Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] her [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Helen 's ability to enjoy herself and express her objections effectively make her an easy person to help , although she is sometimes criticised for being demanding . |
| 2 | It was only to teach her a little lesson that I 'd added some nail-varnish remover to the ephedrine in that nasal spray she carried around everywhere . |
| 3 | ‘ I guessed , ’ he replied , and suddenly gave her a lop-sided grin — and all at once Leith discovered she was feeling most unexpectedly lighthearted . |
| 4 | Because his refusal to be sincere about his feelings toward her leads her further away from her own values , she begins to resent the way in which he constantly gives her the linguistic slip : ‘ Concepts which still meant much to her , by which she had once lived , were swerved aside with a smart epigram , a pun , a quotation , a dirty story ’ ( 170 ) . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's heat-stroke — Rosette , you 'd better get her a long cool drink , go and make her some lemonade . ’ |
| 6 | The melodrama of it appealed to her sense of the ridiculous , and she hastily stifled a laugh as a youth passing inside gave her an odd look . |
| 7 | Wearing an apron , with her sleeves rolled up and her hair tucked under a duster , Rosie stopped polishing the brasswork on the beer-pumps long enough to throw her a cheerful smile . |
| 8 | She knocked on his door and asked if he would be kind enough to show her the famous bird . |
| 9 | He had said ‘ we ’ , which heartened McAllister enormously but also meant that she must try to justify his confidence , and not let him down ; he must not think her a fine lady only playing at life — she meant to do her share , and yet try not to hinder him . |
| 10 | The bruiser had just given her a growling look . |
| 11 | He looked up now as she entered — Freddie had already given her a spare key — and said , pleasantly enough , ‘ Hello , Liza . |
| 12 | Unless she 's completely drunk , blind drunk and I have n't already given her a good seeing to ! |
| 13 | And if she does n't go right away , I 'll just give her a little motion on her rear and that 's about all . |
| 14 | So when asked why I had not told her the whole story , I replied , ‘ Because you never asked me . ’ |
| 15 | she had guessed Taczek had not told her the whole truth of his relationship with Mills but now had confirmation . |
| 16 | I thought I 'd knit it anyway and it should be alright just to give her a little something |
| 17 | Yeah but you 're still not getting her a main thing are you ? |
| 18 | , but she told Helen , I just called her an old cow and she put the phoned down , well if she thought I said cow , well I do n't know but she went and used that . |
| 19 | Had a car not followed her a long way along the Bayswater Road when she was coming to meet Urquhart ? |
| 20 | Oh I 'll just get her a separate can of Coke then . |
| 21 | They could not get her a new one ! |
| 22 | He took her through to show her the four-roomed suite that was his private living space within Liston Hall . |
| 23 | Holtby 's forceful , witty articles and reviews soon gained her a high reputation as a journalist . |
| 24 | He once made her a beaded jacket so beautiful she told him she wanted to be buried in it . |
| 25 | She had never held a baby before that was not a fat , well-dressed , sweet-smelling thing , but not one of them had ever given her the strange sense of fulfilment which the pitiful scrap of humanity in her arms , wrapped in the square which she had earlier scissored from her petticoat , did . |
| 26 | We always give her a hard time . |
| 27 | As she smiled smugly — she 'd suspected he would n't — he deliberately threw her a frosty glance . |
| 28 | Leni was waiting at the foot of the last flight of stairs , which was partitioned off to give her a flimsy front door of her own . |
| 29 | Mike had once called her a natural non-drinker , one who enjoyed neither the taste nor the effect . |
| 30 | Nevertheless , Japan 's position as the pre-eminent capitalist nation of Asia still makes her a focal point not only for Asian/Western contacts , but also for the clash of differing , and sometimes irreconcilable , cultural traditions . |