Example sentences of "be [verb] her [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She is going about her business , while he is writing about her to the world , and we are seeing her through his eyes . |
| 2 | Unless you 're charging her with something . |
| 3 | Roman had been holding her in his arms and she had n't been fighting — no wonder Dana was furious . |
| 4 | That 's why I 'm keeping her with me . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ That 's why I 'm keeping her at my place for the moment . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm leaving her in your care , ma'am , ’ he said . |
| 7 | " Since you do not want the maiden , I am taking her for myself , gracious princess ! " he called . |
| 8 | She was staring at herself in the mirror in the curtained dressing-room , wondering what a certain gentleman might do and say if he were to see her in it , when she became aware of hushed voices in the salon outside . |
| 9 | ‘ I have n't worked it out in detail , ’ Melissa admitted , ‘ but I was thinking about it while you were putting her through your puff-and-blow routine … ’ |
| 10 | Such a touching story , Miss Sally-Anne Tunstall — ’ and he spoke her name as though he were striking her with it ‘ — and all a lie . |
| 11 | She backed away , appalled such details should have been passed around so soon , and that people were confronting her with them . |
| 12 | That 's stopped her in her tracks did n't it ? |
| 13 | She may wish you to accompany her to his office or to be present if he is to visit her in her home , and he will be pleased to have your co-operation . |
| 14 | ‘ Do you know that when , in her desperation , such a woman turns to the parish for relief , the first act of the authorities is to part her from her child ? |
| 15 | He 's punishing her for her beauty and what he thought of as her wickedness . ’ |
| 16 | I ca n't understand why Roman Wyatt has turned his attentions to Dana , and I do n't like the way he 's stolen her from us . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Of course — but unfortunately overlooked , ’ he replied straight away , and as it came to her that he must have been teasing her with his earlier attitude , he was asking , ‘ Now , can I get you a glass of wine ? ’ |
| 18 | Leaving Alexandra at her door , unkissed , untouched , was one of the hardest things he had ever done , especially when what he had really wanted to do was to carry her into her bedroom — or his — and make love to her . |
| 19 | Gradually she came to realize that it was reminding her of her father — her father and the allotment . |
| 20 | Suddenly , he was gathering her against him , as though he would lift her up into his arms and carry her off . |
| 21 | Once again he sounded as if he was accusing her of something . |
| 22 | All at once , in one quick movement , he 'd taken hold of her hand and , rising to his feet , was drawing her with him . |
| 23 | He was drawing her into them . |
| 24 | And suddenly , instead of turning her away from him — he was drawing her towards him . |
| 25 | To Sophie , the atmosphere of the zoo was absorbing , but what pleased her most was the way in which Robert was including her in what he had to do . |
| 26 | ‘ That 's only natural , ’ Harvey said , wondering why he was bringing her into it . |
| 27 | She gave a little whimper of denial , her flat fists pushing against his chest , but he had moved his hand behind her head and was pressing her against him , forcing her lips apart so that he could savage her mouth with his tongue . |
| 28 | She finished eating , hoping she could elude Roman and get to Dana 's hotel without him , but as soon as she put her cup down he was urging her to her feet . |
| 29 | Two of them made her feel , not old exactly , but as if life was passing her by They were the one from Joanne that said , " You 've reached a quarter century " and the one from Stephen , " My dearest wife " . |
| 30 | ‘ I was bouncing her on my knee ’ |