Example sentences of "[to-vb] her [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Finally , they consulted an educational psychologist who advised the parents that , in view of their constant travelling Emma 's needs would best be served by a boarding school to provide her with some stability . |
| 2 | While Helen 's day was filled by the demands of her young charges and the vain attempts of Mrs Webb to train her in some orderliness in domestic affairs , Edward continued to tend her father 's grave . |
| 3 | Michael might come to visit her at any time . |
| 4 | It was as if he wanted to destroy her in some way . |
| 5 | Lady Elizabeth Hoby was a striking woman in more ways than one ; her portrait seems to endow her with more strength and resolution than actual good looks . |
| 6 | He looked as if he would like to sear her with another acid remark but he remained silent , as she did , apart from a few non-committal remarks , all through dinner . |
| 7 | Something must be done to free her from this grip . |
| 8 | The worker , at the time , is not able to interrupt the woman to help her with that problem but after she leaves the bureau the adviser feels extremely worried about it . |
| 9 | Got time to help her with this shopping and bloody come and get your mail ! |
| 10 | It is not recommended to exercise her in this condition , because of the unwelcomed attention she will receive , and the risk of her becoming pregnant . |
| 11 | ‘ Is Francesca still in New York ? ’ the brat was asking anxiously , and McLeish , who had not wanted to discuss her in this company , found he had to reassure Jamie about her whereabouts and probable date of return . |
| 12 | Jezrael wondered whose memory was being replayed inside her mind to guide her through this metal rat-run . |
| 13 | I was , however , able to reassure her on this point , as I could see no prospects of my ever getting close enough to any American for him to even ask my name , never mind ask me to marry him — and in the 1940 's you did have to wait to be asked . |
| 14 | Now they have aerial wires attached to the masts and they made me think they must intend to use her for some sort of electronic surveillance . |
| 15 | Not to psychoanalyse her in any way , but we all became the Big Sisters to Debbi . |
| 16 | Lowell had tried to form her in that woman 's image . |
| 17 | Spennymoor impresario John Wray met Angie last summer and was inspired to book her for several tours of the North-East . |
| 18 | They had been trying to contact her for several days . |
| 19 | Now she realised that if Travis got to Lori her cousin would say anything to land her in more trouble , thus playing right into Travis 's hands . |
| 20 | Rachel has started packing up to leave , and I try to divert her with more coffee . |
| 21 | Athelstan pulled Benedicta closer into the side of the house to protect her from any snow falling from the small canopied hood of the doorway . |
| 22 | For the listener , there is nothing to keep her to this role unless she happens to have a partner whose talk is engaging ( or , of course , there may be extrinsic pressures of , for example , wanting to please teacher , which because it is always a possible element in children 's work I will not keep referring to but will take for granted ) . |
| 23 | As her parting shot she told me never to phone her at this time of the night again . |
| 24 | She could not imagine who might want to see her at this time on a Saturday morning . |
| 25 | I remembered that I had promised to see her about some poems she had written and had nervously asked me to read . |
| 26 | I thought it would be much easier to see her in those sort of surroundings . |
| 27 | Suddenly the senior courtiers who had sniffily averted their eyes when the Princess approached were forced to treat her with more respect . |
| 28 | However , because I knew her at close quarters only during her maiden years and have not seen her once since she went to the West Country to become ‘ Mrs Benn ’ , you will perhaps excuse my impropriety in referring to her as I knew her , and in my mind have continued to call her throughout these years . |
| 29 | All the ruthless attempts to force her from this allegiance have not shaken her faith . |
| 30 | If only there were some way to release her from this bondage , turn her again into what she had been ; a young actress on her way to the top of the ladder , as Papa had often put it ! |