Example sentences of "[v-ing] her [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ACE reached for her , his mouth closing over hers , denying her any chance to protest . |
| 2 | Whoa , old girl , ’ soothed Ted , when he saw that even with all his weight pulling on the halter , there was no hope of saving her that way . |
| 3 | ‘ No , just apologised for causing her any trouble . ’ |
| 4 | Without warning , she suspended her scrutiny to locate a flea which was causing her some bother . |
| 5 | She noticed the tightness of the thin lips , instinct warning her that trouble was at hand , so she leaned back in her chair and waited for the storm to break . |
| 6 | Her mother held her at arm 's length and examined her like a piece of merchandise , turning her this way and that , searching for concealed flaws . |
| 7 | Nottingham Crown Court 's been told that a taxi driver sexually assaulted a woman passenger after ignoring her This report from Chris Throup . |
| 8 | was saying the overall winner was Lucinda Murray on Just Jeremy , and er he first asked her over er a glass of champagne I believe , celebrating her twenty-fifth birthday with a party on Friday , er was that beneficial to success ? |
| 9 | The moon called to her , she thought , pulling her this way and that . |
| 10 | So , for example if somebody does reject a young man in a way that erm is n't appropriate in his eyes , he might then go around and start calling her all sorts of names and generally making other men think of her in bad way , and of course no eighteen year old woman wants young men to think badly of her , and so she puts pressure on herself not to reject advances too openly or too obviously or something like that , and the whole cycle starts again , and so and I think this is the sort of thing the college just can not have anything to do with , because that really is going too far , that 's interfering with the the one thing we could do , perhaps , is talk to the young women and make it clear that they do have the right to reject advances and that what they 've got to be concerned about whilst they 're at university is they 're academic career and making sure that that is n't affected by harassment . |
| 11 | I remember teaching her some dance steps in front of the mirror in the studio , standing next to her , showing her . |
| 12 | It was buying her some time and some space , nothing more . |
| 13 | She 's expecting her second child in three weeks and is determined this time to have the baby at home . |
| 14 | Twenty-two year old Marie , who is expecting her second child , was killed on the M 50 motorway near Twinning in Gloucestershire last June . |
| 15 | Expecting her any minute . |
| 16 | Tracey was getting her that brooch . |
| 17 | Until she was approaching her half century Hannah was probably the least travelled person anywhere in the northern counties . |
| 18 | It was n't sexual jealousy that was afflicting her this time , for it was obvious that the woman was just a good friend . |
| 19 | I was standing there and I was going I had the two pound in my pocket like but there 's no way I was giving her two pound so Bitch |
| 20 | He was a restrained and sophisticated lover and , once his initial surge of passion was quieted , his concentration was focused on giving her more pleasure than it was possible to imagine . |
| 21 | The sight and smell of the waterfront drew her as always , giving her enough courage to slip across to Broad Quay . |
| 22 | Mrs Bliss overheard her giving her this address . ’ |
| 23 | He laid a small bet with himself that Fishbane had been responsible for giving her this photo-opportunity . |
| 24 | The Doc pushed the wheeled table back against the wall , giving her some space . |
| 25 | She was clearly mentally disturbed , and the reason that I got in touch with the legal project was to see if there 's anything that could be done by them to start giving her some way of getting in touch , getting to solve her problem . |
| 26 | Sh they 're like all clubbing together and giving her some money to go in with cos she 's got to have some money to go in with . |
| 27 | There was no way she could prove her innocence , and he was certainly not open to giving her any benefit of the doubt . |
| 28 | But Carol Wilson believed that it was Branson who was ‘ stalling ’ over giving her any control in the company . |
| 29 | ‘ It would seem that he wanted to conceal his past , ’ he said , as if grudging her that information . |
| 30 | ‘ He said you were bringing her some thirst quenchers , and he asked me to run down and collect them . |