Example sentences of "[vb past] she [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her General Practitioner referred her to the surgical Outpatients Clinic where the surgeon examined her and placed her on the waiting list for stripping ( removal ) of varicose veins . |
| 2 | The coroner , Harold Price , heard at Walthamstow Coroner 's Court in north-east London that baby Kim 's GP and health visitor referred her to the social services on the day she died , said it was vital that such referrals should be made as soon as possible . |
| 3 | Blood tests revealed Louise 's haemoglobin level was down and doctors referred her to the local hospital . |
| 4 | The test came back positive and Fiona 's doctor referred her to the top London expert in toxoplasma . |
| 5 | He often visited her in the early months , talking as if the passive figure in the background was n't there . |
| 6 | Things that filled her with joy and drew her into the everyday lives of the two people she had loved for so many lonely years . |
| 7 | Lifting her with effortless strength to her feet , he cradled her against the hard strength of his own body . |
| 8 | She said that the sale provided her with the out-of-print material needed for research . |
| 9 | This provided her with the ideal opportunity to research and write a book about the local food , which resulted in the publication of The Taste of Cyprus ( Interworld Publications , £5.95 ) , an enjoyable look at seasonal Cypriot cooking . |
| 10 | A Salvation Army boy who was studying medicine invited her to the Christian Union . |
| 11 | She was not there and after running frantically around the garden he eventually found her beside the old hanging tree at the bottom of the path . |
| 12 | A change to teaching English to Italian children brought worse problems with ‘ il Signor Conte ’ , and a period married to a sisal farmer in Portuguese East Africa found her in the worst place on God 's earth . |
| 13 | Nobody helped her beyond the poor sad girl at the library to whom she was kind and who now bounded about the romantic fiction section for her , feverishly pulling down titles she thought Kitty would like . |
| 14 | " I 'm sorry , can I … " she motioned towards the door , and he helped her through the packed people , using his elbow to get them out of the way . |
| 15 | He threw the luggage into the boot of her hired car and helped her into the front seat . |
| 16 | A longer length of rope was circled around her shoulders and under the table , then over her gorgeous breasts and downwards until her rib cage was completely covered in coiled rope , which fastened her to the hard wooden table . |
| 17 | Then , before she realised what was happening , he fastened her in the double stirrups , binding her hands and feet . |
| 18 | I phoned her on the fourth night to say goodnight to her that was all . |
| 19 | Listening to her talk about the make of corset she wore and the neckline shape that best suited her , speaking on these matters with the kind of solemnity they would only have brought to bear on the country 's economic situation or the future of the United Nations , they regarded her with the polite incomprehension with which they would have looked at a Martian . |
| 20 | The blow caught her on the right side of her face , high on the cheek bone , beneath the eye . |
| 21 | Rose gave a yelp of rage , her arm shot out and Evelyn gave an involuntary cry as the stone caught her on the left shoulder . |
| 22 | In an effort to find an ally in helping her , I mentioned her to the local priest . |
| 23 | Then Folly reached the top of the steps , and the woman noticed her for the first time . |
| 24 | ‘ It 's delicious , ’ Melissa assured her after the first mouthful . |
| 25 | ‘ You will not be coming back , ’ he assured her in the same arrogant tone . |
| 26 | Thin and tiny in stature , her back was as straight as an arrow , but her legs often pained her in the cooler winter and spring weather . |
| 27 | He moved closer , delving in the pocket of his dinner jacket to lift out a carton of cigarettes and light one , his pale eyes gleaming as he studied her over the glowing tip . |
| 28 | … nothing prepared her for the angry letter she received from the Duke of Edinburgh soon afterwards . |
| 29 | In 1939 appointment to the Disney chair of archaeology distinguished her as the first woman professor in the university . |
| 30 | Finally , she left for the airfield in a pale-green safari suit , which marked her a soldier 's wife but distinguished her from the lesser spouses . |