Example sentences of "[to-vb] her [noun sg] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ To meet her couturier at the Hilton . |
| 2 | Changed , he returned into the lounge to find her standing at the window again , as if watching for the assassin 's return . |
| 3 | The devaluation of sterling was accompanied by a grudging American agreement that Britain should be allowed to limit her European responsibilities in order to preserve her role at the centre of the Sterling Area . |
| 4 | Leaning on me , she had an arm free to wave her stick at the horizon . |
| 5 | She stepped on to the train , allowing one minor satisfaction to screen her anxiety at the absence of a major one . |
| 6 | So , when Joe shoots to death his teenage mistress , Dorcas , and a deranged Violet decides to disfigure her rival at the funeral , it 's no surprise that the past rushes back to take its rightful place . |
| 7 | Whatever the police said or did , decided Meryl , she was going to resign her post at the District . |
| 8 | Ibn Fayoud and his blonde of the day ; Annie , hardly able to conceal her astonishment at the way Kelly had been able to ride after the events of the previous night ; Bill himself , flushed and more inarticulate than ever . |
| 9 | For Angela Allen had to abandon her vigil at the bedside of 10-month-old Laura in a Birmingham hospital to return to her St Helens home where her husband had been found dead in bed . |
| 10 | … wanted Karen to leave her job at the factory ? |
| 11 | Andrea Whitcombe led almost from start to finish to retain her title at the Women 's National Cross-Country Championships at Birkenhead . |
| 12 | She looked up quickly , doing nothing to disguise her surprise at the fact that he would only apparently be at OBEX on a part-time basis . |
| 13 | The appointment ended three weeks of political uncertainty during which Sheikh Hasina Wajed , leader of the second-largest party , the Awami League , challenged Begum Zia to demonstrate her majority at the first session of the newly elected Jatiya Sangsad ( National Assembly ) , scheduled for April 5 . |
| 14 | Was he furious because she 'd led him on only to change her mind at the last minute ? |
| 15 | Then suddenly , and sweetly , she began to realise that , since Travis was no more to her than a good friend , and she was still going to have her job at the end of all this , when it finally did end , it was going to be she who had the last laugh — and not N. Massingham Esquire . |
| 16 | The elegant one turned the neatly-coiffed head on her long neck and looked apprehensively around the room , careful to suppress her alarm at the primitive scene into which she had intruded . |
| 17 | Had n't Nathan trusted her to take her turn at the helm while he slept ? |
| 18 | The Prince of Wales has offered to take her place at the service if necessary . |
| 19 | ‘ It having been stated to Samuel Whitbread Esq. , and to me … that Mary Flint , now in the Bedford Infirmary , is in danger of death in consequence of the wounds and injuries which she received from you , we intend to take her examination at the said Infirmary on Tuesday 8th October inst. at 1 o'clock of the afternoon of which I give you this notice that you may if you think proper be present . ’ |
| 20 | But where she had expected harshness she felt instead only the soft warmth of his lips on her throat , and a rush of longing coursed through her entire body , strong enough to make her buckle at the knees . |
| 21 | Twice US Open champion , Tracy Austin , is expected to make her comeback at the event . |
| 22 | Twice US Open champion , Tracy Austin , is expected to make her comeback at the event . |