate , maybe someone took her there and gave her the drugs … . ’ |
| 26 | After hearing her story , Brochwel gave her the lands at Pennant as a permanent refuge . |
| 27 | The action gave her the moments she needed to adjust , to assess her own feelings . |
| 28 | Only then was she aware of the telegraphist who sat beside her , who smiled and gave her the thumbs-up sign . |
| 29 | Folly doubted if she would care what Luke got up to , but she gave her the flowers none the less . |
| 30 | Gave her the facts to make of what she would ; and make of them what she could , Jay did not understand . |