Example sentences of "[vb infin] her [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | It protested at once , so she let him carry her to the living-room . |
| 32 | Now , though , she was sitting in the dressing-room , not even sure if she could persuade her legs to stand up and carry her to the stage . |
| 33 | She had said he must marry only so as not to disappoint his mother ; but should he come to her one day and say he was about to marry someone , that would assuredly beat her into the ground . |
| 34 | Or if this is the whim of some trouble-stirring witch , you must beat her to the ground and punish her . |
| 35 | Small things would make her happy ; one harsh word would send her into the depths of despair . |
| 36 | Jill nodded , standing aside to let Lindsey precede her into the small side ward . |
| 37 | The superior knowledge of the teacher does not automatically invest her with the right to place students in an intellectual straitjacket , nor does volunteering to be a nurse mean that one has automatically signed away one 's rights as a human being . |
| 38 | She might feel compelled to attack him physically at any moment and he was alarming enough to convince her that he would lift her in the air , shake her like a rag doll and toss her over a crag . |
| 39 | Will your coat need cleaning ? ’ she asked anxiously , hoping he would n't land her with the bill . |
| 40 | She had n't guessed it would land her in the thick of a family feud . |
| 41 | Without warning she reached her hand sideways and took mine and pressed it , as if to give me courage ; and perhaps to make me identify her with the original , gentle Lily . |
| 42 | I 'll charm her from the tree . |
| 43 | A worthy father should pass the tests of strength and endurance , and so she rewards the efforts of those who are still fit enough to subdue and defend her at the end of the arduous rut . |
| 44 | ‘ She never mentioned my having got stuck here as well , but I could hardly look her in the face . |
| 45 | The fact that the Superintendent could not look her in the eye was not lost on Kate . |
| 46 | Let him see her as the successful career-woman she was . |
| 47 | But as long as she do n't forget Ga cos I wo n't see her , well we 'll see her on the Saturday but it well I suppose that 'll that wo n't make much difference will it ? |
| 48 | I 've told her I 'll see her at the funeral , though I suppose it wo n't be for a while . |
| 49 | No doubt he would see her at the vicarage . |
| 50 | Why had he refused to let them meet her when they would certainly see her at the hacienda ? |
| 51 | This was discussed at length with Janet , after which it was agreed that the therapist would see her for the next 2 months at fortnightly intervals and that no more than one telephone call per week would be acceptable . |
| 52 | At first I can not see her for the heaps of people about her bedside , brandished with packaged sweets and magazines and flowers of white and purple . |
| 53 | ‘ Did they see her with the man ? ’ |
| 54 | He would see her in the old holey woollies she wore to bed , rather than an old-fashioned nightshirt . |
| 55 | ‘ Did you see her in the ambulance ? ’ |
| 56 | I ca n't see her in the dark , but from the hushed swell of her breathing I could draw you the map of her body . |
| 57 | " You will see her in the morning . " |
| 58 | ‘ I just happened to wake up and see her in the courtyard . |
| 59 | For a long while , I could see her in the rear-view mirror , standing in the dusty road in her long white dress , holding her child and looking after the Felder . |
| 60 | He could n't possibly see her in the darkness , but she still shrank down in the seat — then felt her eyes widen when he stripped off his jacket and started to unbutton his shirt . |