Example sentences of "[Wh pn] be [verb] her " in BNC.
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1 | Obviously she will often clash with the adults who are grooming her for life . |
2 | ‘ I represent those who are holding her . ’ |
3 | All the words were in place — ‘ I would not wish this on my worst enemy ’ ; ‘ Sam 's safety is my only concern ’ ; ‘ I appeal to the public to help in any way they can ’ ; ‘ I beg those who are holding her to let her go ’ — but the heart seemed strangely absent . |
4 | I looked round to find Karen standing in the centre of a group of businessmen who were eyeing her up and down in a blatantly sexual way . |
5 | She withdrew , and Claudia opened the door , steeling herself to greet Roman without a trace of the emotion that made her want to run out of the flat , away from the two people she loved most and who were causing her so much pain that she wanted to die . |
6 | Although it was Dorothy who had come to interview the officials at PopCon ( ’ an Intergovernmental Agency for Fundamental Research into the Worldwide Problems of Population Stabilisation' ) , she kept getting the impression that it was they who were interrogating her . |
7 | She felt a sensation of floating , since the poison which had claimed her had blocked all physical feeling , and she could not move her head to see the men who were carrying her . |
8 | Three men who were visiting her in the flat were also attacked and beaten . |
9 | She stopped and looked at the other three who were scrutinising her in amused silence . |
10 | ‘ Her hair has been admired by everybody who 's seen her . |
11 | The excellent Jane Birkin is self-effacing as his long-suffering wife and ex-model , and the beautiful Emmanuelle Beart shines as the model who 's replaced her . |
12 | And who 's to blame her , having to put up with those two for years ? ’ |
13 | Who 's tying her up ? |
14 | ‘ And who is riding her ? ’ |
15 | Twenty-two year old Marie , who is expecting her second child , was killed on the M 50 motorway near Twinning in Gloucestershire last June . |
16 | She turned to her mother , a young woman who was watching her , and did it all again for her benefit . |
17 | Jenny finished her second pint with a swallow that reminded Pascoe , who was watching her surreptitiously through the bar mirror , of Jacko Roberts . |
18 | Looking about at the crowd of faces , she tried to discover who was watching her . |
19 | Joanna , who was watching her keenly , said suddenly , ‘ I know what you 're thinking , Sophie . |
20 | The order was for the production of material relating to the purchase by a client , Mrs G , of certain real property , the allegation being that she was a member of the family of another person who was suspected of being a drug trafficker and who was using her for the purpose of laundering the proceeds of such trafficking . |
21 | But Professor Avenarius was late , and I kept watching the woman ; she was alone at the pool , standing waist-deep in the water , and she kept looking up at the young lifeguard in sweatpants who was teaching her to swim . |
22 | Looking back at the crowd at the foot of the great stone double staircase , she suddenly caught sight of the familiar blonde head of her daughter and called the nursemaid , who was holding her up to get a better view of all the excitement , to bring her over . |
23 | Did she know who was holding her ? |
24 | She had never felt with this intensity before , and knew she never would again , unless it was Travis who was holding her . |
25 | I remember meeting her , introducing myself by thumping some guy who was annoying her . |
26 | The girl who was dressing her pulled up the zipper while Paula kicked off a pair of black suede shoes and eased her feet into crocodile ones . |
27 | It says much for the calibre of Mrs Kirkley that , after greeting Aggie with an inclination of her head and a smile , she looked at Millie , who was handing her the present , and said , ‘ Oh , thank you very much , Millie ; I 'm sure they 'll be delightful . |
28 | And Romano de Sciorto 's name kept cropping up over and over , this fun , fearless and courageous friend , who was helping her to live her life to the full … |
29 | ‘ Some guy she was seeing , who was messing her around , had just walked into the back of the hall . |
30 | There was a much-told tale of her Australian infancy that was held to be prophetic in this respect — about how at the age of three she had , by the sheer force of her will , compelled her uncle Walter ( who was taking her for a walk to the local shops at the time ) to put all the money he had on his person into a charity collecting-box in the shape of a plaster-of-Paris boy cripple ; as a result of which the uncle , too embarrassed to admit to this folly and borrow from his relatives , had run out of petrol on the way back to his sheep station . |