Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] her [prep] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 When he asked to see her in his study , a few days after her return from Blaworth , she feared the worst .
2 But after he had left them Rain wondered whether Shildon might not want to see her about his MacQuillan inquiry , a matter other events had put out of her mind .
3 After work the same evening , my husband and I walked all over the golf course and were eventually rewarded by spotting the dog in the distance , although we failed to coax her towards us .
4 She went to sleep , and woke to growl , ‘ Me least , ’ and he put a bath towel round her and tried to carry her into his bed-sitting room , but he was too frail to do it and she had to wake up again to walk by herself .
5 He tried to pull her to him .
6 She saw a small coffee shop on the other side of the lane and , taking Dana 's arm , tried to pull her with her .
7 Few singers have ever matched her musical intelligence or her strange , foggy timbre , and her exquisite agony has made her into something of an icon .
8 He has helped her with her public speaking , suggested ideas , discussed her concerns and boosted her confidence when it was low .
9 The strain of her royal life and the reality of Diana 's marriage has triggered a potentially fatal eating disorder , bulimia nervosa which has dogged her throughout her royal career .
10 nice way of saying if you want to help her with her maths sheets please do .
11 Unable to think of anything else to do , I suggested to Eileen that we tried regressing her to her childhood .
12 God has called her to Himself
13 She wonders why he has invited her into his office .
14 He tried asking her about herself , but she had a knack of averting his questions with an apparently bashful stammer , looking at him with kohl-lined eyes that rolled around like the globules in a bricklayer 's balance .
15 He tried to warm her with his body but he was so cold himself he did n't know if it would work .
16 We had to move from Renishaw Road to a smaller house in Thorne Road at the other end of Nottingham , a move dictated by financial considerations , but which in a way pleased Mother as it helped to distance her from her old set of friends .
17 Daughter TIFFANY BLACK examines how her mother 's life has led her to her present occupation as professional artist and art school owner .
18 Christ is the Bridegroom ; the Church is his bride , whom he loves because he has gained her by his blood .
19 ‘ Your Uncle Nathan has wanted her with him in Leeds ever since Christie planned to be married .
20 He 'll meet her to try to turn her against me , ’ shouted Moran .
21 She never shared her inner thoughts with anyone , not even her friends at school who had come to regard her as something of an enigma .
22 He tried to take her in his arms , but she pulled away .
23 " I realise how alien Topaz 's behaviour must seem to you , but God has sent her to us to teach and train and to make her accept Him as we do .
24 As she wound down her window to scream for help , one of the youths then tried to drag her from her car .
25 Nigel tried to confront her with her little secret that evening .
26 She wished she had listened when Doc Threadneedle tried to tell her about her brain .
27 It was all Wilson could do to thank her for her concern .
28 He looked mulish now , with his hard-eyed expression that she dreaded , that seemed to treat her as nothing .
29 Within moments I had decided to strip her to her expensive banker 's underclothing , lash her to a Quattrocento day-bed with fur-lined leather manacles , and whip her with unimaginable delicacy until she handed over a full power of attorney and yielded herself totally in a frenzy of self-abnegation .
30 The sight of the handbag she 'd caught up as he 'd carried her from her flat and which he had tossed on to the bed gave her the glimmering of an idea .
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