Example sentences of "[verb] her in [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although he felt sure he would win her in the end , he was annoyed at her continuing coyness . |
| 2 | Carole King , the sharpest female lyricist of all time , ponders going all the way and whether her lover would still respect her in the morning . |
| 3 | She liked Robert Urquhart and was attracted to him , even trusted him , unlike Spittals who was no doubt gleefully stabbing her in the back at that moment . |
| 4 | Isabella does not know that the Duke had played the role of the Friar instructing her in the foiling of Angelo 's plots , and so , lacking any independent evidence , she realizes how feeble her case must seem ; yet she still affirms that But the Duke , behaving as Angelo had predicted , and as he would have to behave if he had no evidence , sweeps aside her complaint , leaving her with only heaven to appeal to : The evil is indeed finally ‘ unfolded ’ , not by heaven but by the Duke , although Angelo ( as if recalling that passage in Luke 's gospel ) ascribes divine omniscience to him : But the Duke has only used deception and disguise , legitimately , as Shakespeare makes him say : ‘ Craft against vice I must apply ’ ( III.ii.270 ) . |
| 5 | Deep-set eyes quizzed her in the candlelight . |
| 6 | The operation was a success and husband Peter , from Wythenshawe , Manchester , visited her in the ward later in the day . |
| 7 | Standing at the bottom of the stairs , turning up the gas , revealing her in a pool of light . |
| 8 | Her mother put her arm around Martha 's shoulders , enveloping her in a cloud of scent . |
| 9 | The woman told the court drove her instead to Clumber Park where he unclipped the sign on his taxi then assaulted her in the vehicle before driving her back to Worksop . |
| 10 | The woman told the court drove her instead to Clumber Park where he unclipped the sign on his taxi then assaulted her in the vehicle before driving her back to Workshop . |
| 11 | She 's marvellously competent , you can always trust her in an emergency . |
| 12 | He had begun to coax her in the direction of her room now , the drinks tray left forgotten on the counter-top , and she went along helplessly , carried by the tide of his will and of her own incurable need to be with him . |
| 13 | But he let her go , only cradling her in the circle of his arm . |
| 14 | ‘ It has given her a head start over everyone else and trained her in the art of being able to look after herself . |
| 15 | While she was trying to do this , he went to the apartment and beat her , wounding her in the head for which she was treated at hospital . |
| 16 | A fine fool she 'd look if Silas returned and found her in a state of emotional upset . |
| 17 | Of course , it ai n't my business who she is and what she 's doin' here , you probably found her in a gypsy caravan outside Spurgeon 's Tabernacle and brought her here while me back was turned . |
| 18 | Then , in the afternoon , I came in from the garden and found her in an armchair , engrossed in a thick , glossy-looking book . |
| 19 | The helicopter found her in the vicinity of Kammies . |
| 20 | I found her in the fog . |
| 21 | ‘ Oh , I found her in the fog with a sprained ankle and no home or family , ’ said Joe , ‘ so I brought her here to help her get on her feet in all ways . |
| 22 | They found her in the lavender field With her flowers as her final shield . |
| 23 | CALLOUS thieves dumped a baby in the street after they found her in the back seat of the car they had just stolen . |
| 24 | I found her in the back kitchen , standing over the chef who was rolling out pastry . |
| 25 | He found her in the parlour , doing nothing , seated with her pale skirts spread about her . |
| 26 | Then one day , before breakfast , I found her in the sitting room , and no longer had to rely on hearsay . |
| 27 | In the morning , Punch brought a letter from Trelorne , whose contents Aunt Emily did not reveal , but Alexandra found her in the drawing-room after luncheon . |
| 28 | Of course , where Dorothy was concerned , that was his only strategy if he wanted to secure her in the end . |
| 29 | Mrs Gandhi 's eldest son Sanjay , later killed in an aeroplane crash in 1980 , helped her in the running — and the destruction — of the party . |
| 30 | Then Amanda had turned up on her own at Meg 's leaving party , and he 'd managed to monopolise her in a corner of Meg 's kitchen . |