Example sentences of "[vb pp] her the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sophie 's angelic looks had won her the 1992 Miss Pears title in the face of 20,000 challengers . |
| 2 | Somehow she had imagined them both greeting Peter together , wrapped in each other 's arms , confirming what Peter had already imagined when he 'd rung her the other morning . |
| 3 | A long , indented coastline , with many harbours on both the Atlantic and the Mediterranean , gave her easy access to the oceans and had made her the economic centre of the world . |
| 4 | She was a nurse at a hospital on the other side of the village , and Killion had met her the previous evening by simply walking into the hospital and asking the first girl he saw if she would come out with him . |
| 5 | Her view of the driver of the Renault , albeit only a back view , had shown her the thick dark hair of someone obviously quite young . |
| 6 | Then Finn had come up , grim , silent and dripping blood , wordlessly shown her the dreadful cut and gone upstairs to his sister for a bandage . |
| 7 | There had been tears in her father 's eyes as he 'd handed her the satin-lined box containing the jewels and Emily , taking it , had felt a constriction in her throat for , with the gift , her father was recognizing she was now a woman . |
| 8 | He had offered her the front seat for the last leg , but she had turned it down . |
| 9 | He had told her the one thing of importance , even if nothing else made any sense . |
| 10 | Lisa felt the cold finger of panic momentarily touch her , just as it had when , over the phone earlier , the girl from the claims department had told her the awful truth . |
| 11 | The reception had told her the Scottish Football team were residents in the hotel which increased her hopes of picking up the odd tip in order to ease her way through University . |
| 12 | She thought of the helpful policeman who had told her the wrong day for the train . |
| 13 | Hell , he could n't even ask , having told her the next time she would have to take the initiative , but if she did n't take it soon he was going to go out of his mind ! |
| 14 | So when asked why I had not told her the whole story , I replied , ‘ Because you never asked me . ’ |
| 15 | She said that Derek had told her the whole story . |
| 16 | she had guessed Taczek had not told her the whole truth of his relationship with Mills but now had confirmation . |
| 17 | And he 's told her the whole story so Noel 's gone home and his mum 's gone , what 's that on your neck ? |
| 18 | Said treasurer called her the SILLIEST woman he knew … |
| 19 | He and Mallachy , between themselves , called her the Wee Green Patriot , but steered clear of all argument on the subject . |
| 20 | They had co-operated on several criminal cases ; the scoops that had brought her the professional acclaim she revelled in . |
| 21 | She had never held a baby before that was not a fat , well-dressed , sweet-smelling thing , but not one of them had ever given her the strange sense of fulfilment which the pitiful scrap of humanity in her arms , wrapped in the square which she had earlier scissored from her petticoat , did . |
| 22 | She approved of my taste and I 'd given her the right amount of money for the red coat which I st ill have n't worn . |
| 23 | She has suffered much in the last decade but that experience has given her the inner fortitude to shoulder the emotional burden she must carry on the next stage of her life 's journey . |
| 24 | It would be typical of Jacqui 's naivety to believe that she was dealing with an honest man who had given her the only copies in existence . |
| 25 | Mrs Bradford had given her the complete day off for her father 's funeral and she did n't have to be back at the house in Newcastle Place until six o'clock . |
| 26 | Had her mother given her the wrong information ? |
| 27 | That wonderful love they had shared and which had given her the precious gift of a son . |
| 28 | The temptation to put aside the bitterness and suspicion was great , but , after all , she was here for only one purpose , and now Luke had given her the ideal opportunity to pursue it . |
| 29 | Adam pointed to a framed cartoon , which he had given her the previous Christmas : a startled businessman gazed at a ghost ; rising from his desk drawer , it said , ‘ I am the spirit of old notes to yourself . ’ |
| 30 | Never , by look or gesture or word , had he given her the slightest justification for thinking that he might be interested in her as a person . |