Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] her [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I tried to telephone her this morning at the flat but there was no reply . |
| 2 | Ruth was tempted to tell her that at the time she had not had the vicar in mind , but since Mrs Peterson had not come to bring her any comfort , she simply turned her face to the wall . |
| 3 | Although the monk does not tell the wife where the hundred francs have come from , and creates potential trouble for her by telling the husband that he has paid her this sum , the wife in the Shipman 's Tale is quite the opposite of the foolish , deceived creature that Margery is in Dame Sirith . |
| 4 | I would n't want to cause her any distress . ’ |
| 5 | Ever since he 'd given her that power of attorney she 'd been getting above herself . |
| 6 | Feeling unutterably guilty , she saw he 'd brought her another drink and a fresh hot-water bottle . |
| 7 | His voice was deep and soft with memories , so that she felt her heart dip , then beat crazily as she remembered the last time she 'd been involved in his research , when he 'd kissed her that morning . |
| 8 | The landlord knows her well , but could n't remember seeing her that night . |
| 9 | Folasade felt she had changed in that having a baby had given her more confidence and put her on a more equal footing with her mother . |
| 10 | I 'm just going to give her some milk . ’ |
| 11 | Was he going to give her some note on performance , some idea he 'd had for a new bit of business in the play ? |
| 12 | Now the intuitive person on the other hand prefers to use her sixth sense . |
| 13 | If he had thought to subdue her that way , he was disappointed . |
| 14 | Roman 's fingers biting into her waist told her he was n't going to allow her any opportunity to talk . |
| 15 | The shapechangers were not going to offer her any protection . |
| 16 | Would it not have been kinder had she pretended to be glad — since it was Christmas time , after all — when Odette had come rushing to show her that letter from her father ? |
| 17 | I 'm going to tell her this minute what I 've decided . |
| 18 | Was going to tell her this morning , but when I came downstairs and saw her packing up that cake — when I remembered he was going to be there , that I 'd have to see his smug damned face , hear that ghastly loud laugh of his … |
| 19 | And no , they had not been expecting to see her that weekend , though with Giles away she had said she might come on the Sunday . |
| 20 | I remember teaching her some dance steps in front of the mirror in the studio , standing next to her , showing her . |
| 21 | You might have given her another stroke . ’ |
| 22 | After missing him so desperately over the last six weeks it was more than she had ever dreamed of to find herself suddenly close to him again , and maybe by the time they reached their destination he would have given her some clue about the way he wanted things to be . |
| 23 | She could have had my right arm if it would have given her any pleasure . |
| 24 | Who could ever have told her that love could be this good ? |
| 25 | A young girl , Alice , would have celebrated her seventeenth birthday today . |
| 26 | Should I have grabbed her this morning ? |
| 27 | She was clearly mentally disturbed , and the reason that I got in touch with the legal project was to see if there 's anything that could be done by them to start giving her some way of getting in touch , getting to solve her problem . |
| 28 | It was impossible they could have found her this time . |
| 29 | Seeing Rohan , even fleetingly in a crowd , would simply have caused her more pain , especially at a wedding with all its attendant might-have-beens , she told herself forcefully . |
| 30 | ‘ That 's what she says but I do n't try to influence her either way . ’ |