Example sentences of "[to-vb] her [art] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She must persuade him of her good intentions — for it had never crossed her mind that she would not repay him — but she must also try to convince him of the seriousness of her situation and persuade him to grant her a bit of leeway . |
| 2 | Where we might have expected him to grant her the respect of verse , he goes on in the same business-like prose : ‘ How now , Kate ? |
| 3 | Perhaps he was going to try to sell her a story for the column ? |
| 4 | ‘ Invalid and invalid as in having no effect , ’ Fernando grumbled as he went to pour her a drink from a jug on the table . |
| 5 | The Eldest Son 's wife had gone quickly to fetch her a glass of tepid water , which she drank carefully , tipping her mask back fractionally to accommodate the glass . |
| 6 | The doctor went to fetch her a glass of water . |
| 7 | Her work on the project is strongly tipped to win her a place among the nine finalists of the competition , whose work will be developed at at National Theatre workshops involving members and patrons in July . |
| 8 | ‘ Not a play to miss , ’ she said in the interval , while Herman had gone running round Sloane Square to buy her a box of chocolates . |
| 9 | I was hoping to buy her a ring for Christmas but we just could n't afford it . ’ |
| 10 | When he offered to buy her a house in Blackpool , her request was for a simple terrace house , similar to the one in which they had spent their early life together . |
| 11 | When a kind and affluent sister-in-law offered to buy her a house in the suburbs of London , she asked , " What will my boys do there ? " |
| 12 | Then to stop her crying , anything to stop that , he had to buy her the set of antique-look brass fire-irons she had set her heart on for the lounge , to give an extra touch of authenticity to the rustic stone fireplace and the imitation-log gas fire . |
| 13 | On the other hand , if he really had anything constructive to say to her she could n't allow phantom fears to deny her the opportunity of listening to him . |
| 14 | It would be heartless to deny her the pleasure of feeling that she is making a useful contribution to the preparation of meals , but it would be equally unkind not to make it clear to her from the beginning just who will be in charge and wearing the chef 's hat ! |
| 15 | He looked after Lucy during the day while I was at work , but I found out afterwards that he used to leave her a lot with my friends upstairs . |
| 16 | On the days when he used to leave her a note in the morning she knew well enough that there was no good to be hoped for in replying to it . |
| 17 | I must mention one member — Angela ( nee Feetenby ) — for her help to me has been second to none — not only do I congratulate her for that but on your behalf I want to wish her every happiness in her new life — she was married last July to Harry Bell . |
| 18 | The fact that she and Hugh happened to fit the bill seemed to give her every opportunity for finding out . |
| 19 | ( Yet some instinct told me that I must be careful to give her no cause for having a grievance . |
| 20 | Oddly enough , it even , while it lasted , seemed to give her a sense of purpose in life . |
| 21 | Mrs Johnson was as kind as ever and willingly agreed to give her a bed for the night . |
| 22 | Moscow was also offended by the refusal of the Anglo-Americans to give her a share in controlling the German industrial heartland , the Ruhr , which lay in the British zone . |
| 23 | ‘ Any damages are not going to give her a holiday in the Caribbean . ’ |
| 24 | How was I to know it would give her a heart attack when it reacted unfavourably with some other medicine she was taking/ I only meant to give her a bit of discomfort . |
| 25 | Nellie would have liked Liam to have opened his next branch in New York , just to give her a chance of seeing her brothers and Noreen , but Liam had been adamant . |
| 26 | The death of Elise , and Max 's desertion — had they combined to give her a look of pathos ? |
| 27 | Her background was a few rungs up from the Jenkinses and that elementary social fact helped to give her a poise in the face of his ever-increasing sureness . |
| 28 | ‘ Perhaps one of her patients came back to give her a taste of her own vicious medicine , ’ Eloise snapped . |
| 29 | Once a week , Aunt Margaret defied the banging , popping , gangrenous , gas-flaring monster of the bathroom geyser all for Victoria 's sake , to give her a bath in three inches of snot-green , brackish , warmish water , which took ten minutes to trickle from the geyser 's brutish snout into the tub . |
| 30 | The woman detective had gone off with Roxie Farmer to give her a cup of tea and sit in her house keeping an eye on her . |