Example sentences of "[verb] her [prep] [adj -er] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He entered her without further ado . |
| 2 | His very silence drove her to further explanation . |
| 3 | He had stood quietly swaying himself on his heels , an almost derisive expression in the curl of his lips as he smoked a cigarette , his very silence provoking her to further abuse . |
| 4 | The children baited her into further wrath until , just as suddenly , she would snap out of it again and return to her former , demure self . |
| 5 | The therapist encouraged Pamela to make a list of ways in which she would like her parents to change in terms of providing her with greater freedom . |
| 6 | Constance had also fought her mother all the way when she was young and her personality was still forming , and then had somehow abandoned her in later life , when the need to fight had gone . |
| 7 | She would have stopped there if the adrenalin in her system had been less potent or the half-smile on his face had n't taunted her to further repartee . |
| 8 | Neither ailment had been positively identified when she arrived at the Royal and it was decided to transfer her for further investigation . |
| 9 | I saw the candle-lit flash of the little star at her throat ; saw too that to contrive a longer stay would only put her under further pressure . |
| 10 | Give her some of her favourite grilled kidneys , it may put her in better humour . ’ |
| 11 | Late forties , husband left her for younger woman most likely . |
| 12 | Fortunately they were not called upon for the supreme test , however , for Alice scooped her up from behind and tried to propel her into safer water . |