Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] [prep] her [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ’ . |
| 2 | Some described a future Anne unmarried and unhappy , for instance , or told of her helping and subsequently marrying the second-ranked , male student . |
| 3 | At least , if she was unhappy , or fretted for her family , she did n't say so . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The mother at the end of such an interchange may feel angry , depressed , not valued , or negated by her child . |
| 6 | Lee took them from her and kissed her and whispered in her ear : ‘ Be nice to Conrad , ’ because she knew Philippa considered him decadent and damned . |
| 7 | He kissed her again , on the forehead this time , and whispered in her ear , ‘ Kiss me back , McAllister . |
| 8 | When the man who waited with her crept to her shoulder and whispered in her ear , as he did several times between his nervous pacings about the room , she made him no answer , and never seemed even to be aware of him , though her braced tension made it plain that nothing that passed in this apartment escaped her instant notice . |
| 9 | She went to the till , which jounced and jingled at her bidding . |
| 10 | It was a year or more since they had met , but he ran out of the shop and clung to her elbow . |
| 11 | Feeling sick with relief that she had not run away with a rich man , Frankie shook his head vigorously in agreement and clung to her arm . |
| 12 | Helen stopped and gazed at her goddaughter searchingly . |
| 13 | It was apparent to Cassie that the discovery that she wore very little beneath her outer clothing had had a powerfully erotic effect upon him , and now he pushed aside the bodice and gazed at her breast , at the same time remarking appreciatively : ‘ You 're an astonishing girl , Cassie . |
| 14 | Helen let out a wail and plunged for her doll . |
| 15 | ‘ I was desperate when I rang Anne and asked for her help . |
| 16 | Before she could add , as she was evidently about to , that she never bought anything at the door , he announced himself hurriedly and asked for her husband . |
| 17 | ‘ They are very different , ’ he replied as he leaned forward and toyed with her necklace . |
| 18 | Mrs Stych brought her plate to the table , picked up her fork and toyed with her food . |
| 19 | Ruth lowered her dark lashes and toyed with her cutlery . |
| 20 | She expected his suspicion and passed across her wallet of blue plastic . |
| 21 | His gently probing fingers touched the first dainty hairs of her bonny thatch , and crept through her undergrowth like a lizard through the forest . |
| 22 | Esther Dyson , a pretty deaf woman aged 23 without any speech , who worked at a thread-mill in Ecclesfield and lived with her brother , who was also deaf without speech , was accused of the murder . |
| 23 | Celia looked unconvinced as Christina left the house and got into her car to drive to Bridgetown . |
| 24 | A mumbled , incoherent sound bubbled and surfaced in her throat , and she clung to him for support , her fingers twisting in the silk of his shirt . |
| 25 | She felt the burden of their eyes upon her , and rose from her bench silently , waiting . |
| 26 | Aunt Tossie had a faint dribble of desire at the corners of her mouth when , at length , she laid down the slate pencil and rose from her chair to face Mrs Geary , her companion in what was to be an immortal triumph : its finale that most acceptable of puddings before diets and regimens were conceived : a really beautiful Trifle . |
| 27 | Then she nodded with decision and rose from her chair . |
| 28 | Even in death , some members of the Glencairn family could not forget that she had been a commoner and objected to her burial in the vault . |
| 29 | In 1857 Leslie married one of his young music pupils , Mary Betsey , daughter of William Henry Perry , physician , and moved to her family home , Bryn Tanat , on the Welsh border . |
| 30 | In 1868 , when William was thirteen , his father died in China and so the widowed Harriet Smith sold the Pennyland property and moved with her family into Thurso , accepting the offer of her brother , Alexander Fraser , to take William into his home and warehouse business in Glasgow . |