Example sentences of "and [vb past] her [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her sister had been to see her and made her very tired and various strangers had moved her and pummelled her in a familiar manner that made her angry . |
| 2 | For a while she thought that her visions had been a delirium , but then fell into an exhausted sleep when she received her sixteenth revelation in a dream which reassured her and made her deeply ashamed of her doubts . |
| 3 | Sycorax fainted , and Ariel bent her cheek to the discoloured cheek of the old woman and licked the salt that fell in her tears , and when she reached the cabin took her inside where the rush screens would keep the flies off her wounds , and made her as comfortable as she could on the ground , with fresh dressings on her burns , a cool soaked cloth on her forehead . |
| 4 | Flora 's laugh hollowed her cheeks and made her almost beautiful . |
| 5 | Someone , a man , began to sing an old Irish ballad , and the mournful strains of the familiar song filled the air with sadness , tugged at the emotions , and made her more determined than ever to get away quickly . |
| 6 | Robyn banged her hand on to the steering-wheel , cursing violently as she did so , and then slumped despondently with her head on her arms for a moment and lived her only recurring nightmare — that one day she would be stranded in some unknown place in the pouring rain in this damned broken-down wreck of a jeep with no one to help her . |
| 7 | They took Shanti out in her push chair and amused her as much as they could . |
| 8 | Then the cops did do something but I do n't know if it was a tip-off or dumb luck : they raided some farmhouse up in Tuscany and found her still alive . |
| 9 | The parents , instead of applauding her , called her a noisy chatterbox and told her sharply that small girls should be seen and not heard . |
| 10 | He went to her , and told her how much he loved her , and that she was not to heed him ; it was the headaches that made him distracted ; that day he had been almost blind ; Mr Lamprey had suggested spectacles , and perhaps now he could afford them . |
| 11 | After the matinée , she had met him for tea , and he had held her hand , and looked soulful , and told her how innocent she was and how easy it would be to fall in love with her , but how he must n't , he could n't , because he would be leaving and it would n't be fair to her , and anyway , he had his career to think of , etc . |
| 12 | The year the shop opened she hired a new dress designer , Jacqui Smale , fresh from the Royal College of Art , and told her how sensible she thought it was to wear uniform because this removed the agonies of planning what to wear each day as well as the decisions about accessories to go with the clothes . |
| 13 | She dreaded the inspector coming because he always asked a lot of questions , and told her how lucky she was that she would soon be able to go to a big place in London where there were lots of other girls and boys . |
| 14 | The next day she had the whole thing in perspective again , especially after she did find Louise at lunch and told her as much of the story as she could without mentioning Tom Russell . |
| 15 | Of course she had touched Tina and kissed and cuddled her too much or too little ? |
| 16 | She crept into the bedroom and retrieved her already packed suitcase from under her bed . |
| 17 | Elinor narrowed her eyes and swung her straight black hair out behind her like a scarf . |
| 18 | Along with a Chinese freelance photographer , Cavell had called for her that morning and whisked her round some of Taipei 's famous landmarks , the all-marble Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial , a colourful Buddhist temple , and the Grand Hotel with its magnificent Chinese architecture , pausing only long enough at each for the young man to take the photos that would help introduce Maria to the Taipei public , before escorting her back to the apartment and approving the outfit she planned to wear to the dinner the radio station was hosting for the rest of the local media that night . |
| 19 | But however much he hated the thought of allowing Sara to commit herself to a man she had never met , he knew her too well and loved her too much to try to keep her at home against her will . |
| 20 | He lifted her up and felt her nearly rigid in his arms . |
| 21 | She must have been asleep for some hours when the sound of her opening bedroom door penetrated her dreams and brought her instantly awake . |
| 22 | The girl flashed us a brilliant smile and took her brightly uniformed efficiency off to deal with another customer , a big American with a broad-brimmed stetson shading his leathery features . |
| 23 | She licked the girl 's mouth , tasting strawberry lipstick , and flicked her lightly freckled cheerleader 's nose with the pointed end of her tongue . |
| 24 | Vanessa yawned , and patted her wide open mouth rudely . |
| 25 | She brushed fiercely , supporting the fall , and considered her perfectly regular features in the mirror . |
| 26 | Anthea moved to a mirror and smoothed her closely permed black hair before stepping forward with a smile on her lips . |
| 27 | At the door , Xanthe took her by both hands and held her so hard Miranda felt her nails cut into the palms and her eyes met hers with a pale blue flare , as clear as her father 's , and as unassailable , as she breathed out , holding Miranda by her side , and turned to face her father across the room . |