Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] [verb] her [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No man will publicly humiliate a woman because she is ‘ old ’ or he finds her sexually unattractive : no woman will deride a man for his sexual insufficiency or because he is ‘ weak ’ or ‘ wet ’ or a ‘ wimp ’ . |
| 2 | She had been very astute and successful , and everyone wished her well . |
| 3 | She stood for a moment on the other side of the room , sizing me up ( and me sizing her up ) , and then she came over to speak to me . |
| 4 | Gail sometimes does my hair but she 's a learner and I get her more cheaply . |
| 5 | She 's a clumsy clogs that 's why I wo n't let her walk around with the baby if she wants to cuddle her I tell her to sit down and I tell her not to move well she 's always tripping over her feet . |
| 6 | But I did know the Alice Liddell — who better ? — and I remember her well . |
| 7 | And I remember her very well and the next class we went into was a a Mr . |
| 8 | and actually she 's excellent and I like her not like working for a female boss good people er |
| 9 | We trotted down the long flights of stairs and I followed her out through the front door . |
| 10 | ‘ Well , can you and I help her then ? |
| 11 | She was hysterical and distraught and I took her through for my wife to comfort her before telephoning the police . ’ |
| 12 | and I , I showed her around some I , on the way back I said I 'll take you to Branston Park on the way back and I 'll show you where John 's working and I took her on to the , into the car park and I said look there he is up , huh , cutting the lawn , he was up cutting that , the big lawn she said one massive place I mean I took her all the way through Branston Park back to erm |
| 13 | The programme was a shambles and I took her out to dinner to cheer her up . |
| 14 | I had this other dream once , of me , and there 's this girl I used to like , right , and , and the weird thing was that in , in our group of churches , you used to sort of like , got one guy who 's , more senior , and erm , he had this daughter and my mum sort of fancied me marrying this famous preacher 's daughter , you see , and I took her out a few times , erm |
| 15 | It did n't get any better and somebody told me about and I took her down there , oh Mrs she 's picked up mange , I said mange , I know she said you feel just like when your child 's got nits in their hair |
| 16 | Ted and I discovered her once in the ripped-out kitchen running through a symphony of his noises like a proud mother reproducing the first words of a child . |
| 17 | Some years later , Hellen and I met her again in Hong Kong , where the impresario , Harry Odell , had brought her for a concert . |
| 18 | and I wound her up so that she were n't too sure , do you know what I mean ? |
| 19 | My mother and I brought her up and she brought herself this low . |
| 20 | And I lay her down and she bawls ! |
| 21 | Cos I took her , but I hired the Granada and I drove her there . |
| 22 | She 'd almost expected this , and I asked her why . |
| 23 | ‘ I came across a very bewildered woman asking for a cigarette and I asked her where she lived and took her home . |
| 24 | She was so obviously upset by the break-up that I asked her out to lunch to cheer her up , and I asked her home because I thought my mother and sister might help her . |
| 25 | As I struggled to follow her directions my natural curiosity overcame me and I asked her how she came to have all that wool and all those knitted garments which were obviously not for her . |
| 26 | When she had been there a couple of years and I asked her how she was , she said , ‘ Pretty mouldy . ’ |
| 27 | And I er was talking to her down the lane when Mrs Monday and I asked her how she was and she said oh I 've had a few falls in the house and all . |
| 28 | falling over , and I pick her up , oh poor doll , she gets all wet , she 's falling down now . |
| 29 | Then , slowly , she fell forward and I laid her gently on the ground . |
| 30 | Sally wanted to know how I became a caddie and I filled her in on my doings since we left university . |