Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [verb] her in " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Englishmen were afraid that France might be able to dominate Europe and were determined to hold her in check . |
| 3 | 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 ! |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Caroline remembered that moment when she had thought Nicolo was going to take her in his arms . |
| 7 | But now he was going to see her in the flesh . |
| 8 | She thought someone was coming to fetch her in a boat to take her away . |
| 9 | And this goblin came along one day and says to this peedie fairy that like he was coming to get her in the morning . |
| 10 | No one else was allowed to overrule her in the boardroom . |
| 11 | I was allowed to see her in the visiting room , but if some of the girls knew you were from C1 they 'd call you muppet . |
| 12 | Anon she was not placed in the royal vault ; rather the opportunity was taken to put her in the Villiers vault in 1776 when the neighbouring Percy vault was opened for the reception of the remains of the First Duchess of Northumberland . |
| 13 | He was trying to put her in the wrong again . |
| 14 | One minute he was kissing her as if he never wanted it to stop , and the next he was trying to protect her in some cryptic , jaded way from a danger that seemed clear to him but was a mystery to her . |
| 15 | Sooner or later she would have found out for herself , and the interrogation would have been worse still if she 'd thought Rory was trying to keep her in the dark about such a momentous event in her life . |
| 16 | He was determined to torment her in any way he could . |