Example sentences of "[prep] her [prep] [art] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You could decide to work at a time when your partner or a friend is round to see the baby , or arrange for someone — a childminder or relative — to look after her for a few hours each week . |
| 2 | Snappy bounded after her for a few yards , then scampered away to follow his mistress . |
| 3 | My wife still knows a person born shortly after her at the same maternity hospital . |
| 4 | But I think there 's also the other end of the scale which is , which is what , you 've slightly amended this year , is the fact of elderly people erm , I know recently that myself have gone through the fact of my gran had er , was going through a very sick period , and if she 'd have come back home , it would have been very difficult for me to have had to look after her at the same time as trying to attend my council duties , and this would have been the same for my dad , and the additional income which this would have brought , to have paid someone to be able to look after her whilst we were at council meetings , and you can remember that these meetings sometimes go on , you can say well , this meeting should be over by one o'clock then it goes on till three o'clock or whatever , and then peop , the problems mount up for that person left on their own , and I think that those things have to be taken into consideration , and I believe that this is the first step forward in trying to recognise that people have responsibilities outside of the council chamber . |
| 5 | He was a great lad now , though still slight and not above average height for eleven years , but he had not changed towards her in the least and his adoration of Pilade was touching . |
| 6 | She stared at the book-filled wall above the desk , then turned back , seeing how he was looking past her at the same spot . |
| 7 | She always did bring the water eventually , and to her cronies Mairi sometimes admitted she was glad to see the back of her for a few hours ; but that never weakened her tongue . |
| 8 | He lay prone on top of her for a few moments then he rolled to one side , panting loudly , his breath slowly returning to normal . |
| 9 | She held her breath for a moment and then the tears and the breath burst out of her at the same time . |
| 10 | There were photographs of her in the few parts she had been able to play in the years following her marriage ; photographs of her in youth , when her father had begun to launch her on the career which would be interrupted by the coming of Paul . |
| 11 | ‘ I do n't know how you can even speak of her in the same breath . ’ |
| 12 | For a while Elaine was cared for by young volunteers who used to come and stay with her for a few months at a time . |
| 13 | He chatted with her for a few minutes , then placed the bag of clothes into the boot of his car , and headed for home . |
| 14 | And when she jumped up again , the chair sort of stuck to the seat of those awful green breeches she wears and came up with her for a few seconds until the thick syrup slowly came unstuck . |
| 15 | In the end , the big woman with the cherries in her hat had dragged the now screaming child from his mother 's arms , pulling poor Edith along with her for a few steps until she had dropped sobbing on to the linoleum . |
| 16 | Maria 's sister is ill , so she will be staying with her for a few days . ’ |
| 17 | Erm Sandy 's staying with her for a few days . |
| 18 | Erm , Sandy 's staying with her for a few days . |
| 19 | The children also presented with her with a This Is Your Life book about her career . |
| 20 | Susan caught up with her after a few words with Mr Darling . |
| 21 | But with her in the same building is the new Social Security Secretary , Mr Peter Lilley , an unreconstructed Thatcherite , in charge of the Government 's biggest budget — the £66 billion spent on welfare benefits . |
| 22 | How long can you still live with her in the same house while making up your mind ? |
| 23 | Hers was draped with dusty red velvet , and there was a worn armchair alongside her in the same material . |
| 24 | He took out a large photograph and placed it on her knee , taking her cup from her with the same effortless movement . |
| 25 | Elsie lived but we know very little about her beyond a few basic facts : she married an older man who was rather irascible and treated her badly ; she disappeared in mysterious circumstances when she was about twenty-six ; her body was discovered a year ago on the bed of the filled-in Loch Craig . |
| 26 | And me feeling so angry with her , and sorry for her at the same time . |
| 27 | It is rare to find an elderly person 's home that could not be made much more comfortable , convenient and secure for her by a few carefully planned improvements and adaptations . |
| 28 | Certainly Stock , Aitken and Waterman and the guardian angel figure of manager Terry Blamey were waiting in the wings , but would they understand and care for her in the same way ? |
| 29 | It would tick over perfectly without her for a few weeks . |
| 30 | In fact , she did not realise she was to have the honour conferred on her for a few days after the letter arrived . |