Example sentences of "[vb pp] her [adv] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How had he caught her so quickly ? |
| 2 | It seemed inconceivable that the man who had teased her so unforgivably in the morning had been so filled with compassionate understanding later in the same day . |
| 3 | There 'd been neither sight nor sound of James since that fateful day and no doubt he had forgotten her as quickly as he had taken her , but he must be told there was going to be a child . |
| 4 | Oh yes when the war started yes , you , you see the people would have been called up into the forces anyway people young enough to fly , who , who had an interest , because er one of the air displays I remember very much a tomboy as she was she they used to give pleasure flights and she had defied this pilot to take her up and make her sick , and he was took her up there looping rolling and everything and er |
| 5 | Her mother had picked her up bodily the night before and dragged her into her room where she had then thrown her on to her bed . |
| 6 | She had thought , wrongly , that she could allow the love which she had begun to feel for Dr Neil to express itself , only for her deepest instincts to take over when in beginning to make love to her he had unwittingly reminded her so strongly of what … he had done to her . |
| 7 | He suspected that perhaps McAllister , always so gallant in facing life , as he had now seen on several occasions , had tried to suppress , to crush down the awful memory of what had been done to her , had refused to give way to grief , to shed healing tears , until in his arms something had reminded her so strongly of what had passed and broken the barriers her will had erected . |
| 8 | Aunt Margaret surreptitiously ran her finger round her own silver choker as if the sight of the Queen 's collar had reminded her how much her own one hurt . |
| 9 | With her thoughts going dreamily round and round , it was about seven-thirty that , as she was again thinking of how he had that morning cradled her so gently when he 'd seen her hurt , Leith suddenly became horror-struck . |
| 10 | She had n't even had the nerve to glare at Mitch when he had eyed her so appreciatively . |
| 11 | It was growing dark , and she thought of sleeping on a bench or under a tree in a remote part of Regent 's Park , but she was afraid that , having spent the night out and returning in a dishevelled state , her landlady might assume the worst and not let her in again . |
| 12 | In spite of the fact that he had let her down badly and most devastating of all , even though he now had a new love — Beth still pined for him . |
| 13 | He had never let her down before . |
| 14 | It was that detached , aloof quality of his , she had often thought , that had originally attracted her so fatally to him . |
| 15 | He had dashed her down again . |
| 16 | I remember her saying , slightly on the defensive , ‘ It 's an investment , ’ and I thought , It 's made her even more determined to succeed . |
| 17 | But if anything , it had made her even more indecisive . |
| 18 | The sudden disturbing plunge into the jungle in the cloying heat of the Saigon River had made her more intensely aware of her body than at any time since the fevered days of adolescence . |
| 19 | It was Dr Entwistle who had prodded her more firmly in that direction , oddly enough . |
| 20 | ‘ I told him that he is violent , has mistreated her very badly , have been trigger happy and whatever kindness he might have done for her he had cancelled by beatings and threats he had made on her life . |
| 21 | The resulting silence disturbed her even more . |
| 22 | I 'd met her twice more at G.P. 's , when there were other people there — one was her husband , a Dane , some kind of importer . |
| 23 | As a young girl in the Burrows this method had saved her on more than one occasion from a corner of adversity . |
| 24 | She should have visited her more often , should have taken more of an interest in her — and just wait until she went around to Eliza Grierson 's ! |
| 25 | Usually it was a relief to be free of those gentle and accusing ghosts , which in the last few months had visited her less often . |
| 26 | I 've just phoned her up just to tell her . |
| 27 | Travis led the way to the library and , to show that he knew Rosemary 's parents ' phone number by heart , although he had phoned her there only once , he immediately started to dial . |
| 28 | He had turned her over then , his hands brutal , and removing his leather belt , had lashed her unmercifully across buttocks and thighs . |
| 29 | Although in various posts , especially as Foreign Secretary , I had seen her not infrequently , yet this was the beginning of a quite different relationship . |
| 30 | As I said , I only know her by sight , and , now you mention it , I have n't seen her around lately . ’ |