Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] her [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His green eyes pools of limpid clarity and wholly deceptive depth , but his swift grin wicked , Michele replied provocatively , ‘ I ca n't make love to a housekeeper or beat her into submission the way I could a wife , and , as I prefer my domestic arrangements to run without a hitch , I have to tread circumspectly . ’ |
| 2 | And over all hummed and shimmered the warring coloured adverts for Spiderglass and Madreidetic and Usines du Rhône with a dozen others belting out music and olfacts that dizzied her to nausea . |
| 3 | Whoever owned the cabin had wide-ranging interests — apart from several well-thumbed fishing journals and a variety of motoring magazines , there were numerous glossies that provided her with food for thought . |
| 4 | It was a chance remark that caught her off guard . |
| 5 | Things that filled her with joy and drew her into the everyday lives of the two people she had loved for so many lonely years . |
| 6 | If that was all that separated her from childhood , it was n't much . |
| 7 | Theda thought she had learned to subdue the spirit of rebellion that threw her into defiance on the receipt of such slights . |
| 8 | She has been excavated out of the mud that preserved her in La Plata , they say , and virtually rebuilt . |
| 9 | She had an artist friend print up some material for her , using a picture that showed her in profile . |
| 10 | If she broke free now , before the silken bonds that bound her to Michele had a chance to grow any tighter , she might save herself untold heartache , if nothing else . |
| 11 | The secret of her approach was care in preparation , and woe betide the department that sent her into battle badly briefed or not briefed at all . |
| 12 | A hard , swift kiss that robbed her of thought entirely . |
| 13 | Then his head dipped towards her and he kissed her full on the lips , a harsh , plundering kiss that robbed her of breath and left her trembling beneath him . |
| 14 | ‘ I was young and hot then ’ , she says , talking of her dancing days in LA , and later in the famous European tour of the 1950s of Gershwin 's Porgy and Bess that took her to La Scala . |
| 15 | At the end of May 1913 Emily Davison was at home in Longhorsley , near Morpeth , recovering from her latest spell in prison , when she received by telegram the instructions that took her to Tattenham Corner as the Derby field approached . |
| 16 | When the three of them got up to leave , Melissa glanced across at Dora and met a look of concentrated malevolence that took her by surprise . |
| 17 | Involuntarily , Melissa spoke with an emphasis that took her by surprise . |
| 18 | She walked away along the corridor with the sinuous grace of a cat — an alley-cat , Shae thought , with a sudden savagery that took her by surprise . |
| 19 | Those woundings had been steps on the path that brought her to Santa de Nogueira , she realized . |
| 20 | He had a superior air of self-confidence that reminded her of portraits of eighteenth-century land owners striding their acres surrounded by dogs . |
| 21 | It already had a tatty , dusty look that reminded her of Mr Gerard on Lizard Street . |
| 22 | ‘ You do n't think she could have come across something that put her in danger ? ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Do you think Nicola could have got hold of something that put her in danger ? ’ |
| 24 | After all , the inspector himself admitted wondering whether Nicola had learnt or been given something that put her in danger . |
| 25 | She did n't need to look up to know he 'd seen everything , and that irritated her beyond measure . |
| 26 | Everything they had given her ( except the finger-plug that jacked her into infinity ) fitted into one bag that did n't seem to belong to her . |
| 27 | She smiled at the nurse , or rather , her own smile beamed out to glide over the nurse , over the island of light that hung above her bed , the box with the socket that jacked her into magic . |
| 28 | ‘ It was me that set her on fire ! ’ |
| 29 | She was accosted by a make-up girl who fluffed about with powder and asked her about eye make-up . |
| 30 | I phoned Shirley , a friend I 'd made who ran a travel agency , and asked her to book me on the mid-day Concorde . |