Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] her on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he proposed to her on the last night I think she took him because , having been in her room for seven days , she 'd met nobody else and could n't bear to see her investment wasted . ’ |
| 2 | He knelt beside her on the hearthrug . |
| 3 | It was an insight which came to her on the spur of the moment . |
| 4 | Yesterday a Teesside Crown Court jury was told by James Spencer QC , prosecuting : ‘ That lady survives today but she is permanently brain damaged and disabled and she is unable to say what happened to her on the morning on Wednesday , August 29 , 1990 . ’ |
| 5 | Rosen was introduced to Katharine Hamnett by John May , a Face journalist who worked with her on the ill-fated Tomorrow , a magazine that was to be , bravely , ‘ a mix of fashion and politics ’ . |
| 6 | Nevertheless when the Sun story appeared he talked to her on the phone for an hour , her in tears . |
| 7 | The ribbons she laid beside her on the bed and she crushed the crown in her hands until the sharp pieces of broken straw pricked her , hurt her . |
| 8 | He thought of her on the night train to Newcastle ( where he knew of a kindly , broadminded landlady who would see her through her trouble– , and shuddered sympathetically . |
| 9 | ‘ Kerry was in front of me at the start and I went past her on the second mile , ’ she said . |
| 10 | ‘ And do n't worry , ’ said Megan , patting a haversack that lay beside her on the parapet . |
| 11 | Of the twenty original members it is likely that only two ( Sir Keith Joseph and Airey Neave ) voted for her on the first ballot for the leadershiP election in 1975 . |
| 12 | The metal body jumped and bucketed beneath her on the ruts . |
| 13 | ‘ We often spoke to her on the telephone , ’ said Mrs Over . |
| 14 | ‘ I think I 'll take up teaching permanently , ’ she whispered to Bodie , who held her hand as he waited with her on the landing . |
| 15 | Ask my daughter what I said to her on the subject ! |
| 16 | As she sat down on the couch , Ben sat opposite her on the settle , his big body and large head topping the back of it while his short legs hardly touched the floor . |
| 17 | She watched as he sat opposite her on the worn old sofa and proceeded to pour the brandy into the glasses . |
| 18 | Now it sat behind her on the sideboard . |
| 19 | He came and sat beside her on the hearthrug . |
| 20 | Antonietta sat beside her on the settee and explained that a doctor would be along soon . |
| 21 | Myeloski , hands and lips greased with hamburger oil , sat beside her on the sacking that covered the floor and tried to comfort her . |
| 22 | Then , closing the doors firmly behind him , turning the great key , he went across to her and sat beside her on the bed , drawing her close . |
| 23 | His eyes narrowed thoughtfully and to her surprise and confusion he suddenly sat beside her on the settee , turning to her and looking at her closely , his gaze roaming over her flushed and beautiful face . |
| 24 | He came closer and sat beside her on the grass , close , so that she could hardly concentrate on what she was supposed to be saying . |
| 25 | Melissa led the trembling girl to the sitting-room and sat beside her on the window-seat . |
| 26 | Suddenly she switched on a yellow lamp that stood by her on the table and moved the snake-like stem so that Larry 's face was spotlighted as if on stage . |