Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] her [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was suffering as he must have suffered ; and if he knew her pain might he not come to her , as she had so often come to him , gently reminding her that despair was an unavoidable but essential ordeal , of the quest ? |
| 2 | ‘ Sir , I only met her this weekend . |
| 3 | I have only met her this morning . ’ |
| 4 | It so happened her first shop , called The Body Shop , opened next door to an undertaker 's in Brighton . |
| 5 | For a frustrated moment Maria suspected him of doing it deliberately , to punish her , or perhaps to teach her some sort of lesson . |
| 6 | Husband and wife kept up their own conversation , turning to the elderly lady from time to time only to offer her another cup of tea or a cake . |
| 7 | Had Joss Barnet not joined her this morning she might have felt quite differently about the plan . |
| 8 | He had not asked her one question , had not given her one chance to explain . |
| 9 | She seemed to be almost floating and Maggie was astounded that the sharp stones had not given her enough pain to waken her . |
| 10 | He can just advance her some salary . |
| 11 | He had not seen her all day and badly wanted to say goodbye , but there was no sign of her in the crowd that had gathered to see them off . |
| 12 | The passion she had tried to feel for feminism was not enough , it did not give her enough strength to stand up for herself against the demands of these two women who wanted her , needed her and demanded her . |
| 13 | No — better not give her any excuse to make that sort of trouble . |
| 14 | Well I 'm bothered about her health and that and that 's what I must emphasize to her if she 's listening that er as far as we 're concerned we would want to just give her some sympathy advice and support in relation to this matter . |
| 15 | Just give her that tea , it 's Tetley tea . |
| 16 | To Dinah 's relief Paul did not touch her this time , but turned over and was soon asleep ; he had to be early at work in the morning . |
| 17 | It was important that she ring her parents to let them know not to expect her that day . |
| 18 | Then , at Suez , Britain 's possession of the Bomb had not helped her one iota in swaying American Middle East policy . |
| 19 | Just to deny her that role or restrict what she can offer the family to eat can be strongly resisted by her as she can lose her identity . |
| 20 | But Carol Wilson believed that it was Branson who was ‘ stalling ’ over giving her any control in the company . |
| 21 | Their campaign , while never likely to overhaul the incumbent , was affected by the withdrawal of Richard Denton-White — the new candidate was only chosen in February and this , the party felt , did not leave her enough time to build up a significant level of ‘ voter-familiarity ’ . |
| 22 | He had not asked her one question , had not given her one chance to explain . |
| 23 | He just gave her one look . |
| 24 | ‘ It always takes her some time to get ready She 'll be along later . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Still in Mariánské Láznë , ’ Fabia replied , and chatted to her mother for a few more minutes , until her mother promptly gave her another worry to add to her collection . |
| 26 | Wilson felt only dimly aware of Miss Blagden 's kindness but later came to realise this sign and evidence of human concern had most probably saved her that time from real madness . |
| 27 | He liked her quietness , her gentleness and he thought he would probably marry her one day . |
| 28 | ‘ And now I 'm to have a new mama , and I do n't really like her one bit . ’ |
| 29 | But it really hit her this year , we felt quite disgruntled |
| 30 | So anyway , after fucking weeks and weeks and weeks I had come out to me one day , and Mr came out and he said to me he had a wee bucket and shovels and he says er bring me down to the first floor so I opened to let him out and he gets out and he says to me , now take her half way between the first and second floor and stop her . |