Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] [vb past] her [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I got her two strips of Elastaplast . |
| 2 | ‘ But Mother went scarlet when the boss 's wife told me what a nice suit I was wearing , and I told her that Mother had spent nearly all night making it . ’ |
| 3 | It was n't until she was really ill that I realised she was mine and I loved her more than anything . |
| 4 | But I need n't have worried , she came to me just as smoothly as before , and I flew her half a dozen times a session over the next four days . |
| 5 | She gave me a slap and I gave her one back . |
| 6 | And I gave her all my power . |
| 7 | ‘ That girl of yours asked me for a statement and I gave her one-more than she bargained for , and I made her take it all down . ’ |
| 8 | Brenda , I adore it , it 's me all over so the bathroom I had endless trouble , as you know , with Shirley I had to buy stuff and Shirley came in and I gave her little presents of this and that and helped her with cooking meals for her she re-grouted practically my bath tiles and my en suite tiles because we thought water was going through the wall , and it was and then I had to replace the where you take the plug out in the bath , I forget what you call that , the trap |
| 9 | I had found out that her name was Miss Vulcan and I gave her this information as well as telling her that Miss Vulcan had a brother named Freddie who visited her and that he was a little old man who wore a black cap on his head and sported a goatee beard . |
| 10 | It 's her ring and I bought her that scarf . ’ |
| 11 | and she gave her iced buns . |
| 12 | she 's got her hair cut and she put her heated thing on the bottom of it , rollers |
| 13 | She joked that she would only make money fifty years after she was dead , and he told her that money did not matter . |
| 14 | She went out all dressed up and he drove her blue car . |
| 15 | That was all he said , and he surprised her some . |
| 16 | She sobbed and he held her close to him . |
| 17 | She danced in a haze of misery , scarcely noticing when the music changed from vibrant rock-and-roll to ‘ the creep ’ and when the lights were lowered and he pulled her close she could n't be bothered to protest though she was revolted by the smell of beer on his breath ( where had he got it ? ) mingling with strong body odours . |
| 18 | Brightening , she held out her glass to Richard and he poured her more wine . |
| 19 | The rehearsal went on and he watched her all the time . |
| 20 | He captured her in a variety of poses and moods which reflect her many facets : as a grande dame in a hat and fur collar ; as a great courtesan — ‘ Madam Pompadour ’ he called the painting , perhaps deliberately mis-spelling it ; in a wicker chair ; demure in front of the piano ; and he sketched her all the time , with quick , deft strokes . |
| 21 | Such was Felicity 's introduction to Overclyst , and it took her some time to recover from it . |
| 22 | Sean admits it was a tough time and it taught her some hard lessons . |
| 23 | Anna would n't speak of it at all for some time ; later we heard about Simon 's will — he left her various things , his art library for instance ( it 's a wonderful one ) — and it gave her some kind of peace . |
| 24 | Well I said Angie said she went up Wicks ' and got her worktops and it cost her fifteen pound . |
| 25 | Bins in town and it cost her twenty quid ! |
| 26 | It was in fact the first time she had thought of such a thing , and it did not seem to be a very good idea , but nothing irritated her more than being addressed in that Listen With Mother voice ( particularly as her daughter-in-law spoke to her children quite normally ) and it goaded her to contrariness . |
| 27 | She drew away , but he pulled her close again . |
| 28 | She ran rings round him , but he loved her all the same . |
| 29 | He rarely heard from his mother , but he rang her each Christmas morning , wherever he was , and on her birthday , and he sent her maybe a dozen postcards a year . |
| 30 | But it took her some moments to understand exactly what he was saying , her senses reeling at the warmth of the hard naked chest pressed so closely to her soft breasts , her nostrils savouring the erotic , musky scent of his skin . |