Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] her [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It must have been the word " social " that created for her this image , a word judiciously expunged from later versions of the verse . |
| 2 | It seemed for her that space itself was now slowly constricting . |
| 3 | I suffered with her that evening , right through every moment , and when I went to bed at around midnight I could still hear her crying into her pillow — not a sound that sends a mother peacefully to sleep . |
| 4 | Grown-ups have things to do , you know , an' they ca n't always explain them … well — ' She put her arm around the narrow shoulders and pulled the child into her side , and when again the arm came around her waist and the head was pressed between her breasts there arose in her that pain that was both an ache and a pleasure : a pleasure that had no future that she could see ; a pleasure that she had been deprived of all during her womanhood . |
| 5 | ‘ In my view the duty was cast on the plaintiffs to see that the wife had separate and independent advice before they took from her this benefit , and … in view of the absence of independent advice , the document could not stand . |
| 6 | She 'd as soon trust a rattlesnake when he looked at her that way ! |
| 7 | When he looked at her that way he had the most uncanny knack of making her believe he could see right into her soul , and it was a deeply uncomfortable sensation . |
| 8 | Well , well she was , she was standing outside , I mean I looked at her this morning and I 've loo so I 've sort of looked at her , and I was going to speak to her and then this fella walked up and I thought , I , I mean I could n't gauge whether , and I mean my , I , I was thinking what I was going to say anyway , I was going to say er you know sa is it Paula so you perhaps do n't remember me but I , I , and then I was going to say I 'm Adrian , Adrian |
| 9 | I honestly do n't know , when I spoke to her this morning she said she has n't erm for a , for a few weeks now she has n't placed anybody |
| 10 | In the same way that he now helped his wife to dress , and waited upon her all day long , Wilson sought out people to keep her company . |
| 11 | That were what she said to her that day and she says to you , if you carry on I 'm gon na have you put in that orphan 's home . |
| 12 | ‘ Good pony you 've got there , young lady , ’ Artemis 's father said to her some time later , as they walked quietly on . |
| 13 | Then she turned round and she said , I said to her those beds are soaking , I said . |
| 14 | That were first thing I said to her this morning , I says d' ya ask |
| 15 | When he had gone Sarah carried on with her chores , but Garry 's words stayed with her all evening . |