Example sentences of "[vb past] her [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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31 | Linda recognised her from the previous day at school . |
32 | The popular myth paints a homely picture of the Queen Mother ducking around Diana as she schooled her in the subtle arts of royal protocol while the Queen 's senior lady-in-waiting , Lady Susan Hussey took the young woman aside for tuition in regal history . |
33 | She gave her name and address , and P.C. Clifford then drove her to the big office block in Upper Thames Street , just round the corner . |
34 | he bound her hands and raped her … he then drove her to the nearby village of Olney … where she was raped again … |
35 | He drove her to the very edge of ecstasy and then , as the quivering tide of sensation gathered momentum , he tipped her over and down into the fiery vortex . |
36 | Harriet drove her to the local hospital as soon as the pains started in mid-afternoon and , knowing how hazardous the road back in the dark could be at this time of the year , brought an overnight bag so that she could stay at a nearby hotel . |
37 | Britain 's golden girl missed out by a stride on an £86,000 jackpot when arch-rival Sandra Farmer-Patrick pipped her in the 400 metres hurdles at the IAAF Grand Prix final and also won the women 's overall title . |
38 | They were watching her intently , with a look that disconcerted her and excited her at the same time . |
39 | Dreamer came up to Tallis and tugged and twisted her from the frozen ground . |
40 | Mota , from Portugal , suffered yet again with a mysterious stomach complaint , which affected her during the last world championships . |
41 | Then , after a whispered word with one of the cousins , Angel and he galloped up on either side of her and neatly lifted her off the little black mare . |
42 | Strong hands lifted her from the rocking horse , and sat her on the table . |
43 | Jean Cocteau , Peggy Guggenheim tells us in her autobiography Confessions of an Art Addict , received her for the first time comfortably horizontal between the sheets , smoking opium . |
44 | Brownie Owl was very sympathetic when Penny told her about the lost budgie . |
45 | While they ate their first course , a delicately flavoured clear soup , Nathan told her about the winemaking establishments which lay along the shore to the south of the town . |
46 | But I did n't tell her everything at first , I just told her about the first two instances . |
47 | I told her about the Scottish physicist Charles ( C.T.R. ) Wilson 's interest in meteorology and of his accidental discovery of the tracks . |
48 | I told her about the tragic young man . |
49 | So Brenda told her about the adventurous ride by the short cut . |
50 | No hearts were going to be broken , he told her with the frankest face , if he were to run off with a Protestant and have a dozen kids . |
51 | I told her of the dead snake that you and she had found once , and which had been your special secret . |
52 | I told her of the big green seas , all crinkled and slow , heaving up astern as the icy wind scoured their tops into freezing spume . |
53 | The warm , soft-seeming lead beneath her feet and the sharp-knapped flint and stone under her hand only partially secured her against the deep fear of falling . |
54 | At the same time she knew that her gender isolated her from the ritualised socialising of other senior officers . |
55 | He showed her over the nearby castle , took her for long drives , and on the last day of his — as he called it — ‘ snatched holiday ’ , seemingly relaxed and happy to be playing truant from the demands of his busy life , he drove to Bettystown . |
56 | When she arrived , minus dogs this time , as they would have destroyed the solemnity — Flora showed her into the back room . |
57 | He joined her on the cushioned seat . |
58 | Markby joined her on the further side and they both stopped to watch as their bovine companions lumbered up and stood in a row staring at them expectantly , tossing muddy heads . |
59 | Charlie followed Mrs Shorrocks into Number 110 , joined her in the tiny kitchen and collapsed on to a wooden chair . |
60 | She could n't even accuse him of laying a finger on her , since she was always fast asleep when he joined her in the large bed , and the twins arrived to wake her up in the morning . |