Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] her [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mary-Lou stuffed her English grammar into the back of her desk and pulled out a French one . |
| 2 | ‘ You must n't overdo it , ’ Ronni warned her one day , amazed that such a necessity should ever come to pass . |
| 3 | Magda poured her another drink . |
| 4 | And when Dr Greene examined her this morning he said the placental bleeding had completely stopped . |
| 5 | When Penry rejoined her some time later Leonora was the centre of a group discussing the rival merits of various sailing craft . |
| 6 | One of the best descriptions of the landscape of Madeira is that given by White and Johnson ( Madeira. : Its Climate and Scenery , 1860 ) : ‘ When Columbus was asked by Queen Isabella to give her some notion of the configuration of Jamaica , it is said that he took up a sheet of paper , and after crushing it in his hand , partly opened it out ; then placing it on the table , he told her Majesty that she would derive a better idea of the island from the crumpled paper than from any description conveyed in words . |
| 7 | ‘ No more , thanks , ’ she said when Vitor offered her another piece of chocolate . |
| 8 | We went back to oh er my friend Nicola left her all stuff , big bag on the train . |
| 9 | He gave it me to spend , presumably so he could spend time making love to you , sister , dear , ’ Dana said when Claudia asked her that question after Roman had gone to his room . |
| 10 | Belov brought her some broth about an hour later , and he helped her up to the bowl . |
| 11 | Why , if Bostock treated her that way she would be inclined to fetch a stick to him , for the vapours ( as Mrs Frere so dismally attested ) would be the sole alternative . |
| 12 | How dared Nicolo treat her this way ? |
| 13 | Beryl gave her some advice before she left on the night flight the following Friday . |
| 14 | Stapleton and Sir Charles gave her some money . |
| 15 | When they arrived at Beaconville , where three elderly people lived together , Mrs Abigail gave her one dinner to carry but she dropped it while trying to open the hall-door . |
| 16 | Julius gave her another kiss , his tongue lightly probing , finding the well-remembered pleasure spots . |
| 17 | She could hear the regretful , gentle voice of Mother Francis telling her that life was never meant to be easy and that her best course was to work very hard now and get out of this place in record time . |
| 18 | After the therapist encouraged the couple to think of ways of being positive in their behaviour towards each other , Ann agreed to wear more attractive clothes , and Charles to show her more consideration and affection by praising her appearance , and expressing positive feelings towards her . |
| 19 | Has Bryony got her other shoe back on again by the way , does anybody know ? |
| 20 | He considered that Liza was behaving disgracefully , maintained that Harriet was encouraging her daughter in what he called ‘ selfish laziness ’ and that , sorry as he was about the death of John Carrow , surely Harriet had not long lost her own husband and it was up to Liza to give her more support . |
| 21 | She sipped at her cordial with evident pleasure , and when Herbert Fraser offered her another nip she accepted without hesitation . |
| 22 | After all , the woman with the voice — what had Luke called her that day in his office ? |
| 23 | Guido gave her another shake , holding her there by the scruff of her pyjama jacket . |
| 24 | yeah , I think our Julie bought her some talc , she said everybody 's bought me talc and that , and our Julie said this year she do n't know what to get grandma cos whatever I get her she says she do n't want it |