Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] her a " in BNC.
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| 1 | She told them about her house and that the managers were calling her a thief . |
| 2 | These problems and a long evening incarcerated below decks without fresh air were giving her a headache . |
| 3 | Just over five minutes later she had taken the tablet and Felipe was pouring her a cup of tea , and Maggie looked at him in amusement . |
| 4 | His reply was to give her a sharp pull forward and then a shove in the back , which knocked her to her knees . |
| 5 | She felt it probing her mind , as if it was asking her a question , searching for something in her mind . |
| 6 | I can not quite remember the title of the Ballet , but Miss Margot Fonteyn was on her way up , we were quite sure , and that redhead Moira Shearer was running her a good second . |
| 7 | The appellant 's 18 year old daughter was indecently assaulted by the father of her boyfriend , while he was giving her a lift in his van . |
| 8 | He went out , and Merrill sensed that he was giving her a breathing space . |
| 9 | Yet he was giving her a choice , Isabel realised suddenly . |
| 10 | ‘ Good evening , Mr G … ’ she began to reply , but his glance was already away from her shoes , and he was giving her a slightly raised eyebrow look . |
| 11 | My mum said , she 's going my mum said , she was going to sign in because she was late , and then I was giving her a pen like |
| 12 | He was hurting her a little now , the arm around her waist like steel , so that she was hazily aware of a dull ache in the small of her back . |
| 13 | ‘ I was showing her a bird , ’ Mandy interrupted , turning and wrinkling her nose in playful warning at Charity . |
| 14 | In showing this place to her and wanting to see her walking in it , he was making her a deep gesture of friendship ; she was sorry that she did not care more . |
| 15 | She thought he was throwing her a sop and it steeled her . |
| 16 | By the week 's end the proctologist was saying that it had been the best goddamned vacation he had ever taken , and as we passed the bunkering moorings near McIllvanney 's yard I saw him take Ellen aside and I guessed he was offering her a job . |
| 17 | And he was offering her a derelict conservatory . |
| 18 | He was offering her a few days of physical pleasure which would only leave her thirsty for more . |
| 19 | She sniffed and discovered that Mr Beckenham was offering her a pocket handkerchief . |
| 20 | But , even while her spirits were taking a nosedive that , supposing he was offering her a lift to Prague , there would n't be any point in accepting if it was unlikely she 'd be able to book in anywhere , he , to her absolute astonishment , was going on , ‘ There 's a spare room in a suite I 've reserved for this month — you can have that if you wish . ’ |