Example sentences of "[vb infin] her [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 Using a heavy Tesco bag to help batter her way through the TV crews and a gaggle of amused onlookers , she reached the National Westminster Bank just after water privatisation 's witching hour of 10am .
2 He had asked Christina to attend this meeting too , saying he 'd value her opinion on the revised pool plans which Paul was bringing in .
3 If you think I will respect her honour to the point of releasing her , you much mistake the matter ! ’
4 The final section will discuss her representation of the female body , especially in relation to contemporary ideals of beauty .
5 The difference was that when constructing a plot she was able to invent clues that would subtly direct her readers in the direction of the guilty person while strewing their path with red herrings .
6 These were the ‘ bit more television ’ Blanche wanted to watch , since she believed they would help freshen her image of the murdered woman .
7 Then she too would bury her head in the pillow and weep .
8 The force of it lifted Golden Girl 's stern and for a moment Trent feared that she would bury her bows in the sea and pitch-pole .
9 Yes , probably , but it did not lessen her joy in the past ten years of leisured , ladylike existence and in the arrival of innumerable small parcels .
10 On their way to the station she would not throw her coin into the Trevi Fountain .
11 Dear old Martha had much of the milk of human kindness about her ; she had pensioners who shared with her such things as she had : one was a lame robin redbreast , who came and sat on a bush opposite the door till he was fed ; another was a pigeon whose cot was quite a mile away : she too looked for a meal on every visit , and after gathering her crop-full , would wing her flight over the fields and houses home to her cot .
12 And if I feel like it , I wo n't just screw up your life with that stupid , lame bitch , I 'll make her part of the deal .
13 She was confident that she could make her mark on the Rummidge Department in three years .
14 She will make her nest in the sleeping quarters of the hutch where she will eventually have her litter .
15 She had not time to dress and make her way to the Casa Guidi .
16 Shortly after the breakfast party , perhaps the same evening , perhaps the next morning , the bridegroom 's mother would make her way to the home of the bride carrying the first load of treasure .
17 First thing in the morning , she would make her way to the big house where she intended to relay everything she had learned .
18 She may be dressed in a different uniform , and therefore must explain her role to the patient .
19 On Friday , Paula , whose writing emphasises the sound of language , demonstrated how she uses electronic technology to project and enhance her voice during the performance of her work .
20 If Saint Winifred did indeed conceive and decree her departure with the wagon for Ramsey , and if a saint 's plans can not be disrupted by man , then surely she must also have willed all that happened after … the ambush by outlaws , the theft of the cart and team , the abandonment of the load , and with it , her reliquary , to be found by my tenants , and brought to me here .
21 She hopes , too , that her confessions will not damage her relationship with the grandchildren she adores , Anya , a 23-year-old student , and Daniel , 24 , who is an artist .
22 These tournaments were also not being played on clay , and she obviously felt that participation in the Olympics would damage her chances on the tournament circuit , where failure to defend her points would mean that she might drop out of the top 100 in world rankings .
23 Mrs Coleridge may have felt that the Blue Coat School would best prepare her son for the clerical career John Coleridge had wished him to follow .
24 ‘ Well , of course , this will affect her availability for the show . ’
25 In fact , it wo n't affect her pay-off from the Royal Family in any way .
26 She stated that a wise woman would choose her mate on the basis of his qualities of character .
27 Even Margaret Thatcher in her prime could not carry her party on the question of Sundays .
28 More financial support would help improve her chances against the big names .
29 Trapezium could break her duck in the John Holdrich Maiden Fillies Stakes following a three-quarter length debut second to Waffle On at Newmarket .
30 Trapezium could break her duck in the John Holdrich Maiden Fillies Stakes following a three-quarter length debut second to Waffle On at Newmarket .
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