Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [verb] her [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to Gregory the slanders against Fredegund were intended to drive her from the court , thus facilitating the elevation of her stepson , Clovis , to the throne . |
| 2 | After her marriage attempts were made to unseat her from the London School Board because of the alleged illegality of her name . |
| 3 | Determined but polite efforts were made to interest her in the purchase of tomatoes , plums , oranges , artichokes , mussels , scallops , chickens and even a swordfish steak . |
| 4 | So we made them a cup of tea and hopefully they were going to talk her into it . |
| 5 | And I was very worried because the lady that was going to be paying for the job was just down there and if we were n't careful we were going to kill her with the wardrobe . |
| 6 | We were going to tell her on her birthday , that 's two weeks from today . ’ |
| 7 | And erm they were going to send her for an interview straight away . |
| 8 | Suddenly the senior courtiers who had sniffily averted their eyes when the Princess approached were forced to treat her with more respect . |
| 9 | Eventually we were forced to release her on a technicality . |
| 10 | The one time they were encouraged to sit her on a chair , after she had scratched her sister , both parents moved over to her and fussed her , talking and explaining to her why they were putting her on the chair . |
| 11 | Englishmen were afraid that France might be able to dominate Europe and were determined to hold her in check . |
| 12 | Every time she put her nose out of the door , there he seemed to be , and if he was n't outside he was inside , making provocative remarks that were guaranteed to drive her into a fury . |
| 13 | The locks on her office door were changed to prevent her from gaining access . |
| 14 | She could not possibly have known the misery such a revelation would cause him , because now he was forbidden to call her by any other name and he knew from painful experience that Tom Fish would not relent until he had his way . |
| 15 | As it was American atomic attitudes in this period hardened British resolution not to be bullied out of the business and not to acquiesce in an American monopoly ; it encouraged her determination to be a nuclear power for the sake of the influence this was expected to give her in Washington ! |
| 16 | This man she 's married finally came to his senses , but he was refusing to marry her at one point . |
| 17 | When Anna was three years old it was decided to put her in foal , but many nose twitches , injections , and rectal examinations later , she was still not pregnant ; so she was sold . |
| 18 | Consciousness deteriorated and , since the pain ‘ could no longer be relieved ’ , it was decided to kill her with a large dose of opioids . |
| 19 | Neither ailment had been positively identified when she arrived at the Royal and it was decided to transfer her for further investigation . |
| 20 | The doctor came within the half-hour , and spent some time with Rebecca before deciding that an ambulance was needed to take her to the Marshes . |
| 21 | More weather rail weight was needed to keep her on her feet . |
| 22 | To be frank I was going to give her to you to break in . ’ |
| 23 | I was going to call her into my office but I thought that would be a little heartless . ’ |
| 24 | There was also fear that he was going to punish her in some unpleasant way for Jason 's actions , and other , deeper fears that even now she refused to acknowledge . |
| 25 | Just as well she had such guts really , because no one was going to love her for her feminine self . |
| 26 | ‘ She 's remembered she found a brochure for a hotel in Northumberland and she leapt to the conclusion that Garry was going to surprise her with an unexpected holiday . |
| 27 | He was going to lose her for good and was powerless to stop the inexorable wheel of Fortune from taking her from him . |
| 28 | Caroline remembered that moment when she had thought Nicolo was going to take her in his arms . |
| 29 | If anyone found out and if Alain was angry she would fight it out later , but for now she had come a long way , she was tired , disappointed , and nobody was going to stop her from staying here . |
| 30 | Uncle Harry was going to cast her as the hitchhiker in Mondo Desire . |