Example sentences of "[verb] [v-ing] her [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 've come to find out what you 've done with Kirsty — and when you intend returning her to Lomond View . ’ |
| 2 | Charles had considered parking her on Frances in Muswell Hill , but the incongruity of the thought of the two women together was too great . |
| 3 | Ken took Apricot with him on gigs for a time and quite enjoyed it , but found getting her to school and organizing her clothes and meals onerous . |
| 4 | They had considered sending her to youth custody and said if she gets in trouble again she 'll be lucky to stay out of prison . |
| 5 | But she was gone before I could finish asking her for help , borne away by three identically dressed musketeers , waving her whip in the air , and lost in the crowds again . |
| 6 | Why did he keep questioning her about boyfriends and engagements ? |
| 7 | A drink was thrust into her hand and within five minutes she was being passed from group to group as though she were the prize exhibit ; asked numerous questions she did n't know how to or have time to answer ; told endless tales of this person or that person ; until eventually , somewhat bewildered , she ended up in the bar with someone called Patrick who began regaling her with tales of old Ireland . |
| 8 | I rang the doctor , hoping he would suggest transferring her to Tewkesbury or Evesham , but he was out on a coronary emergency , so I had to wait . |
| 9 | Erm you would n't have you would n't be releasing Michelle back and losing losing her to testing . |
| 10 | I had to start introducing her to people and places outside the home environment . |
| 11 | Her parents felt that she was being difficult and kept presenting her with toys and activities that she could not do . |
| 12 | For almost the whole flight I kept asking her about life in England . |
| 13 | Nevertheless , Bob Smith kept edging her towards Malta and at first light they saw the island over the long swells following the storm . |
| 14 | It seemed to her a happy coincidence that Robert ( she thought of him now as Robert ) should write inviting her to Yorkshire for the weekend . |
| 15 | He remembered taking her to school , it was after their mother died , Georgia would 've been seven , she did n't want to go , there were girls who tied her to trees , it was her accent or her looks , he could n't remember now , but he had to take her because he 'd promised Dad , Dad who did n't know anything , the scratches on her legs were brambles , the bruises on her wrists were something else , he could n't remember now , how could they tell him the truth , how could they tell him anything when all he did was sit in dark rooms with his head in his hands , his head haunted by her ghost , and each dawn broke like the slow blow of a hammer . |
| 16 | She also wants him to stop phoning her at home and for him to be banned from entering or trespassing on her property or on the actual road . |
| 17 | Squatting to hug the two kids , fussing with Frieda 's collar , unable to stop holding her in relief . |
| 18 | Last night Theresa 's 28-year-old Colombian boy-friend broke down and admitted killing her to police in 'Arad , southern Israel . |