Example sentences of "[vb -s] her [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the child says , ‘ I dislike Auntie Kate ’ but seeks her company , holds her by the hand when they go out for a walk , and so on , we would conclude that he has not understood the word dislike . |
| 2 | She is told that if she catches sight of him when he visits her in the darkness , he will leave her . |
| 3 | I think he kills her in the end , the young man , I mean . ’ |
| 4 | She runs away but it bears down and casts her to the ground . |
| 5 | The fact that he rapes her on the night that Stella 's baby is born , on their bed , and in his wedding pyjamas makes Stanley seem even more bestial . |
| 6 | He motions her towards the lift . |
| 7 | In the forest insectivores with non-sociable behaviour , the male pursues the female , courts her , and leads her to the nest he has built . |
| 8 | The spontaneity of metaphoric innovation in the speech of the professor 's children leads her to the revelation that words once thought of as ‘ the bare bones of language ’ are actually alive with flesh . |
| 9 | He moves to the window alongside , and sees her inside the office moving away from the door . |
| 10 | When the ‘ deception ’ has gone far enough Radio 1 ’ s Simon Mayo introduces her to the crowd and miles the ecstatic applause for the benefit of the listening millions tuned into the national pop radio station taking the Roadshow live . |
| 11 | Samy slaps her across the face and storms out , criticizing her for suggesting actions that could cost him his job . |
| 12 | He takes her to the theatre . ’ |
| 13 | Builder Ken , 48 , takes her to the park , lets Dawn water his precious plants and buys her 10 sweets a day . |
| 14 | Builder Ken , 48 , takes her to the park , lets Dawn water his precious plants and buys her 10 sweets a day . |
| 15 | HAMLET , with his doublet all unbraced , no hat upon his head , his stockings fouled , ungartered and down-gyred to his ankle , pale as his shirt , his knees knocking each other … and with a look so piteous , he takes her by the wrist and holds her hard , then he goes to the length of his arm , and with his other hand over his brow , falls to such perusal of her face as he would draw it … |
| 16 | While she is occupied in examining the gift , he quickly scuttles over her and ties her to the ground with bonds of silk before he risks an embrace . |
| 17 | Arrangements for the separation are made , an intermediary visits her in Brighton , where he finds her on the pier reading a novel , ‘ the title of which remains unknown ’ . |
| 18 | When he tickles her on the tummy for photographers , she bats his hand away . |
| 19 | She tells me the ambulance is on its way , then she fetches Ma downstairs and sits her by the Rayburn . |
| 20 | And he gets the spade and hits her on the head with it and he goes , I never want to talk to you again and he kicks her in the head . |
| 21 | Giselle discovers Albrecht 's deceit when Bathilde confronts her with the fact that the Count Albrecht is her fiancé . |
| 22 | It is only later when Bathilde confronts her with the news that Albrecht is her fiancé that Giselle realises the truth and loses her reason . |
| 23 | Ruether does not think in terms of a God who is transcendent above history and acts as an agent in history ; and this we might say lets her off the hook as far as the theodicy question is concerned . |
| 24 | She describes her readers ' profession as ‘ dynamic and exciting ’ , all of which presents her with the problem of writing content erudite yet lively , weighty but not pompous . |
| 25 | The infant Elizabeth will learn that being promised a sweet for behaving herself will result in more than the mere probability of its arrival ; the penny will have dropped when she realises that a promise entitles her to the reward — it is her due , to which she has a right . |
| 26 | So he goes quietly home , sits and watches the telly with her a while ; then , in the commercial break perhaps , he leans forward , taps her on the head with whatever he has selected for the job , waits a couple of hours , then rings us . ’ |
| 27 | However , a memorial stone in the chancel floor of St Stephen 's identifies her as the daughter of James Dixon , barrister . |
| 28 | He tells her about the pencil-case and the four-colour propelling pencil . |
| 29 | He also ignores her during the day when he is busy with his mathematics . |
| 30 | When the pair begin to spawn , the male , who is smaller than she is , climbs on her back and clasps her around the throat . |