Example sentences of "[vb past] her [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 She was pleased when Marguerite invited her to help with the evening meal .
2 One day , when Sam found her weeping in a corner nursing a black eye , he told her she had got to stop .
3 When Ludovico came back to the apartment with food for lunch and found her stripped to the waist , washing herself in the cracked kitchen sink , he immediately started making love to her , pushing her back until the taps dug into her .
4 He found her lying with a cold compress on her forehead , the pupils of her eyes strangely dilated .
5 I walked inside , came upstairs … and found her lying on the bed .
6 She was seen by neighbours as she made her way along Athelstane Road towards her home , minutes before passers-by found her lying on the pavement .
7 Isa Blagden , arriving one day to look over the Casa Guidi , called on Wilson and found her lying in a dark room , huddled under the covers of her bed , the Bible in her hand and tears streaming down her face .
8 Police found her lying in a pool of blood with the murder weapon nearby .
9 A friend of the dead woman found her lying in a pool of blood on the kitchen floor .
10 I found her lying among the Foinmen . "
11 I went looking for Mathilda and found her working in the buttery with the other maids .
12 When he came home he found her peering into the well of his top hat .
13 The next day found her driving round the busy , bustling city of Sheffield , desperately trying to keep one eye on the traffic , and the other on the directions scrawled on a piece of paper .
14 They found her sitting at the table with the Telegraph , nibbling toast .
15 He found her sitting at the desk which was quite clear .
16 She found her sitting on a bench beneath a stark tree in the college grounds , in a snowy landscape .
17 ‘ We found her sitting in the loo lighting up . ’
18 It was an impressive narrative , and impressively narrated ; Clara found her craving for the bizarre and the involved richly satisfied .
19 I found her standing by the sink , which she was filling with hot water .
20 I helped her prepare for the date , pressing her nicest blouse , lending her my best necklace and polishing her shoes .
21 While Kahlo 's art helped her to deal with the vicissitudes of her life , for most audiences it is her life story which allows access to her art .
22 My aunt , the last survivor of my mother 's family , had lost her sister the previous year , and I helped her to arrange for the sale of most of the contents of her house , and for her own establishment in a club .
23 Now in receipt of government support ( and offering particular help for people under 30 ) , the Trust helped her apply for a Westminster Enterprise grant .
24 He managed to keep working , paid for his board and lodging , helped her to look after the handicapped boy and did a few jobs around the house .
25 Alex recounted her meeting with the young painter and they laughed together .
26 Isabel stopped her pacing about the room and looked at de Raimes in surprise .
27 Not that it stopped her talking about the Jesus who was the centre of her life .
28 The last word contorted to a scream as Merlyn let her go with a thrust that sent her rocking unbalanced in Rain 's direction .
29 He said it 's happened before and he advised her to go to the police and er so he , he said er when and the police st told her , when you come back we 'll have all this typed out i and she came back all with a flask all bandaged up and she said the chemist advised me to go to the police and er so she said that 's why I 've been a long time , because I 've been to the police and reported it .
30 He said , it 's happened before and he advised her to go to the police and er so he , he said er when and the police told her when you come back we 'll have all this typed out , your statement but we 'll need you to sign so tell the coach driver to stay at , stop at the police station for you to sign it and I , I said to her , how , how did you manage to stop that boy ?
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