Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] her [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mona and Sheila met her at Dublin Airport and the three sisters drove to Great Meadow in Mona 's car . |
| 2 | She 'd have to take off her thick blue jersey soon , and she could n't remember how many buttons had come off the shirt underneath , and it was sleeveless , and she had n't shaved her armpits since Philippa asked her to supper last week . |
| 3 | All the same , if it happened that David made her with child , she would bear the child proudly , and be glad that she had brought him a degree of happiness . |
| 4 | In ( 14 ) her mother uses Creole ( and this is very clearly intended to be a direct quote , even a send-up , of her mother 's refusal ) , while Valerie answers her in London English . |
| 5 | Scott sees her as Manchester 's star turn . |
| 6 | FIONA SMITH 's brisk late-night win over Helen Troke in the final of the English National Championships at Crawley on Tuesday established her beyond question as the country 's best woman player . |
| 7 | David watched her in silence for a while , wondering what she was thinking , longing to persuade her to forget her husband , longing beyond everything to make love to her . |
| 8 | Ken took her around London , with Andrew , and they walked arm-in-arm through the Strand , saying ‘ Come on girl . ’ |
| 9 | The Lady Prioress slumped wearily down on the stool as Corbett questioned her about Dame Frances ' death . |
| 10 | He would have preferred a showdown with Gina , but it was fun to watch Eleanor fighting her by stealth . |
| 11 | The doctor stayed for another hour , gave Cora-Beth the promised sedative and a tearful Becky put her to bed . |
| 12 | Reluctantly Sophie told her of Robert 's imminent arrival , and Helen looked pleased . |
| 13 | Mandy did n't come to the meeting , Mrs. Maddison keeping her at home as a punishment for her disobedience in going into the swamp . |
| 14 | pretty Surrey town on the Thames near London where Estella is sent by Miss Havisham to stay with Mrs Brandley to launch her into society . |
| 15 | The modified Toryism of George Canning and Sir Robert Peel filled her with contempt . |
| 16 | Columbia 's brilliant young talent scout John Hammond recorded her with Benny Goodman and Teddy Wilson , and it was with Wilson , a dapper , politely swinging pianist , that she made most of the records to be found in Affinity 's collection . |
| 17 | Sloane introduced her to Isaac Rand , the Demonstrator of Plants at the Physic Garden , who advised her to live near it where she would find the plants needed and where she would certainly have met Miller and Ehret . |
| 18 | And when a relief worker asked Nicholson to take her to England , he agreed . |
| 19 | Jes paid her on Sunday and instead of telling us how they went round for her wages yesterday and he 'd already paid her , and she 'd gone to school with money in her car ! |
| 20 | With the free hand in Boiotia given her by Myronides ' victory at Oinophyta , Athens , exceptionally , is said to have supported the oligarchs there ( Old Oligarch = Ps.Xen . |
| 21 | Tom frowned her into silence . |
| 22 | They then progressed to half-pass ; coming up the centre line and then performing half-pass towards E. Jennie told Katharine to keep her inside leg on the girth , as the horse should bend in the direction of the movement , as opposed to leg-yielding where the horse keeps in a straight line . |
| 23 | Ramsay knew her by repute only and had been looking forward to seeing her in person . |
| 24 | In some ways , Elaine reminded her of Susie : vivacious , funny , and easy-going . |
| 25 | Unable to suppress his anger any longer , Gael lectures her on adultery 's ‘ disintegrating splitting effect on the inner personality ’ ( 219 ) . |
| 26 | Durance recognized her with relief : ‘ Rain Morgan ? |
| 27 | Leonora , afraid he 'd been about to order her to bed , assented so rapturously that Penry eyed her in amusement as he crossed to the stairs . |
| 28 | For a few moments Rune regarded her in silence , a slight smile playing round his strong mouth , then he asked softly , ‘ What happened to our truce ? ’ |
| 29 | Damian watched her in silence , a hard smile on his ruthless mouth . |
| 30 | Michael Swinton watched her in silence as he had watched her before , only proffering as he had done once before a handkerchief which he had plainly also used as a paint rag . |