Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] her [v-ing] the " in BNC.

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1 And she used to I mean her making the jackets and that for us .
2 I recall her pacing the sitting-room while I am doing my homework , pausing every so often to stand at one of the windows and look down into the busy street below .
3 I watched her shuffling the cards that night , and could n't decide if she was beautiful or hideous .
4 I saw her watching the girl for the longest time and finally she said , " Are those Indian beads ? "
5 She said carrying the water up from the well had taken a great deal of time which , when I saw her filling the bucket , I was not surprised since she lowered the rope slow enough to make me fall asleep watching .
6 You would not think her unduly burdened with worries , if you watched her crossing the campus , smiling at people she knows , her eyes bright , her brow unfurrowed .
7 He watched her putting the ingredients into two vessels , the dry ones in a large bowl on the kitchen table , and the rest into a saucepan on the massive Aga cooker .
8 But he did reconsider next day , when he saw her watching the passage of the porter from the refectory before noon , and following him with her eyes as he turned in between infirmary and schoolroom , where the two small stony cells were built into the angle of the wall , close to the wicket that led through to the mill and the pond .
9 He left her to go to the kitchen , began to run the tap , then heard her rise , to dash from the parlour — not , he hoped , to leave the house ; but , going after her , he saw her mounting the stairs to her room , to be away from him , simply because he was , for the moment at least , no longer Dr Neil , but only another member of the sex which had betrayed her .
10 He saw her examining the bed .
11 When they reached the after stateroom , he left her prodding the waterbed as he fiddled with the stereo to get some low-level background music .
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