Example sentences of "[v-ing] her [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | First pouring boiling water over the used coffee grounds , Trent led Mariana through to the living-room , seating her on the sofa . |
| 2 | Courteously seating her inside the car first , he walked round to the driver 's side , and when he had settled himself behind the wheel asked unexpectedly , ‘ Have you visited one of our pubs yet ? ’ |
| 3 | She had lost a good deal of her bloom and bounce , and looked as if the sentiments of the burial service kept stabbing her to the heart . |
| 4 | She liked Robert Urquhart and was attracted to him , even trusted him , unlike Spittals who was no doubt gleefully stabbing her in the back at that moment . |
| 5 | Poor Mrs got two lots of children and they were driving her up the wall ! |
| 6 | Maggie was taking a plane to London that night and Sheila and Mona were driving her to the airport . |
| 7 | Isabella does not know that the Duke had played the role of the Friar instructing her in the foiling of Angelo 's plots , and so , lacking any independent evidence , she realizes how feeble her case must seem ; yet she still affirms that But the Duke , behaving as Angelo had predicted , and as he would have to behave if he had no evidence , sweeps aside her complaint , leaving her with only heaven to appeal to : The evil is indeed finally ‘ unfolded ’ , not by heaven but by the Duke , although Angelo ( as if recalling that passage in Luke 's gospel ) ascribes divine omniscience to him : But the Duke has only used deception and disguise , legitimately , as Shakespeare makes him say : ‘ Craft against vice I must apply ’ ( III.ii.270 ) . |
| 8 | She cried out and , seeing how white she was , he pushed her on to the settee , following her down and crowding her against the arm . |
| 9 | She was butchered at the wheel of the vehicle by her attacker who hung through the passenger window , repeatedly slicing her with the panga . |
| 10 | Do you mind not pressing her about the drowning ? |
| 11 | Alain moved until his body was half over her and as his lips explored her mouth his hand moved over her face and neck , searching her skin with increasing ardour until with a low groan he moved right over her , pressing her into the straw as his hands cupped her breasts . |
| 12 | He moved , pressing her between the shower and his hard masculine body . |
| 13 | ‘ Damn you , Meredith ! ’ he growled savagely , pressing her against the wall . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | But he let her go , only cradling her in the circle of his arm . |
| 16 | In a flash , Mait backhanded Ace across the jaw , knocking her to the ground . |
| 17 | ‘ He kicked and punched her , knocking her to the ground , shouting abuse at her , ’ said Mr Wynn , ‘ He gave her a very hard blow to the nose which caused it to bleed profusely . |
| 18 | ‘ Those who can not hear must feel the rod of correction , ’ she declaimed , raising the stick as she advanced , Martha let out a shriek , leaped to her feet and , barely aware of her action , hit the old woman as hard as she could on the side of the head , knocking her against the wall . |
| 19 | The Doc 's patented micro-organisms were beavering away inside , keeping her at the peak of perfection . |
| 20 | While she was trying to do this , he went to the apartment and beat her , wounding her in the head for which she was treated at hospital . |
| 21 | Amidst the noise of children shouting , women calling across the alley , and dogs barking , Sarah seemed to hear her father condemning her for the way she had behaved these last months , and her misery grew . |
| 22 | Bright evening sunlight glared through the windscreen , dazzling her after the gloom , and she raised a hand to shade her eyes just as Luke Calder turned the car into the road , cutting in front of a lorry so close that her stomach lurched . |
| 23 | Cornered , he resorted to patting her on the shoulder , while across his face flitted the craven smile of a man dealing with an unpredictable pet that yet might turn on him . |
| 24 | He rolled her over , patting her on the bottom , staring down at her , running his fingers through her hair . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | She returned Myra 's greeting , thanking her for the card . |
| 27 | She answered the telephone , thanked the Martellis for thanking her for the party . |
| 28 | Then he lay down on her , his weight sinking her in the bed as if in sand . |
| 29 | To hurt Thérèse back for robbing her of the lady in the woods . |
| 30 | His nearness was creating havoc , robbing her of the power to think . |