Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] by her [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was hard to decide if he was laughing at her or impressed by her performance . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 ’ . |
| 4 | ‘ True , ’ he admitted blandly , seemingly in no way embarrassed or offended by her tone . |
| 5 | The mother at the end of such an interchange may feel angry , depressed , not valued , or negated by her child . |
| 6 | Sharpe was both amused and irritated by her questioning , but it was harmless , so he indulged her . |
| 7 | This idea was the brainchild of Anna Coombes who , in 1988 , took over as gardener ; her work has been carried on and developed by her successor Linda Roberts since the beginning of 1990 . |
| 8 | We state that the teams of inspectors should be monitored and approved by Her Majesty 's inspectorate . |
| 9 | Mr. Dear says that almost no action that could be registered and measured by Her Majesty 's inspector has yet been taken by the police committee . |
| 10 | A woman who was repeatedly beaten and humiliated by her husband has gone to the Appeal Court to have her conviction for his murder overturned . |
| 11 | As mother began to feel more relaxed and understood by her husband she became more positive in her attitude towards Luke . |
| 12 | In a stark black dress and accompanied by her husband , Denis , and son Mark , Mrs Thatcher greeted friends and supporters . |
| 13 | The eggs are implanted in the recipient and fertilised by her partner 's sperm . |
| 14 | That means that inspectors will be supervised and monitored by Her Majesty 's inspectorate and will not be allowed to carry out inspections unless they are up to standard . |
| 15 | Encouraged by several physicians and apothecaries , including Rand , Douglas , Sherard and Mead , and aided by her spouse who contributed to the text from prison , she produced in 1737–8 A curious Herbal , containing 500 Cuts of the most Useful Plants now used in the Practice of Physic . |
| 16 | Desert Orchid faced eleven opponents , of whom those most likely to spoil the party were Bonanza Boy ( twice winner of the Welsh National and representative of the formidable combination of trainer Martin Pipe and jockey Peter Scudamore ) , Toby Tobias ( a highly promising young chaser trained by Jenny Pitman and ridden by her son Mark ) , Nick The Brief ( who on his last appearance had easily won the Vincent O'Brien Irish Gold Cup at Leopardstown ) and Cavvies Clown ( trained like Desert Orchid by David Elsworth and second in the Gold Cup in 1988 ) . |
| 17 | He came over and stood by her desk . |
| 18 | He came further into the room and stood by her chair . |
| 19 | He came round to her side of the desk and stood by her chair . |
| 20 | Sensing that the old woman was about to rise from the bench , the cat jumped from her lap and stood by her side . |
| 21 | Instead , she went and stood by her bedroom window , staring out into the street below , where the lamps cast their pale orange light over the pavement . |
| 22 | He came back and crouched by her side , staring at the garden as he spoke . |
| 23 | But , she 's counselled and advised by her mother-in-law , Naomi . |
| 24 | She had hoped to guide the early conversation along vaguer , more social channels , not to have this immediate plunge into medical details , definite decisions , not to face a situation already cut and dried by her opponent . |
| 25 | I went and sat by her bed and held her hand and let her cry and forgave her and defended her with Daddy and Minny . |
| 26 | The story of orphans being eaten by horrible , scary giants such as curdblooding Fleshlumpeater and Bloodbottler on their way to conquer England 's juicy ‘ human beans ’ but captured by Her Majesty 's army and air force was quintessential fantasy that children love . |