Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [prep] her [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | AN academic has been banned from sleeping or eating in her office at Stirling University after being told it was so cluttered with papers and food that it constituted a health and fire hazard . |
| 2 | ( At Taï , a young chimpanzee will often harass its mother in order to use her tools , to eat her fruit or to sit on her branch . ) |
| 3 | Their case would stand or fall on her reliability . |
| 4 | It was hard to decide if he was laughing at her or impressed by her performance . |
| 5 | He walked to his car and did not look back or glance in her direction as he drove quickly out of the drive . |
| 6 | The heroine in her scenario is , for example , ‘ often carried away by the anti-hero , but rescued either by her Father or the Hero — often reduced to support herself & her Father by her Talents & work for her Bread ; — continually cheated & defrauded of her hire , worn down to a Skeleton , & now & then starved to death ’ . |
| 7 | It was a matter of debate whether she was a widow or separated from her husband But I was not interested in such things ; the biggest mystery to me was how she ever got involved with a dog like Cedric . |
| 8 | The Court decided that , although as a general rule dismissing a pregnant woman for a reason arising from or related to her pregnancy will result in direct discrimination under the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 , this is not an inevitable consequence . |
| 9 | Some described a future Anne unmarried and unhappy , for instance , or told of her helping and subsequently marrying the second-ranked , male student . |
| 10 | She had the feeling she must either give in to that showy and heady beatification or run for her life . |
| 11 | Katherine knew each of those stones , each of those flowers intimately-so often had she concentrated on them so as not to cry or react to her mother 's jibes . |
| 12 | At least , if she was unhappy , or fretted for her family , she did n't say so . |
| 13 | Her occasional protestations of being moved by Dame Freya 's works or touched by her personality read like sops — a pretence of even-handedness — in a narrative of quiet , relentless aggression . |
| 14 | The rationale of treatment should be explained fully , reassuring the patient that she will not be confined to bed , subjected to high doses of drugs , or isolated from her family and friends . |
| 15 | She could therefore only love her sister more that , when it came to choosing between this most important interview of her career or flying to her husband 's bedside , Cara was n't hesitating to fly to where love and instinct guided . |
| 16 | He could not bear to see the pale cream child tied to her back with his small head bobbing on her shoulder , or bundled to her breast , asleep in satisfaction after food . |
| 17 | Lucy was treating Jay like a delightful new acquaintance she could n't quite place or fit into her life . |
| 18 | Any chance of aid or succour from her brother-in-law , William Charles Titford , would have been swept away by his death in 1828 ; but two years earlier than that , Elizabeth 's name appears in the registers of Shoreditch Workhouse . |
| 19 | It was a long while before Mary could forgive her husband 's infidelity , and she had never seen or spoken to her sister since then . |
| 20 | She shut her eyes , unsure if she was trying to blot out the unexpected hunger in his kiss , or opting for her ostrich trick again and trying to pretend this was n't happening to her . |
| 21 | No girl , reported David Riesman , the sociologist , would go to a dance unless she was picked up in a car belonging to or driven by her escort , which was likely to be ‘ the second car ’ . |
| 22 | To anyone who has been in the Army or detained at Her Majesty 's pleasure , or even attended a public school ( and there are a disturbing number who have managed all three ) , the dining room at Plas y Benenin is a familiar place . |
| 23 | Something seemed to open or to expand in her brain , releasing a cold voice which she had never heard there before , telling her that if he cheated her she might just as well kill him . |
| 24 | ‘ True , ’ he admitted blandly , seemingly in no way embarrassed or offended by her tone . |
| 25 | Mary telephoned the therapist 2 months later because she felt unable to decide whether to return to her ex-husband or to stay with her boyfriend . |
| 26 | No one was near enough to accost her or wonder about her presence . |
| 27 | Should she tell him the truth , she wondered frantically , or stick with her lie ? |
| 28 | The mother at the end of such an interchange may feel angry , depressed , not valued , or negated by her child . |
| 29 | She also wants him to stop phoning her at home and for him to be banned from entering or trespassing on her property or on the actual road . |
| 30 | She did n't touch him , no grip round his waist or leaning of her body into his . |