Example sentences of "[verb] she [adj] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would worry me if I was having to feed her all the time but knowing that three days out of seven she 's getting good meals , it does n't worry me so much . |
| 2 | And if I did , why would I send her all the way down to Somerset to take you to a cricket match ? ’ |
| 3 | I told you when I rote that it was impossible for me to pay anything , as he was allowed by the parish when he was at Muggerhanger , and I told you I had my daughter on my hands for over seven years , and I have been doctering her all the time so I think you will consider the matter over and no that I can not help in any way , and in any case 4s. is a lot of money to pay a week . |
| 4 | Now it 's not going to be easy for the girl , so I hope you will give her all the support you can . |
| 5 | Er , we have in her place , Judy , whose sitting here and I know that every official , and I hope yourselves , will give her all the support that she will need in this job and to say to her , your very welcome , and I know we 're going to enjoy having you with us . |
| 6 | For example , anyone presenting someone to her should give her half the story : ‘ This is so-and-so . |
| 7 | How you do this will depend upon your own personality and your relationship with her , but however it is done , the message she will be hoping to receive through your words and actions will be that you care , you sympathise , and that you are going to stand by her and give her all the help and comfort you can in the months that lie ahead . |
| 8 | She can contact the hospital or the Social Services where who 've agreed to er to talk to her and give her all the advice and comfort that she needs . |
| 9 | He 's got a daughter from a previous relationship and he used to have her at weekends and he used to leave her all the time so he could go and play football and go out drinking . |
| 10 | The most valuable resolve anyone who has decided to care for an elderly relative can make is to give her all the love and loyalty you can but without becoming a martyr in the process , for martyrdom in such circumstances often breeds repressed resentment , which eventually boils over into words and actions that are later bitterly regretted . |
| 11 | There seemed no point in justifying her mistake still further , so she merely sat down in silence and allowed Lyddy to place paper and ink and a pen before her , just as if she had summoned her all the way upstairs for that very purpose . |
| 12 | If Dimity chose to leave her , then she must wish her all the happiness in the world and make her going easy for her . |
| 13 | Bob watched her all the way down the stairs , agonized on her behalf ; still more agonized when it occurred to him , just as she went out of sight , that he should have gone down with her and carried the case . |
| 14 | He watched her all the way to the swing doors , her head of brown hair held high and bobbing slightly as her heels clipped the floor . |
| 15 | The rehearsal went on and he watched her all the time . |
| 16 | Hauling her all the way from the Bishop 's castle at a pace he must have known was impossible for her to keep up with , until she 'd had no breath left with which to explain . |
| 17 | You just have to be patient and allow her all the time she wants in which to ‘ say her piece ’ . |
| 18 | It came to her aid , bringing her all the strength she needed . |
| 19 | I got her all the way along to the lift and put her in it . |
| 20 | Mary wanted Rufus to drive her all the way back to London but he said Colchester was his limit and she could get a train from there . |
| 21 | Slowly , slowly he undressed her , kissing each patch of pale , smooth skin , as it was revealed to him , stroking her , touching her all the while , until she lay before him on the huge expanse of bed , in the lacy fragments of her underwear — the only barrier between Luke and her nakedness . |
| 22 | He supposed that the man with the Northern actorish accent had given her all the advice she needed . |
| 23 | Piphros had given her all the information possible in a limited way . |
| 24 | My father was a Gemini , and I knew your mother was a Sagittarian as soon as I found he 'd given her half the clip . |
| 25 | " You spoil her all the time . |
| 26 | So everyone was terribly surprised , except for the instructor , when Evelyn 's pony shot out of the ring at an extended trot and succeeded in taking her all the way back to the stables ! |
| 27 | And it 's so odd , it 's hard now when somebody says , ‘ What was it like ? ’ or says , ‘ What did she use to wear ? ’ because of course we all saw her all the time and thought nothing of it , saw her at the very least once a week ( missing service , it was called , if you went a week without visiting , and it was certain to be discussed amongst the congregation when you did finally show up ) , it 's just very odd for me to think that you were never there and that this is all strange to you when to us it was just an ordinary life . |
| 28 | ‘ So , rather than drag her all the way back here for just five minutes or so , I thought we 'd go there . |
| 29 | It had amused her all the way through the heavy traffic , but now her thoughts went far away , back with Felipe . |
| 30 | That morning they parted under the trees , he never took her all the way to the gates , that would only have made things worse , that morning she looked the way she always looked , rings under her eyes and her whole body braced for the ordeal that lay ahead , how hard it was to leave her always , maybe that was why they always drew the parting out , sometimes it took minutes , just the saying goodbye , they backed away from each other , then stopped and called something out , then backed away again , they called out special words that they 'd made up , words to fill the distance between them , words for the things they could n't say , they backed away till he was under the trees or she was through the gates , whichever happened first , she looked the same way she always looked that morning , except for one thing , she had a clock tucked under her arm , the clock they 'd found together , the clock that did n't tick , the lonely clock . |