Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] her the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I found her the other side of my desk I told her in no uncertain terms I was n't having anything to do with it . |
| 2 | ‘ I promised her the best view of Florence from here , Mama , ’ he said over his shoulder as he wrestled with the catch . |
| 3 | I told her the brutal truth — how I 'd tried to buy a love-nest for us and got involved with the wrong property men . |
| 4 | And so I told her the whole story of my lonely childhood with the Reed family , and of my terrible experience in the red room . |
| 5 | I told her the old lady was rich and that she had done the cottage up beautifully . |
| 6 | The conversation was wide-ranging , but gradually I told her the full story of what had happened to me over the previous year or so . |
| 7 | ‘ Yeah , I know where Flaxperson is , I saw her the other day . |
| 8 | I saw her the other day . |
| 9 | And then I saw her the next day and and then I realized the and then I came back home and I told her why does n't she see there 's something changed . |
| 10 | I gave her the bare outline of your problem , Leonora — it was necessary to explain why I wanted an X-ray in a hurry . |
| 11 | I gave her the best books |
| 12 | I set her the first day to clean the floors starting at the top and expecting her to reach the bottom at the end of the day or at least the last floor , but Ellen she had not managed more than two rooms in eight hours and those not well done . |
| 13 | Which made her the last person to know how to handle this evening 's adventure . |
| 14 | Although she was anxious to be able to travel on the underground and in aeroplanes , she felt that the problem which caused her the most inconvenience was her inability to go into any large shop or department store without experiencing extreme panic . |
| 15 | In that film , Julie played the Bond villainess Rosika , which offered her the dubious acting delight of smothering a man between her 49-inch breasts . |
| 16 | And apparently she phoned her the other night at half past twelve and said can you come and pick me up ? said no . |
| 17 | She told her the plain truth . |
| 18 | Evelyn took up the pen and wrote her name quickly , then looked up at Miss Harker who gave her the briefest of nods and immediately turned her attention back to the rest of the company . |
| 19 | Thus the fourth-seeded Soutter gained revenge over the player who denied her the last place in England 's world-title winning team this year , with a hint that her rehabilitation might now be complete . |
| 20 | She asked the two men all about driving a steam train , and they showed her the automatic brake , and the little clock faces that told them how much steam the engine was making . |
| 21 | to me that 's where they took her the first time , they did n't take her right on the the roads , you know , the first time she 'd |
| 22 | He got her the Hon. Charles Grindlewood , unfortunately . |
| 23 | Donna joined him and he found her the shortest ones , saying , ‘ You have the short ones . |
| 24 | And he he caught her the other day , she was putting them out for the birds , she do n't like them but she said . |
| 25 | At least she would n't have far to go home if the evening turned into an unmitigated disaster , with him weeping drunken tears and slobbering all over her shoes while he told her the sad story of his life . |
| 26 | He told her the whimpering man had cancer and had had his tongue amputated . |
| 27 | Leith shook hands with him , but cared not at all for the way he ogled her the whole time . |
| 28 | He showed her the little holes in the chin guard , and reluctantly she tried it again . |
| 29 | Celia 's patience snapped when he poured her the second glass of retsina . |
| 30 | He handed her the double bladed paddle as she continued , ‘ I shall go down as far as Browns Mill , so could you possibly pick me up here about five thirty ? ’ |