Example sentences of "[vb past] her at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She felt a warm rush of gratitude for his sensitivity as he kissed and played with her in a teasing , light-hearted way which both excited and disarmed her at first . |
| 2 | It was in the boot-and-brushing room that Nicandra found her at last — after a search through the larders , the dairy , and the empty laundry , its warm steam now subsided into a vaporous chill . |
| 3 | Erm what did we do yes , well we went , I , I went to Isobel at what , I found her at three , we had . |
| 4 | I helped her at first but it was a mistake . ’ |
| 5 | The wind woke her at six , hustling the leaves on the trees , still green in November . |
| 6 | Looked again , more carefully this time , and saw no-one that resembled her at all . |
| 7 | ‘ He 's spending a few days with Maria Luisa in Valencia on the mainland , ’ Fernando told her at last . |
| 8 | I admired her at first , wanting to help the slaves . |
| 9 | His words surprised her at first , then anger took over — an anger so intense that she was prepared to walk out of her marriage and do irreparable damage to the Royal Family . |
| 10 | Danny called her at two that afternoon . |
| 11 | Indeed , she was starting to wonder — in a moment of forlornness that was unlike her — if anyone needed her at all . |
| 12 | However , because I knew her at close quarters only during her maiden years and have not seen her once since she went to the West Country to become ‘ Mrs Benn ’ , you will perhaps excuse my impropriety in referring to her as I knew her , and in my mind have continued to call her throughout these years . |
| 13 | But even then , before I knew her at all , I sensed that normality was not really Karen 's thing . |
| 14 | ‘ I hardly knew her at all , ’ said Guy , unconcernedly , ‘ only she happened to mention it once . ’ |
| 15 | I saw her at six the following evening . |
| 16 | I mean I saw her at eleven o'clock at night going jogging with a plastic bag wrapped around her arms . |
| 17 | Nausea overwhelmed her at last . |
| 18 | Sue had smiled , glossy pink lips , smooth make-up , brown eyes like treacle , and said nothing and , as far as Marion knew , her feet never bothered her at all . |
| 19 | God and the saints remembered her at last . ’ |
| 20 | Later Lisa was to wonder at the power of the sensations that swept in on her and possessed her at that moment . |
| 21 | He led her inside and left her at one side of the room , walking softly away and stopping to face her at the other side . |