Example sentences of "[verb] her [adj] [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ACE reached for her , his mouth closing over hers , denying her any chance to protest . |
| 2 | Her husband found her one day wearing a rose pinned to her gown that was not from his garden , and guessed it was a gift from her lover . |
| 3 | Sho , show her that bed show her your bedroom ay ? |
| 4 | It seemed her true love had sent her a present from a partridge in a pear tree . |
| 5 | We spent a short time discussing how Sylvia now felt about that long-ago event and whether it caused her any distress to think about it . |
| 6 | She joked that she would only make money fifty years after she was dead , and he told her that money did not matter . |
| 7 | Gran told her that mum had to go into hospital because she was hysterical ! ! |
| 8 | ‘ But Mother went scarlet when the boss 's wife told me what a nice suit I was wearing , and I told her that Mother had spent nearly all night making it . ’ |
| 9 | At least it would give her more time to recover . |
| 10 | She looked at him reflectively , realising it would give her more time to cope with the task that concerned him . |
| 11 | The passion she had tried to feel for feminism was not enough , it did not give her enough strength to stand up for herself against the demands of these two women who wanted her , needed her and demanded her . |
| 12 | The four o'clock call would give her enough time to make it with ease . |
| 13 | No — better not give her any excuse to make that sort of trouble . |
| 14 | Where possible give her some task to carry out during the outing for example , helping to find the items on a shopping list . |
| 15 | As she 'd set off down the drive her one thought had been that perhaps it was n't too late . |
| 16 | ‘ It always takes her some time to get ready She 'll be along later . ’ |
| 17 | She 's engaging brain it takes her some time to come out to the phone instruct the whole thing . |
| 18 | , our Sports Council Liaison Officer , has asked us to co-operate with a survey to give her some ammunition to fight on behalf of all the Movement & Dance organisations . |
| 19 | Although Aith lifeboat had been launched it would take her some time to reach the island , so Mr Williamson spoke by radio to four fishing vessels at the scene . |
| 20 | Her Dutch cleaning lady would be coming round in the morning — let her do it , thought an exhausted Olga a few minutes later , as she shakily bathed her face under the cold tap ; Boyd could darn well pay her more housekeeping to cover the extra hours of work . |
| 21 | The sight and smell of the waterfront drew her as always , giving her enough courage to slip across to Broad Quay . |
| 22 | Sh they 're like all clubbing together and giving her some money to go in with cos she 's got to have some money to go in with . |
| 23 | He got her fucking fag stuck in her window . |
| 24 | As she reads her sons a bedtime story , she hopes a hearing at Oxford County Court tomorrow , will grant her more time to find a new home . |
| 25 | He had not asked her one question , had not given her one chance to explain . |
| 26 | Anyway , he had given her enough money to have the baby comfortably ; and she had already made up her mind that she was n't going to have it adopted . |
| 27 | We 've given her enough time to get blasted out of her skull . ’ |
| 28 | She seemed to be almost floating and Maggie was astounded that the sharp stones had not given her enough pain to waken her . |
| 29 | Roman 's fingers biting into her waist told her he was n't going to allow her any opportunity to talk . |
| 30 | When she stopped her feeble battering I took her some tea topped up with a couple of powdered sleeping pills . |