Example sentences of "[vb base] her [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Well I want her of course , who would n't ? ’ , |
2 | ‘ She 'll do , I only want her for breeding , ’ the nasty woman said . |
3 | Yet something of the Parish 's strange reputation lingered into the twentieth century ; it may still be said of a headstrong woman , ‘ send her to Temple Moor ’ . |
4 | She had thought that , difficult as her father was , he would see the reasonableness of her ambitions and send her to London with some sort of blessing . |
5 | ‘ Take her away from Woodborough Junior and send her to St Saviour 's . ’ |
6 | Therefore I compromise and send her to Calcutta with her grandmother and suffer pangs of guilt both for packing her off and for conforming to my elitist background . |
7 | He can also take over the parenting role and provide her with respite from the rigours of what is a twenty-four-hour-a-day job . |
8 | Provide her with drills , preferably on tape , to which she can listen while feeding the baby or cutting up vegetables . |
9 | And Terry 's took her dad through to hospital cos they put her on oxygen because . |
10 | We put her to bed immediately , and at twelve o'clock that night her daughter , Cathy , was born , two months early . |
11 | so he said they put her to bed and he said it was best Christmas they ever ! |
12 | Yes , put her to bed , and there 's different people call in to see her |
13 | And our our the baby she sleeps in bed with us , you know cos we 're frightened in case owt gets bunged through the window , you know it might hit her , so we put her in bed with us . |
14 | And then when you put her in foal , served her with a stallion . |
15 | ‘ If you come across Amy , I think it would be best if you put her in touch with me rather than trying anything on your own . ’ |
16 | ‘ Where exactly are we going ? ’ she asked at last , to switch subjects before Roman could elaborate on his uncomfortable theory , and catch her off guard in the process . |
17 | For there was absolutely no need at all for him to walk so close to where she was walking or to bump into her and so catch her off balance — the end result being that he had his arms around her , as if to save her , before she could stop him . |
18 | At any rate , Jerome would n't be there to upset this one , catch her in corners and smack her bottom like he had the Danish au pair . |
19 | Her fringe is so long , I sometimes mistake her for Rolf Harris . |
20 | and they confirm that Dreadnought has been officially classed as a wreck , and what 's worse , I 'm afraid , is that she 's lying near enough to the shipping channels for them , to quote their letter , to exercise their statutory powers and remove her by means of salvage craft . " |
21 | [ The CARDINAL and the FOX hold her in conversation against her will . |
22 | She sat there for a long time rocking backwards and forwards and giving herself up to howling , letting her gasps for breath shake her to pieces and leave her shuddering . |
23 | For a second he looked as if he was about to grab her and shake her to pieces , but her wild looks and her uncontrolled temper suddenly had his lips quirking . |
24 | Yeah , she 's , for the last three nights running , right , every night she 's tried to get out of Ben 's car when we drop her off home |
25 | ‘ I usually drop her at Cintra 's Bar , she can get a sandwich there and a glass of port . ’ |
26 | He and Dorothy would lie in wait the following day and cudgel her to death . |
27 | Scrupulous honesty , and a strong sense of the ridiculous — she can be very funny — save her from sentimentality . |
28 | If you accept her at Lowood school , please make sure that the headmistress and teachers know how dishonest she is . |
29 | ‘ Bury her in quicklime ! ’ |
30 | ‘ I wo n't know that until I meet her at lunchtime . |