Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [verb] her with " in BNC.

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1 The hooded eyes surveyed her with frank appreciation mingled with amusement .
2 This decision filled her with profound gloom ; not only because her home had been so special and so very much loved , but also because the selling of Rose Cottage could do nothing but plunge her into financial disaster .
3 Bitter jealousy clawed at her , its sharp , painful talons filling her with an urge to scream with frustration and leaving her unable to think clearly .
4 Old tombstones provided her with that lit match to the powder trail of her imagination .
5 When it finished , there was lunch and music : all her favourite foods calling her with their rich odours of spiced meats and pasta .
6 For one with such a full programme it was good of Dr. Stewart to spend the whole day with us but she had expressed the wish to see as much as possible of our work and it was a tremendous pleasure to have her with us and for so many to have the opportunity of chatting with her .
7 Even before he got to her she was mesmerised , the dark eyes holding her with complete ease , and she had to bring herself quickly back to the present to do what she had planned and set matters on an even footing straight away .
8 The dark eyes swept her with a triumphant gleam as the other woman said smugly , ‘ Silas said I was to sit beside him . ’
9 The scents from the sodden earth filled her with an intolerable weight of memory ; not that of individual occasions but of the entire past .
10 Bright eyes in a pinched , cold face caressed her with their look .
11 Urquhart 's dark shining eyes followed her with a dog 's devotion ; evidently she had qualities other than beauty .
12 His voice was indolent , but his brilliant eyes watched her with an intensity that belied that lazy unconcern .
13 The tiny black fiddler irritated her with his scratchy , wasplike buzzing .
14 Maybe Lucenzo had good reason to treat her with contempt .
15 So many happy memories met her with every step she took .
16 She 'd firmly resisted her mother 's oft-repeated efforts to tempt her with the power-packed vegetable which she 'd seen the singing sailor-man so often greedily guzzle straight from the can .
17 Despite this , at lunchtime Kathleen presented me with four hours ' pay and pressed me for a few more details to help her with her enquiries .
18 Handsome , sculpted men pinioned her with their glances : not an ounce of fat , tight buttocks ripe and ready for piercing , hands and tongues rippling up and down their bodies .
19 The corner that Japan had been backed into by economic sanctions left her with little alternative .
20 Here , Mrs Pettifer began to interject but the small gentleman silenced her with a flap of the wrist which was altogether not very gentlemanly and proved too much for the great lady detective who made a more purposeful interjection of her own .
21 What happened at Abbotsfield that summer left her with a distaste for all religions , not just Christianity .
22 The alien bird evaded her with ease .
23 She could n't help the tinge of pink that flooded her cheeks at his expression as those blue eyes studied her with contempt .
24 She was of course aware that she came from a Catholic to a barely Protestant country in a state of intense flux and religious upheaval ; her new subjects presented her with a set of pressing confessional and political problems .
25 Does he really believe that the woman who spent an hour asking questions would have passively accepted everything a female consultant told her with no queries ?
26 But the last unspoken question consumed her with fresh guilt .
27 ‘ Well — it 's no big deal , ’ the other woman assured her with a grin .
28 Rigby 's young assistant regarded her with more interest , but was soon drawn into a discussion about production schedules .
29 She had been there before and was very tolerant of the young man plying her with questions .
30 Her first impression of her new school filled her with trepidation .
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