Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [verb] her [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You see , I did n't know her for long and it was a privilege to meet her at all . |
| 2 | And a light silhouetted her against the wall . |
| 3 | It had been a sideline to use her to further his love-life . |
| 4 | She was still deep in thought when the sound of a car drew her to the window . |
| 5 | A constable led her along the corridor past fluttering notices and an electric clock that had stopped . |
| 6 | She had also found herself a sponsor to support her to the tune of £100 a year . |
| 7 | A waiter led her to the table she 'd booked downstairs , and left her to study the menu . |
| 8 | Everyone has a right to expect her to be predictable ( however trying things are ) and she ought to be worried and apologetic if she behaves strangely . |
| 9 | The third month of their captivity passed , and Sycorax could now hobble further , when the opiates for a moment eased her from her rack of pain . |
| 10 | But it was still a shock to see her like that , looking so old and spent . ’ |
| 11 | A head collar was eventually put on her in the chute , and when she threw her head up in anxiety a roustabout hit her on the face with a lump of wood ‘ for being so stupid ! ’ |
| 12 | Moreover , he finds it a nuisance to have her in his flat all day , when he wants to do piano practice , or to play at conducting an orchestra . |
| 13 | Amaranth descended alone at twelve-thirty , pink and pampered , and called a cab to take her to the Black Chapati in Circus Parade . |
| 14 | The pair were quizzed over the abduction of a woman who underwent a terrifying 15-hour ordeal after calling a cab to collect her from a pub . |
| 15 | A cramp jabbed her across her middle . |
| 16 | She told Anne that the man , Ronald , had sent a taxi to take her to the dance and had bought her a casket of chocolates as they went in , but she had felt uneasy several times during the evening . |
| 17 | When he hired a taxi to take her to Eastbourne for the day ( the same man who took a bus to the theatre , rather than pay for a cab ) she jumped out at the lights near Oval cricket ground because she was so disturbed by his erratic behaviour . |
| 18 | GUNMEN killed an Irish nurse yesterday when they attacked a convoy taking her to a new assignment in Baidoa , a Somali towns at the centre of the famine region . |
| 19 | By now Kelly needed extensive physiotheraphy several times a day to rid her of the excess mucus that clogged her lungs . |
| 20 | ‘ Do you , ’ a friend asked her in 1980 , ‘ hate all institutions ? ’ |
| 21 | A friend treated her to a pukkah drinks-dispensing butler who asked if he might make a personal remark before teetering off into the small hours . |
| 22 | It would be a chance to see her on neutral ground , maybe even a chance to explain that it was n't his bloody fault that Laura had shown up at the door only seconds before she herself had . |
| 23 | Shortly after moving into The Kilns , Minto had engaged a gardener to help her with the eight acres of ground . |
| 24 | It was a full minute before she realised that she was looking at a reflection of herself in the polished metal shield that Simon had propped against a tree to protect her from any stray arrows . |
| 25 | When she reached Soho , a policeman directed her to Manette Street ; a narrow alley between two tall buildings . |
| 26 | Therry Buleita spent a whole night in this position ; each time her head dropped , a policeman kicked her in the face . |
| 27 | A policeman stopped her in Chawton , where the alcohol in her breath was found to be more than twice the legal limit . |
| 28 | Zoe 's horse ’ Scrumpy ’ stumbled after a jump catapulting her into the ground . |
| 29 | A bursary took her to Hamilton Academy , the kind of option not then normally on offer to steelworkers ' daughters . |
| 30 | Actress Helena Bonham Carter is the latest victim of obsession , she is asking a court to protect her from a fan who is making her life a misery . |