Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] her the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 She 'd found her wallet of credit cards and flourished it under his nose , every fibre of her being poised to defy him if he tried to deny her the right to pay .
2 But as she bent to give her the bowl , she lowered her voice , and whispered in Rosa 's ear , ‘ Be careful , you 're not a child any more , you must n't forget that .
3 One better take her parachute jumping and forgo forget to give her the parachute .
4 I tried to give her the kiss of life .
5 He collects it from the door when it arrives to spare her the embarrassment of being seen by the boy .
6 Those two were going to give her the creeps if she really had to take them all the way to Titan .
7 Another thing is that he himself might not be able to afford to send her the money , especially as he has a young family . ’
8 Someone 's got to tell her the boy 's not been at school , is n't at home , ’ Gabriel said , as if that was what it was all about .
9 He sat back down next to her , but he still did n't look at her , and she had a sinking feeling that he really was going to tell her the truth about Nicole , but it would not be to her liking .
10 So he agreed to give her the camera , show her how to use it ; he 'd make sure the family were out the afternoon she came round to get the film developed .
11 He added : ‘ That would appear to be the case because , other things being equal , we would have to give her the job back . ’
12 If she 'd hoped to unnerve her the way she did Letty then she was wrong .
13 I do n't see how she can do the hours , with the hours that she 's doing , I mean she 's still in the Penny Farthing when I came here cos I went to pay her the money .
14 Retracing her steps , she encountered one of the paper 's rare female employees , who offered to show her the way to the library .
15 The butcher , who was gentle and warmhearted in spite of the cruel bloodstains on his boater , loaded her basket free with bones for the dog and offered to show her the mysteries of his store room where , shaggy with frost , the sides of meat hung in refrigerated darkness .
16 She seemed totally unaware of the difficulties Peony had overcome to bring her the medicine so soon .
17 Except that this man , unlike Liam 's young father , could afford to give her the money for a clean abortion .
18 She knew that he had tried to give her the impression that he was going off on a promiscuous adventure and expected this to arouse in her both admiration and jealousy , but as Lydia 's misdemeanours were more of the spirit than of the flesh she found promiscuity not merely sinful but foolish and disgusting .
19 Then to stop her crying , anything to stop that , he had to buy her the set of antique-look brass fire-irons she had set her heart on for the lounge , to give an extra touch of authenticity to the rustic stone fireplace and the imitation-log gas fire .
20 Everyone , save Babs Osborne , understood that her Polish lover was trying to give her the push .
21 Why was he so determined to deny her the right to reach for her dream ?
22 He had kept his word — although she knew there had been times when he was sorely tempted to ask her the questions that must have played on his mind .
23 While he waited to hand her the fish , Twomey was not amused .
24 As void and null as her feeble attempts to find out what he did n't want to tell her the night of the paella .
25 Spunk accepts a glass or two of firewater and is led to the sack , where he proceeds to give her the pasting of a lifetime .
26 ‘ But Dr Dennes and Dr Van Lare refused to give her the treatment she was entitled to . ’
27 After a confrontation he refused to give her the bottle .
28 She was delighted that Finn had returned to give her the opportunity of rejecting him .
29 ‘ There is a phone in number for viewers to air their opinions and he called in and said he was furious about what had happened to this poor woman and wanted to give her the money so she could buy presents for the boys .
30 He wanted to tell her the truth , every known particle of it .
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