Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] she the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Somebody had apparently given her the matchbook and she had been carrying it around with her ever since . ’ |
| 2 | If you want our marriage to have any chance of success you 'd better give her the sack first thing on Monday morning ! ’ |
| 3 | Helen Crane , an ex-secretary , valued her job because it not only gave her the experience of autonomy , but it publicly valued her exercise of this responsibility : |
| 4 | She laughed , but he was only telling her the truth . |
| 5 | Yes , and you see Mr came in to show her the hoover and she was n't here was she ? . |
| 6 | They may be still too ill to see visitors , ’ he warned gently , bending down to hand her the cup and saucer . |
| 7 | ‘ And who unkindly told her the truth ? ’ |
| 8 | The local ombudsman found Lancashire SSD had not given her the support and counselling she needed . |
| 9 | She was furious with Isobel for preferring God to any man , and thus denying her the status of grandparenthood , and furious with her husband for dying before her . |
| 10 | She gazed , wide-eyed , at the first large town she had ever visited , for Matilda had not permitted her the freedom of Gloucester . |
| 11 | Take her to Nicosia , but only if you will not do her the service of remaining here , in this town , at her side . ’ |
| 12 | No I just told her the truth , I wanted wanted some of her |
| 13 | But he did not give her the opportunity . |
| 14 | Nevertheless she said , ‘ Why not give her the benefit of the doubt ? |
| 15 | I for one will not give her the satisfaction of even seeming to care . |
| 16 | Her arguments were ridiculed by Tobias Smollett [ q.v. ] ( a former pupil of Smellie 's ) in an essay in the Critical Review ( 1760 ) , which nevertheless paid her the compliment of insinuating that her husband must have written the book . |
| 17 | Louise realised that Nora wanted a fight in order to clear her growing frustration — and she was determined not to give her the opportunity . |
| 18 | So she said , ‘ I have n't had a chance to make up my mind yet , but I have no reason not to give her the benefit of the doubt . ’ |
| 19 | When she found her mother was no longer giving her the attention she craved she worked harder to obtain it so she strewed more objects on the floor . |
| 20 | He was already handing her the piece of paper which certified that she was in good health and not suffering from any infectious disease . |
| 21 | Rain asked whether he could not tell her the story on the telephone . |
| 22 | Better not tell her the truth . |
| 23 | He took his wife with him , but he was n't sure that she would keep his secret , so he did not tell her the truth . |
| 24 | Which was okay when he was younger ; his mother , she had helped him choose his first wigs ( even if he could not tell her the cause of his fright , all his hair was on the pillow ) . |
| 25 | The comforting knowledge that at least she will get as far as the British Embassy tonight gives her the strength for attack . |
| 26 | No longer had she the ache of longing for that stretch of white road leading round to the sycamores . |
| 27 | While the house in the wife 's sole name with a fixed charge in favour of the husband facilitates the wife 's control of the property , this does not offer her the flexibility to move house that might be incorporated when the house is held by trustees until a specified event ( see Chapter 6 ) . |
| 28 | He could not deny her the comfort of this lie any more than he could deny her a piece of bread if she were starving . |
| 29 | It is a performance of real moral authority , lightly worn , and richly earns her the right to be the character who , like Paulina in The Winter 's Tale , stage-manages the resurrection of the heroine — here literally pregnant with the future . |
| 30 | ‘ She knows we 're anxious to see him , and does n't expect him to go rushing off to see her the minute he arrives . ’ |