Example sentences of "[verb] her [pos pn] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'll smack her me bleeding sen . |
| 2 | She 's now so good at them , that the Magic Circle 's just made her its youngest member . |
| 3 | Her mother and father , or the young man who had made her his easy prey ? |
| 4 | Inevitably , Madeleine 's name had cropped up and Harry had felt a pang of nostalgia remembering the little girl with her white dresses and long , golden plaits , laughing or stamping her foot if her brother did n't give her her own way . |
| 5 | Wycliffe handed her his official card . |
| 6 | He had just told her his bad news . |
| 7 | She was delighted when Louis called her his little snowflake , his little flower , little lily of the valley . |
| 8 | And then she heard a gunshot and the sound of a horn , and looking back she saw , high on Ballymacadoyle Hill , her own father and brothers and a crowd of others too , and they were waving and shouting — and suddenly she understood exactly what was happening : they were giving her their last farewell ; she was leaving Ireland , and might never return . |
| 9 | ‘ 'We 've come to cadge coffee , ’ said Paul , giving her his sleepy smile . |
| 10 | ‘ I thought we 'd agreed I 'd cover that region , ’ Steve said , giving her his full attention now , his grey eyes narrowing quizzically . |
| 11 | Fernando sat in the seat Steve had vacated , turning to speak to the waiter in rapid Catalan before giving her his full attention . |
| 12 | ‘ Such a deducing mind , ’ he grated , giving her his full attention now . |
| 13 | Anna taught her and made her her own maid and they lived together ever after . |
| 14 | ‘ I 've had better tarts , ’ he said , and , walking to the door as she struggled into a sitting position , trying to restore her ruined self , for at some time she must leave the room and face her shattered world , he flung her his final insult . |
| 15 | The experience had given her her own shot of adrenalin and sleep was unthinkable . |
| 16 | I had given her my electric blanket . |
| 17 | How , more than anything , he 'd wanted to tell his family all about her , but how , because Rosemary had shrunk away from him in horror at the very idea , he had given her his solemn promise that , outside this building , her name would never leave his lips . |
| 18 | In 1934 when my grandfather died , my grandmother had given her his silver-handled walking stick , and just fifty years later , in 1984 , she gave it to me . |
| 19 | He muttered ‘ For Christ 's sake ! ’ impatiently and offered her his used hanky . |
| 20 | I helped her prepare for the date , pressing her nicest blouse , lending her my best necklace and polishing her shoes . |
| 21 | He tells her his complete story and they become lovers : ‘ I realised this must be the beginning of my healing ’ . |
| 22 | All that was necessary was for the porter to replace it on the wrong nail before going to Compline , and leave her its ineffective twin . |
| 23 | Morgan dipped in a little bow and gave her his best smile . |
| 24 | He gave her his best smile , a greeting he normally reserved for waiters . |
| 25 | But the baby just gave her his toothless grin . |
| 26 | Gently — and a little inexpertly — he gave her his first love in return , and that joining of soul to soul and body to body convinced her that in love it is indeed better to give than to receive . |
| 27 | ‘ It 's the heat , ’ he said eventually and gave her his big smile . |
| 28 | Nahum Morey wiped his mouth on a napkin , and gave her his full attention . |
| 29 | He gave her his maddening smile and when he replied he aped Barbara Coleman 's speech . |
| 30 | He gave her his lopsided grin . |