Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] she [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | British tourist Stephen Profitt , who paid £200 for Lucky in Malta , was fined £100 yesterday for bringing her into the country without a licence . |
| 2 | Since the firm he works for won the contract for the Statue of Liberty , it has been responsible for protecting her from the ravages of harsh Atlantic weather . |
| 3 | The fact that she had been the ship that had sunk the Rawalpindi and killed my father did not seem to me to be a valid reason for omitting her from the series , for apart from the utter impersonality of a modern sea battle , she was by far the most successful of all the major German surface ships as well as being the happiest . |
| 4 | She answered the telephone , thanked the Martellis for thanking her for the party . |
| 5 | What possible reason could a sane man have for thanking her for an evening that had never happened ? |
| 6 | In particular Jan had been impressed with Kylie after seeing her on The Zoo Family . |
| 7 | Stella was afraid Babs might tell Dotty that she did n't wear a slip and that Dotty would rush out and buy her one , just as she had bought her a brassière after catching her in the wardrobe with her arms above her head about to be fitted for her Ptolemy costume . |
| 8 | A short time later they went out to where a bay gelding and a grey mare were tethered and , after instructing her concerning the correct side to mount , he gave her a leg up . |
| 9 | And a court in Nottingham hears how a taxi driver sexually assaulted a female passenger after driving her to a secluded spot in Park . |
| 10 | A court in London has heard how a taxi driver sexually assaulted a female passenger after driving her to a secluded spot in Clumber Park . |
| 11 | Hayling had introduced Casares-Roach to Walsh after meeting her at a Ford workers ' conference in Benidorm where she had been the translator . |
| 12 | Scar-faced Moore , 33 , dragged two-year-old Clare and David , four , from their mother 's arms after threatening her with a sawn-off shotgun . |
| 13 | One evening , after threatening her with a knife , he raped and then stabbed her . |
| 14 | Hunter carved a hideous noughts and crosses pattern on Heidi 's naked bottom after strangling her with a belt . |
| 15 | Michael Burns , 31 , of Whorlton Road , Hardwick , Stockton , is accused of raping the girl after dragging her into an alleyway by the Newtown Social Club in Durham Road , Stockton . |
| 16 | After studying her for a moment in silence , he added , ‘ What possessed you to take off your shoes and come charging out of the alley like that ? ’ |
| 17 | A MAN shot dead his teenage daughter after mistaking her for a burglar . |
| 18 | Mechanical things were not her strong point ; after watching her for a couple of minutes , Melissa could stand it no longer . |
| 19 | By the end of this scene , however , Terentia expresses fulsome gratitude to Dycarbas for saving her from an uncle who had wanted to steal her inheritance . |
| 20 | She had accepted that he had had grounds for dismissing her at the time , considering the state of that little radio station 's finances . |
| 21 | To hurt Thérèse back for robbing her of the lady in the woods . |
| 22 | ‘ If anyone 's to blame , it 's me , for pushing her over the edge . |
| 23 | I was not desperate to make money at that time , rather I thought of helping her with the commission she would take . |
| 24 | Even if this were true , he is still guilty of bringing her to a state of desire that he can not rightfully satisfy . |
| 25 | She thought she might avoid the place for a few days herself , just in case the boy had any ideas of adopting her as a protector . |
| 26 | When the Zombie had finished his walk , a more permanent method of protecting her for the next four months would have to be found . |
| 27 | And he was on the brink , she sensed , of surprising her with a confidence . |
| 28 | But since she had wrecked Luke 's plans for a country weekend with Lexy , and deprived him of the possibility of replacing her from the ranks of his unofficial harem , perhaps it was hardly surprising that he should demand that she herself should fill the gap . |
| 29 | George felt anxious that he had had no opportunity to be alone with Tamar , and so there had been no chance of warning her about the groom . |
| 30 | Instead of ordering her off the boat , he was now beginning a more subtle campaign . |