Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] her [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Elizabeth Woodville drew her to one side . |
| 2 | She was nineteen , the age Maria had been when she had first felt the power of Luke 's attraction , and Maria regarded her with ironic envy , wishing she could have reacted as insouciantly , her awe and admiration as impersonal as Penny 's , Luke confined to some remote pedestal along with other out-of-reach heroes , contact undreamed-of . |
| 3 | Roger approached her with another tall , fair man . |
| 4 | It was in the boot-and-brushing room that Nicandra found her at last — after a search through the larders , the dairy , and the empty laundry , its warm steam now subsided into a vaporous chill . |
| 5 | According to Dr O'Toole , Dr Baltimore told her in 1986 that she could write a letter to Cell about it , but that he would publish a rejoinder . |
| 6 | ‘ The king my father learned of my regard for yourself from Sir Thomas Vaughan who saw it as his duty to inform him , ’ Edward told her with notable reluctance . |
| 7 | Details are not yet available , but it is possible that Dr Threadneedle turned her into some sort of cyborg death machine . ’ |
| 8 | Woolley placed her under close arrest for mutiny . |
| 9 | At the door , Xanthe took her by both hands and held her so hard Miranda felt her nails cut into the palms and her eyes met hers with a pale blue flare , as clear as her father 's , and as unassailable , as she breathed out , holding Miranda by her side , and turned to face her father across the room . |
| 10 | ‘ It was to have children that Allah put her on this earth . |
| 11 | She had five children , and her own independent income , and Creevey married her in 1802 . |
| 12 | Mrs Helmsley , aged 69 , stood stony-faced as Judge John Walker sentenced her on 33 counts of tax evasion and conspiracy to evade taxes . |
| 13 | ‘ He 's spending a few days with Maria Luisa in Valencia on the mainland , ’ Fernando told her at last . |
| 14 | Jake regarded her with superior amusement . |
| 15 | I think Simon blamed her for this . ’ |
| 16 | Kurt watched her with narrowed eyes . |
| 17 | At last she reached Broom House and rushed into the surgery , where Helen greeted her with evident relief . |
| 18 | Roman observed her for another few moments . |
| 19 | Damian studied her with loving amusement and murmured , ‘ You do n't really believe I would have knelt to you ? |
| 20 | Conradin hated her with all his heart , but he obeyed her quietly and took his medicine without arguing . |
| 21 | Damian followed her in three quick strides , reached for her . |
| 22 | Raimondo kissed her on both cheeks , then clapped his hands and began barking out orders . |
| 23 | Damian took her to one of the balcony restaurants , and they shared a dozen fresh oysters on the shell in the cool sunlight . |
| 24 | When Helen paused , he cannoned into her and she turned , offering a startled apology that turned into a cry of alarm as Goldman shoved her to one side . |
| 25 | HAMISH BOWLES met her on Long Island |
| 26 | But God confronted her about that laugh — not because she laughed in God 's presence but because her laughter expressed a limiting view of God which was a denial of his power and an incitement to doubt . |
| 27 | Danny called her at two that afternoon . |
| 28 | Modigliani painted her with such ferocity , in his shirt-sleeves , his hair all ruffled . |
| 29 | ‘ Oh , he sees me , ’ Belinda told her with some spirit . |
| 30 | Much of what Patsy told her on that important morning , must have been therapeutic to Patsy , baffling to Shanti , and much of it unknown to me . |