Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] she [prep] the " 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 In particular Jan had been impressed with Kylie after seeing her on The Zoo Family .
6 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 .
7 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 .
8 She had accepted that he had had grounds for dismissing her at the time , considering the state of that little radio station 's finances .
9 To hurt Thérèse back for robbing her of the lady in the woods .
10 ‘ If anyone 's to blame , it 's me , for pushing her over the edge .
11 I was not desperate to make money at that time , rather I thought of helping her with the commission she would take .
12 In 1682 a printer gave a boost to cannibalism by substituting ‘ if the latter husband ate her ’ instead of hate her in the verses on the Mosaic law of divorce at Deuteronomy xxiv.3 .
13 When the Zombie had finished his walk , a more permanent method of protecting her for the next four months would have to be found .
14 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 .
15 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 .
16 Instead of ordering her off the boat , he was now beginning a more subtle campaign .
17 She waited all day for the Kurd to return , but he failed to do so ; and when she made enquiries the next morning she was told that he had left the town within minutes of conducting her to the priest 's house .
18 How could he think of abandoning her to the malevolent clutches of this voracious monster ?
19 Just the thought of having her around the place made him irritable .
20 In this case I am satisfied that the doctors were justified in disregarding the written instructions of Miss T. and of treating her on the basis of an emergency .
21 Tess manages to infiltrate the world of high finance with a fabulous proposal that has the potential of taking her to the top .
22 He suddenly swung her into his arms , his tortured breathing the only sound in the darkened barn , and instead of carrying her down the stairs he turned and lowered her to the soft hay that was spread thickly on the floor behind them .
23 Yes , he 'd bring Ma to the fête , by way of introducing her to the new life .
24 Instead of lifting her into the saddle first , as he had always done before , he mounted Chalon , turned the horse in a tight circle to present its left flank to Isabel , and extended an imperative hand .
25 well he could of done if he 'd of taken her in the car would , could n't she ?
26 Had he been so sure of finding her at the alehouse ?
27 Well , no point in denying it , she took after her mother 's side of the family for looks even if she had her dad 's brains , and Mrs. Pridmore had no intention of exposing her to the temptations of London .
28 He met two artists , husband and wife , ‘ awfully sweet , she has a bold yet subtle and exotic sense of colour ’ , and thought of trying her for the costumes ; he had already got another artist to try and ‘ you never saw such revue in all your life ’ .
29 As a matter of fact , I 'm thinking of offering her to The Lancet .
30 If indeed he 'd secured the tickets as a way of bribing her between the sheets , then he suffered for his lust .
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