Example sentences of "[v-ing] her [noun sg] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Houses the annual General Assembly of the Church of Scotland , presided over by the Lord High Commissioner , representing Her Majesty the Queen . |
| 2 | Royal Salute The Association 's flight passing Her Majesty The Queen outside Buckingham Palace on September 15th . |
| 3 | Mrs Brown has been lobbying her MP the Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd for help , even to the extent of standing against him in the recent general election . |
| 4 | But she had a stroke of good fortune when she inherited Penelope Beaton as her art teacher , a woman who laid aside ‘ the nice tidy little shell paintings ’ favoured by her predecessor in favour of teaching her class the pleasures to be had from working with the wonders of unpredictable watercolour . |
| 5 | ‘ Naturally , being the sort of people we are , we felt no compunction about making use of Nicky , letting her sweet-talk the letting agent … |
| 6 | She turned to the stranger who had just finished talking to a mechanic who was now giving her car the once-over . |
| 7 | Millions of babies have grown up happy and healthy on formula milks and your baby will thrive if he has a mum who 's relaxed at feeds , not anxious that she 's not giving her baby the best start in life . |
| 8 | Matters then came to a head and after dropping her baby the mother was distraught about what she had done to her child . |
| 9 | As Mark began to reply , she said the first name with him , nodding her head the while . |
| 10 | By constructing her life the way she did , she evaded many of the usual controls and sanctions that governed the lives of women , her obedience was given directly to God , and her claim was that only she could interpret that obedience . |
| 11 | Shaking her head the old woman proffered a calloused palm , into which he deposited a shilling . ’ |
| 12 | Sort of stood there watching her cash the giros and then nicked her money . |
| 13 | THERE was more bad news for Fergie yesterday when the firm filming her Budgie The Helicopter books crashed deeper into the red . |