Example sentences of "follow her [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would follow her around the house , clinging on to her skirt , unwilling to let her out of my sight , and demanding to be fed with some small token such as an apple or a piece of bread . |
| 2 | Nervously , he followed her through the door . |
| 3 | We followed her through the house and into a big room . |
| 4 | The first day she went to that school , I remember , we all followed her up the road to the bus-stop , laughing at her . |
| 5 | ‘ Come along , my dear , ’ Miss Honey called back , and Matilda followed her up the path . |
| 6 | I followed her down the lane on the other side of the hedge . |
| 7 | Richard had already been remarked as the kind of small boy enchanted by small girls and deaf to the ridicule of his peers on the matter ; on this occasion he watched Victoria twist her curls around her fingers in motionless fascination for ten minutes , then followed her for the rest of the afternoon , fetching drinks and finding seats , carrying her favourite blue rabbit when she dropped it and picking out the choicest pieces of bread and butter for her at tea . |
| 8 | Emily followed her across the yard into the surprisingly sunny warmth of the kitchen . |
| 9 | They passed through the hall again ; then he followed her across the lawn to where a rough wooden table was placed near the trunk of a large oak tree , to which was nailed an equally rough seat . |
| 10 | He followed her across the landing where she opened one of three doors . |
| 11 | He slipped his gloves into his pockets as he followed her over the threshold and she shut the door . |
| 12 | Luckily Billy saw Harriet leave , carrying the second of the cubs , and followed her at a distance . |
| 13 | Rosen followed her to the gunroom where she pressed her head against both dogs , murmuring inaudibly to each . |
| 14 | We followed her to the foot of the stairs and she bawled up it , ‘ Otto ? |
| 15 | My father soon followed her to the grave . |
| 16 | Signor Gismondi followed her to the door . |
| 17 | Then , captured , he followed her to the dance floor . |
| 18 | Mr Wormwood followed her to the front-door and said , ‘ Good of you to come , Miss Hawkes , or is it Miss Harris ? ’ |
| 19 | Izanami died when giving birth to the fire god , and the distraught Izanagi followed her to the Land of Gloom , where he was appalled by the sight of her body infested with maggots . |
| 20 | Jill followed her to the ward where Mr Deakin was sitting in a chair beside the bed . |
| 21 | Sabine followed her to the shade of the veranda , and took the cushioned chair her hostess indicated . |
| 22 | Urquhart 's dark shining eyes followed her with a dog 's devotion ; evidently she had qualities other than beauty . |
| 23 | But , as she took two steps backwards , he followed her into the apartment 's hallway , softly lit by the lamp she had left on . |
| 24 | He held the door open for her then followed her into the warmth of the bar . |
| 25 | Nkrumah 's mother was converted to Christianity by a German Roman Catholic priest and the boy followed her into the Church . |
| 26 | He obediently followed her into the back kitchen , and gave a delighted whoop when he saw the big pot of homemade faggots and mushy peas simmering on the polished black range . |
| 27 | The music followed her into the bathroom . |
| 28 | He followed her into the kitchen . |
| 29 | When Ruth followed her into the kitchen , she looked around ; like the rest of the house , it was clean but very sparsely furnished . |
| 30 | He watched her go , his smile crooked , heard her say goodnight to Matey — her manners were always impeccable — then followed her into the kitchen to pick up her candlestick and light the candle for her ; it had grown dark while they had drunk their cocoa and eaten their biscuits . |