Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [vb pp] her of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Everything David had shown her of himself had made her love him and yet she believed that he had done something unspeakable . |
| 2 | As it was , the presence of the tall endocrine specialist had robbed her of most of her appetite . |
| 3 | Mrs Robinson , who a few months before had been the mother of a happy and united family , found herself alone in the world ; an inscrutable fate had robbed her of the children who might have consoled her widowhood . |
| 4 | The Warden had robbed her of her rightful position of importance in the drama , but at least she could make herself feel better by taking this girl down a peg or two . |
| 5 | She did not understand why they should be doing this and her failure to understand reminded her of something . |
| 6 | Unless she felt it because her dismissal from that job had deprived her of the sight and sound of Luke Scott ? |
| 7 | The absence of the customary guard is connected to the danger Dulé has warned her of , she knows . |
| 8 | Scarlet was relieved , since Camille 's adolescent smile had reminded her of the expression on the face of some ancient , alien reptile . |
| 9 | Ellie also thrilled to hear it , for it sounded so glamorous , and put her in mind of some of the stories Madame had told her of her early days on the stage . |
| 10 | " Oh Christ she said , limp suddenly , as if that one contact had drained her of her vital energy , preparing her , weakening her , for what was to come . |
| 11 | After Mr Bush had told her of the US military action by telephone at 7am , an hour after his troops moved in , Mrs Thatcher told reporters : ‘ I believe he was right to do so . |
| 12 | She knew this woman had reminded her of Tommy Bellinger ! |
| 13 | Perhaps too the journey had reminded her of the dreadful certainty that within a few years her beauty would fade , and all these inflated hopes and fears had combined to produce a mood of abandon utterly foreign to her that had found its culmination in that jungle storm . |
| 14 | If she lives on her own and poor health has robbed her of a normal social life , it is to be expected that her loneliness may have created such a build-up of unexpressed thoughts , feelings and opinions that she may need to talk herself to a standstill before she is ready to converse with you , and interest herself in anything you have to say . |
| 15 | It was the fact that Emma had accused her of not doing anything to prevent her being molested . |
| 16 | So , when Nicandra , freed , threw herself uninvited into the depths of an embrace , she took from it no true satisfaction , Aunt Tossie had deprived her of her martyrdom and its crown as well . |