Example sentences of "[verb] her [art] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 When she 's ready , place her a little way up the slide and let her move down with your standing by the slide for reassurance .
2 This time I left it up to my patient to decide which area of her life was causing her the most distress .
3 She was very much as she had expected to be , having found in her marriage nothing to surprise her nor to cause her the least distress .
4 Although she was anxious to be able to travel on the underground and in aeroplanes , she felt that the problem which caused her the most inconvenience was her inability to go into any large shop or department store without experiencing extreme panic .
5 As I have described , she had consulted me many years back over a libel matter which I had discouraged her — unsuccessfully — from pursuing , with calamitous financial results ; but I was able to give her a little assistance in another matter which to some small extent repaired the damage arising from the first disaster .
6 Just by the coincidence of time : we visit her the same evening she 's burgled . ’
7 ’ One of them once said the only thing that came close to giving her the same thrill she got from shoplifting was having sex in a public place — you know it 's wrong and you might be caught , but it feels great , ’ adds Liz .
8 Both of them were breathing hard , such a hurry and scramble of lips , hands , such a heat inside and between them , he stuffed one small breast into his mouth and then the other , giving her the same churn of astonished guilty pleasure as when she lay on her bed in the afternoons and read the forbidden books she smuggled home from the library .
9 He 'd given her a few sugar pieces , which she 'd taken , and even offered several pinches of snuff , which she had n't .
10 Then we would tell her the same story , in the same words , like a folk-tale : the ride on the motorway , the meal in the restaurant , her going to sleep and waking up to see sheep on the Derbyshire hills .
11 Actually , both garments fitted her very well , and the boater gave her the same kind of perky look it had given Annie .
12 The rules and routines of the institution made her feel secure and offered her plentiful opportunities to do what gave her the most satisfaction , to comply .
13 He toyed with telling her a few home truths , but then decided it would do no good .
14 Molly carried her a little way towards the house and then set her down on the pavement by the front door .
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