Example sentences of "[vb infin] her [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As she silently squirms , I would swear her purpling head is expanding ; dumbly , her eyes seem to bugle the pressure within . |
| 2 | He could feel her thudding heart . |
| 3 | as if he could feel her glowering gaze resting on him , he briefly turned his head and looked back at her . |
| 4 | If there was silence for the rest of her life she could slake her dreaming thirst with the memory of this laughing , throaty fountain . |
| 5 | High blood pressure may force her to stop work early ; the baby may need special care and , more importantly , she can not be sure how she will feel after the birth of the child . |
| 6 | If your elderly parent has a family solicitor who knows her and her circumstances well , he will be the best person to give expert advice on the investment of her capital , but if she prefers to rely solely upon your advice you should encourage her to put safety first in this matter , for unless someone is very wealthy , and can afford to lose money occasionally , playing the stock market is a foolish and risky game in later life . |
| 7 | It was too dark to see much of the cottage when she did finally arrive , and , in any case , getting soaked as she lifted her belongings out of the boot did not encourage her to spend time looking around . |
| 8 | Being taller would make her look slimmer , although she was quite slender now . |
| 9 | But we can make her look part of the magic theme . |
| 10 | Danjit 's hand unsealed the front of her suit in the shadow-hung warehouse in front of everybody and she could do nothing about it , but his lascivious toying with her breast and the perverted obscenities he whispered in his garlic-and-beer breath could n't make her feel terror now . |
| 11 | He could not forget her thrashing coldness , her silent chasm of demand , his own inadequate coin of futile charity . |
| 12 | Liking Julia as he did , admiring her stringent intelligence , her honesty , the unexpected humility that would never let her give advice unless she was asked for it , and her unfailing reasonableness , it had never occurred to him that he might be falling in love with her . |
| 13 | I think it might be a good id , I do n't know whether , Lisa would like it better if you would let her know and let her get Kev talking on it , which perhaps be a better idea if she was in on it , but I 'll , I 'll have a word with her |
| 14 | A RECEPTIONIST was sacked — for refusing to sign a pledge declaring she would not support her picketing son . |
| 15 | With her died the chance for Sinead to exorcise the demons that had scarred her childhood and turned her into a rebel whose talent to shock would ultimately overshadow her singing ability . |
| 16 | He 'll persuade her to take redundancy and combine her job with Steve 's . |
| 17 | Philip could n't persuade her to say pudding , when it was ice cream or some sugary mousse . |
| 18 | But we did persuade her to have teletext . |
| 19 | More likely , whoever was Prime Minister would advise her to dissolve Parliament and hold another election . |
| 20 | Mrs Goode studied sociology and education subjects and hopes her degree will help her to obtain work in teaching when her youngest child , four-year-old James , starts school . |
| 21 | It will help her attract support for the Thatcher Foundation — the means by which she hopes to preserve her legacy . |
| 22 | Madeleine would accompany Grégoire to Paris for a while , to help him adjust , and then — when she felt ready , when Grégoire felt ready — Edouard would help her find training and work . |