Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] her in [adj] " in BNC.

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1 I was fourteen then , I 'd seen her in National Velvet , and had been barmy about her ever since .
2 Whenever the two women were together , the conflict of loyalties had torn her in two .
3 Those who had seen her in this mood before faded quietly out of reach ; others got their fingers burnt .
4 Believe me , if I had seen her in any other place , I would have dismissed her as a witch from a mummer 's play .
5 Basquiat 's estate , administered by his accountant father , still faces lawsuits from a dealer asking for $900,000 for three paintings Basquiat had promised her in 1982 but never delivered .
6 And as he held his finger to his lips , she remembered that he had told her in strict confidence that the complex belonged to him .
7 Nobody had helped her in this wonderful , cultured city .
8 She had phoned in sick straight after she 'd got home that dreadful morning and spent the next couple of days trying to come to terms with what had happened , but there was no way she could ever accept what Luke had done , how he had used her in that unscrupulous way .
9 As he moved away , Shannon sent a silent stream of curses after the mischievous imp in her soul which had landed her in this , desperately trying to remember the instructions she 'd skimmed through in the beginners ' ‘ learn-to-ski ’ handbook Kelly had given her .
10 He had found her in one of the outlying villages .
11 Olga , the brighter of the two , had clamoured to be allowed to go to college in Tollemarche , and both parents had encouraged her in this , hoping she would become a school-teacher ; but she had met Boyd Stych and got married instead .
12 The people who had put her in such a tizzy were a solicitor , a computer analyst and someone in advertising .
13 Her evidence was that being interviewed by two senior police officers had put her in considerable fear and trepidation and that her confession was accordingly not a true one .
14 Lizzy 's butter-wouldn't-melt-in-her-mouth image had kept her in good stead the last few years , but soon she wanted to break away .
15 The girls ' parents had held her in high regard and they had become firm friends .
16 It seemed incredible now that Luke had held her in those heart-rocking moments , that the hands which were now thrust deeply into his pockets had caressed her until she was torn with longing .
17 Flora Macdonald 's fancy , Allan , had married her in 1750 when she was twenty-eight .
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