Example sentences of "[verb] her [adj] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What a wonderful Christmas gesture by Nigel Havers to donate £300 to a woman whose plumber charged her that amount for unblocking a toilet . |
| 2 | They will , they say , try to find her another post as a neo-natologist in the region , but can not guarantee her one . |
| 3 | It was likely , more than likely , that Alan Markby might buy her some kind of Christmas present . |
| 4 | She tried to speak , but the effort cost her another mouthful of water . |
| 5 | ’ … and , so I will enjoy her this night before explaining her position to her in the morning . |
| 6 | She had an idea and asked him to meet her that evening at a time which allowed her to see Shildon first . |
| 7 | It was only then , for example , that John Bright , busy Member of Parliament , revealed that his stepmother , who had lived alone as a widow for nearly thirty years to the age of 95 , the last ten years blind , was visited daily by his own wife ‘ to chat with her and to cheer with her in her solitude and blindness , or to render her any help in her power . ’ |
| 8 | Wilson felt only dimly aware of Miss Blagden 's kindness but later came to realise this sign and evidence of human concern had most probably saved her that time from real madness . |
| 9 | But as Consuelo is already kindly supervising here , we can give her another patient for the night . ’ |
| 10 | It allows the lining of the womb to return to normal , and would give her some idea of how long her menstrual cycle was . |
| 11 | Right I 'll give her some paper in a minute . |
| 12 | Ai n't never seen her this way afore ! ’ . |
| 13 | It was the tone of voice , cold , edged , which had reproached her that evening at The Towers , when she had not worn the bracelet . |
| 14 | And there was always hope that the Westward family would see her one day as an elegant lady and be sorry they had n't kept in touch with the child who was after all their own flesh and blood . |
| 15 | He 'll go and see her any time of the day or night . |
| 16 | He allowed her more freedom of choice than many of his clients who were perhaps a better advertisement for his dressmaking skills . |
| 17 | Nottingham Crown Court 's been told that a taxi driver sexually assaulted a woman passenger after ignoring her This report from Chris Throup . |
| 18 | was saying the overall winner was Lucinda Murray on Just Jeremy , and er he first asked her over er a glass of champagne I believe , celebrating her twenty-fifth birthday with a party on Friday , er was that beneficial to success ? |
| 19 | got her little friend with her ! |
| 20 | Nobody paid her any attention at all . |
| 21 | Then , at Suez , Britain 's possession of the Bomb had not helped her one iota in swaying American Middle East policy . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'm sorry about your father , ’ Ross had told her one morning before leaving for work . |
| 23 | He poured her another glass of wine from the carafe which stood between them on the table . |
| 24 | She 's expecting her second child in three weeks and is determined this time to have the baby at home . |
| 25 | After all , the woman with the voice — what had Luke called her that day in his office ? |
| 26 | She lay down again , hugging the quilt around her as she closed her eyes , longing for sleep to overcome her , to give her some release from these endless , plaguing thoughts . |
| 27 | ‘ You offered to give her some help with her career , too . |
| 28 | She looked cold and Derek wanted to put his arm round her , to give her some measure of warmth and comfort . |
| 29 | One of the best descriptions of the landscape of Madeira is that given by White and Johnson ( Madeira. : Its Climate and Scenery , 1860 ) : ‘ When Columbus was asked by Queen Isabella to give her some notion of the configuration of Jamaica , it is said that he took up a sheet of paper , and after crushing it in his hand , partly opened it out ; then placing it on the table , he told her Majesty that she would derive a better idea of the island from the crumpled paper than from any description conveyed in words . |
| 30 | Was he going to give her some note on performance , some idea he 'd had for a new bit of business in the play ? |