Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] her [det] the " in BNC.
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1 | Well good luck to her mate , it 's the only way , do these things when your younger , might as well , just wish her all the luck . |
2 | But the managers were now watching her all the time . |
3 | ‘ So she met someone who could seemingly give her all the things I was n't able to . ’ |
4 | Rob , debonair and well-groomed ; the sunlight through stained glass making a coloured mosaic on the stone floor ; the music swelling as Heather , in ivory lace , arrived on her father 's arm , and Rob turning quickly to look at her , then watching her all the way down the aisle as she came towards him ; the hot prick of tears in Merrill 's eyes at the beautiful solemnity of the ceremony . |
5 | That morning they parted under the trees , he never took her all the way to the gates , that would only have made things worse , that morning she looked the way she always looked , rings under her eyes and her whole body braced for the ordeal that lay ahead , how hard it was to leave her always , maybe that was why they always drew the parting out , sometimes it took minutes , just the saying goodbye , they backed away from each other , then stopped and called something out , then backed away again , they called out special words that they 'd made up , words to fill the distance between them , words for the things they could n't say , they backed away till he was under the trees or she was through the gates , whichever happened first , she looked the same way she always looked that morning , except for one thing , she had a clock tucked under her arm , the clock they 'd found together , the clock that did n't tick , the lonely clock . |