Example sentences of "[to-vb] her [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ As I work with the prints all day I would get so bored if I wore them as well , ’ she once told an American interviewer , who expressed surprise to find her in such plain clothes . |
| 2 | ( 12 ) He rejoiced ( His joy ) to find her in good health . |
| 3 | By the time Nina was five , though , Ricci was sharing fewer nuts with her , but had started to provide her with convenient wooden hammers and uncracked nuts , thus stimulating Nina to start cracking nuts on her own . |
| 4 | Finally , they consulted an educational psychologist who advised the parents that , in view of their constant travelling Emma 's needs would best be served by a boarding school to provide her with some stability . |
| 5 | He took hold of her by the shoulders and began to shake her with all his strength , forcing her back through the hall towards the staircase . |
| 6 | While Helen 's day was filled by the demands of her young charges and the vain attempts of Mrs Webb to train her in some orderliness in domestic affairs , Edward continued to tend her father 's grave . |
| 7 | The vision of the vain , silly girl she had been seemed to accuse her in some obscure way . |
| 8 | You see , I did n't know her for long and it was a privilege to meet her at all . |
| 9 | Finally Lord C had persuaded SOE to meet her in one of their dropping areas . |
| 10 | She had not missed the fact that the coffee-table was piled high with past copies of Query and his arrogant manner was beginning to annoy her to such an extent that she was just about ready to storm off through the door and let Mr Parnham make of it what he could . |
| 11 | For instance , he took her to a newly opened Greek restaurant , and introduced her to the delights of something called Baklava Syrien , which , having a sweet tooth , she very much enjoyed — although he managed simultaneously to annoy her by various highly irritating remarks about the way in which West Indians eat Kit-e-Kat , and by a joke about a man in a Chinese restaurant who found a finger in his Chinese soup . |
| 12 | Michael might come to visit her at any time . |
| 13 | It was as if he wanted to destroy her in some way . |
| 14 | Since all had been well before Kirsty went into hospital to have her appendix removed — and since many people have a very real terror of hospitals in general — I decided to regress her to that particular time . |
| 15 | ‘ I am dead in law ’ — but of the girl he denied that he had ‘ attempted to vitiate her at Nine years old ’ ; for ‘ upon the word of a dying man , both her Eyes did see , and her Hands did act in all that was done ’ . |
| 16 | She says a man tried to abduct her in similar circumstances around the time of the murder . |
| 17 | How dared he treat her as if it was his right to inspect her with that insolent expression on his face ? |
| 18 | Mrs Olga Stych , the wife of a consulting geologist , her next-door neighbour , dared to challenge her on this ; and their homes , which had , until the commencement of building in Vanier Heights , been two of the nicer houses in the best district of Tollemarche , echoed their ambitions . |
| 19 | But I enjoyed your tte — tte with Naomi in that choochy little patisserie , although I 'd like to smack her for one or two of her remarks . ’ |
| 20 | He decided to smack her for this . |
| 21 | That had been to strengthen her for all the troubles and problems she 'd had to deal with . |
| 22 | Physically she 's the epitome , almost a caricature of the male fantasy dream girl , and I was stupid enough to endow her with all the other attributes I thought the perfect woman should have . ’ |
| 23 | Lady Elizabeth Hoby was a striking woman in more ways than one ; her portrait seems to endow her with more strength and resolution than actual good looks . |
| 24 | He looked as if he would like to sear her with another acid remark but he remained silent , as she did , apart from a few non-committal remarks , all through dinner . |
| 25 | Something must be done to free her from this grip . |
| 26 | In all your efforts to help her at this crucial time the most important thing to remember is to try to reduce her anxiety by being as relaxed and quietly optimistic about her future as you can , and to restrain her from making any major decisions hastily , regarding such matters as the disposal of property or moving house , as she may regret this later on when she is feeling less depressed . |
| 27 | The worker , at the time , is not able to interrupt the woman to help her with that problem but after she leaves the bureau the adviser feels extremely worried about it . |
| 28 | She may have a house to sell , or a tenancy to terminate , and she should be made aware of your willingness to help her with this , if she wishes , and with everything else connected with the move . |
| 29 | He was making no effort to help her with this , but she was determined not to let that cold , impassive expression on his face browbeat her to the safety of her bedroom . |
| 30 | Got time to help her with this shopping and bloody come and get your mail ! |