Example sentences of "[verb] her a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I send her a red rose with the same message . |
| 2 | This tears her and causes her a sharp pang of pain , making her cry out . |
| 3 | Laura asked the farm manager , Dai Davies , to find her a good Jersey milker and taught herself how to milk the cow . |
| 4 | He cast her a sidelong glance . |
| 5 | Hugh Jones cast her a coy look before glancing meaningfully across at Luke . |
| 6 | Caroline found herself saying impulsively , regretting the impulse immediately as Anneliese cast her a surprised look . |
| 7 | ‘ She may be itching for me to leave , but what with the heat and having to fight his corner — ’ he cast her a droll look ‘ — this weary traveller is on the point of dehydration . ’ |
| 8 | She says she did the Byrd show ‘ because I found her a fascinating part of the underground scene in New York , and I felt somebody should expose her to a bigger market . |
| 9 | As she increasingly became a historical figure herself , people found her a fascinating source of history for the inter-war period . |
| 10 | But Pascoe found her a great deal of help in restoring his rather worn manly pride . |
| 11 | At that time , he had offered to give her more extensive treatments — apparently , he found her a promising subject but she had n't had the cold kish to lay out . |
| 12 | He found her a chilly woman . |
| 13 | ‘ Come on , old girl , ’ he shouted , ‘ calm down ! ’ and later he found her a scientific paper to read , which she liked . |
| 14 | Nissen took a personal interest in Constanze 's crusade on behalf of Mozart 's music , and helped her a great deal . |
| 15 | The small aircraft bucked and tossed , throwing her forward , then something caught her a glancing blow and she knew a moment 's pain before the blessed darkness closed in . |
| 16 | She had twisted and turned , struggling to free herself to no avail , until a well-aimed kick had won her a temporary respite . |
| 17 | And the law of probability seemed , for once , to have slipped up , and to have permitted her a striking piece of good luck . |
| 18 | Never mind , he 'd buy her a nice bunch of flowers from that stall outside the infirmary on his way home . |
| 19 | He 'll buy her a small gift when she 's made an exceptional contribution . |
| 20 | I 'm surprised erm people round corner did n't buy her a blinking blow up doll doll without the wedding tackle . |
| 21 | so what we 've got ta do is we got ta buy her desk and we 've got ta buy her a little chest of drawers |
| 22 | The scratched little screen played her a little tune and showed a phone company logo . |
| 23 | It must have been the change in engine tone that woke her a long time later . |
| 24 | Luke 's mouth pleasured while it dominated , and his hands roaming insolently about her body were creating havoc , the skilled , confident caresses to which he subjected her a bold proclamation of ownership . |
| 25 | ‘ I mean I 'm hoping to sell her a gorgeous blanket chest I discovered two weeks ago in Shropshire . ’ |
| 26 | Beador had lent her a magnificent five-year-old mealy bay gelding , called Fontana . |
| 27 | New Year 's Eve in those early years had possessed a dull religious sheen , a pewter glimmer , which by much effort and polishing and dedication of the will could bring her a little light , a little hope , a little perseverance : but she had longed for the flames and the candles , the cut glass and the singing . |
| 28 | steals her a black lace bra that does n't fit , |
| 29 | Her ability to capture the humour which is too often missing in children 's material has made her a firm favourite with children 's book publishers alike . |
| 30 | Her ability to capture the humour which is too often missing in children 's material has made her a firm favourite with children 's book publishers alike . |