Example sentences of "[prep] her in the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There , spread out below her in the late afternoon sun , was Florence . |
| 2 | She knew this from the hushed voices of the nursery staff and from the comings and goings far below her in the great house . |
| 3 | He was a great lad now , though still slight and not above average height for eleven years , but he had not changed towards her in the least and his adoration of Pilade was touching . |
| 4 | There were photographs of her in the few parts she had been able to play in the years following her marriage ; photographs of her in youth , when her father had begun to launch her on the career which would be interrupted by the coming of Paul . |
| 5 | The sight of her in the old tatty jumpers she slept in always brought him back to reality . |
| 6 | He 'd been conscious of her in the old days of course , although he kept quiet about that . |
| 7 | It 's not going to be as big as her first marriage , when 47,000 well-wishers crowded the streets around Westminster Abbey to catch a glimpse of her in the magnificent Glass Coach . |
| 8 | ‘ I do n't know how you can even speak of her in the same breath . ’ |
| 9 | I tried not to think of her in the feathery nightdress under the influence of the aphrodisiac . |
| 10 | He had grown fond of her in the last few days . |
| 11 | One night Kit stumbled by , when Ariel was sitting outside the cabin , with the baby sleeping near her in the small hammock she had rigged up for him . |
| 12 | That , and the discovery that she could not bear a man near her in the early days after the rape ; so she had feigned an illness , explained as the consequence of her breaking her engagement with Havvie , which , of course , had caused an immense furore inside and outside of society , and Mama and Papa had put off their visit to England , and sent her loving letters , for she had written that she had discovered that she did not really love Havvie at all , had merely been beglamoured by his appearance , name and title . |
| 13 | Behind her in the fluorescent glint |
| 14 | Likewise , Mr Clark has had to explain that his remark to Mr Lamont ( ‘ I can see you were n't at Eton ’ ) is derogatory not of the chancellor but of Mr Clark 's alma mater , where ‘ you were surrounded by shits and knew what shits were , the sort of people who could vote against Her in the first round . |
| 15 | Squashed against her in the tiny hall , he dripped water and spluttered apologies . |
| 16 | ‘ Do you feel settled in ? ’ he asked with cool , polite mockery , striding with her in the hot , humid morning towards the white Mercedes parked by the courtyard fountain . |
| 17 | He had sat with her in the long dark evenings , had made sure she ate at mealtimes . |
| 18 | He had waited with her in the elegant departure lounge with its striking shopping centre and attractive bars and cafés , until her flight was called . |
| 19 | In the spring , almost without knowing how it happened , she accepted Rachel 's invitation to go and live with her in the new house she was buying in London . |
| 20 | Athena appears in the first and last and in one other at each end ; Hermes with her in the first and without her in the Cerberus , where his presence is necessary as the hero 's guide to the Underworld . |
| 21 | She solicitously asked if all was well , sending constant messages to enquire if there was anything lacking , or inviting him to walk with her in the sweet-smelling orchard outside the convent church . |
| 22 | Samuel , who lived with his mother until 1652 or later , collaborated with her in the 1640s in campaigning for religious freedom and upholding the autonomy of individual congregations . |
| 23 | But with her in the same building is the new Social Security Secretary , Mr Peter Lilley , an unreconstructed Thatcherite , in charge of the Government 's biggest budget — the £66 billion spent on welfare benefits . |
| 24 | How long can you still live with her in the same house while making up your mind ? |
| 25 | But what made her feel even guiltier was the simple fact that , somehow , no matter how hard she tried , she could n't imagine Arnie lying with her in the big blue bed . |
| 26 | TARA , the golden retriever with a theatrical bent , came face to face today with the two little girls who will star with her in the musical Annie . |
| 27 | While the men around her take their hookboots from the rack , Liessa bends her mind to the task of full visualisation ; above her in the musty air the dragons become fully visible , bronze scales dully reflecting the sunbeam shafts . |
| 28 | Hers was draped with dusty red velvet , and there was a worn armchair alongside her in the same material . |
| 29 | For she was old when Tabitha Jute first set eyes upon her , when she dragged the tarpaulins from her in the long grass of that neglected vineyard . |
| 30 | Had he changed his mind about her in the cold light of morning ? |