Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] her the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the order came she reached down to help an older woman to her feet and passed her the well-wrapped bundle , then she turned her back on the men and was swallowed by the mass of female prisoners . |
| 2 | Then Tess went up to her mother , put her head on Joan 's shoulder , and told her the whole story . |
| 3 | I got to , Benguiat 's girlfriend and told her the whole story and told her to explain to Benguiat and calm him down and he had like threatened to come to Parkinson 's speech and disrupt it and scream liar and things like that at him . |
| 4 | ‘ Look at this , ’ he said to Cleo , and handed her the delicate instrument , which was a web of vanes and strings . |
| 5 | Doyle smiled , almost beautifully , as though everything had come right , and handed her the small gun . |
| 6 | He ripped open one of the little silver foil packets and handed her the lubricated ring of rubber . |
| 7 | Apuleius believed she was mother to the gods of the Roman Empire — DIANA , MINERVA , Venus , HECATE , etc. — and awarded her the additional responsibility of ensuring the welfare of sailors through the use of a celestial wooden rudder which controlled the wind and waves . |
| 8 | A panel of experts decided Kate 's winning menu made the best use of French cheese and awarded her the top prize a Concorde flight to Paris for a supersonic celebration . |
| 9 | I pulled back the glass panel between us and gave her the ritual Belfast greeting . |
| 10 | He hesitated before her a moment , and then he took her hands and bent his head , and gave her the solemn kiss of kinship ; and before she could draw breath and touch her astonished fingers to her lips , he was out of the paddock and away across the clearing into the trees . |
| 11 | He cleared the summerhouse so she would have a studio , and gave her the only key . |
| 12 | Bedelia was busy roasting dandelion roots , I thanked her for having us and gave her the royal wave . |
| 13 | Morton crossed to the cupboard and gave her the brown-paper parcel . |