Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] her [prep] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 What was it about him that constantly stirred her into such a state of agitation ?
2 In a few moments she had finished it all while Tom All Alone watched her with obvious delight .
3 He did n't react , just watched her with deep concern .
4 He scarcely knew her after all .
5 Along a route taking in the castles of Niddry , Cadzow and Craignethan she rallied sympathizers who still regarded her as rightful queen .
6 If he ever hit her with that , he would probably kill her .
7 ‘ I hardly knew her at all , ’ said Guy , unconcernedly , ‘ only she happened to mention it once . ’
8 And you still treated her like that ? ’
9 Yet she remained tense , trying to vanquish that unease which always attended her on transatlantic flights , despite a helpful air-sickness pill .
10 Lydia sat down on the turf which , in its dry springiness , promptly reminded her of pubic hair .
11 The tug refloated the vessel , towed her to a sheltered anchorage where she was made fit for the tow to Hong Kong , and thereafter towed her for four days to docks in Hong Kong .
12 Also , by implication , Bukharin was challenging the views of Rosa Luxemburg , and all who since followed her in this matter , in her assumption that arms production is a field for the creation of surplus-value .
13 He also told her in great detail what kind of a woman Gina was .
14 Colleague also presented her with various gifts on behalf of friends and colleagues .
15 The reminder , so sharp and painful , in the sudden appearance of that man now threw her into aching grief .
16 Her imagination , which often inconvenienced her in this way , began to suggest that , naturally , this remote valley would be the haunt of rabid , starving packs of feral dogs .
17 With her formidable industry , Mrs Thatcher , over more than a decade , acquired a grasp of EC detail which left her own experts trailing and , more important , often enabled her to wrong-foot hostile EC officials .
18 He then asked her for another £46,500 , claiming he needed the money to secure the bonds , and paid that , too , into his account .
19 He 'd lied about Tara , lied about Nicola Schreider … assured her she was n't his type then pursued her with consummate skill until his ego was satisfied that she was ripe for seduction …
20 He then showed her with great pride some utterly appalling objects which were used to persuade customers to buy their products .
21 This time they rested on her shoulders , then pulled her with gentle and insistent strength into the wall of his chest .
22 During the first summer and autumn on the island , the English had built another sloop — thirty tons , clinker-hulled , two masted — from felled mahogany trees they dragged down from the forest ; they then fitted her with four barbaresque guns forged in the Italian style , transported from Europe by the Hopewell .
23 And from the crown of the final bend it was murder in the Montjuic stadium as Gunnell first eased alongside the American , then left her for dead down the home straight .
24 And from the crown of the final bend it was murder in the Montjuic stadium as Gunnell first eased alongside the American , then left her for dead down the home straight .
25 I never asked her for total commitment ( after all , if I were into monogamy would I have done such a good job of dangling that little Limnititzker tsatskeleh in front of her nose ? ) , but I would have hoped the woman would stand by me in a crisis .
26 He almost never called her darling and he certainly never kissed her in public , but there was a feeling in the air that he could n't understand .
27 ‘ You never took her to that hole , Vic ? ’
28 He never saw her as other men did as a woman .
29 ‘ I just never saw her during those early years because I was always away , ’ he says .
30 I never saw her after that summer . ’
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