Example sentences of "it [verb] her [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We spent a short time discussing how Sylvia now felt about that long-ago event and whether it caused her any distress to think about it . |
| 2 | — how could it do her any harm |
| 3 | She 's engaging brain it takes her some time to come out to the phone instruct the whole thing . |
| 4 | Such was Felicity 's introduction to Overclyst , and it took her some time to recover from it . |
| 5 | It took her some time to get used to that but she got the knack of it in the end , and they spent hours together shooting at marks , or at rabbits on the Down or pigeons in the high trees at the forest edge . |
| 6 | It took her some time to adjust to her new billing as sister to the future Princess of Wales . |
| 7 | It took her some time to unfasten the stiff buttons . |
| 8 | It took her some time to get used to her face without them . |
| 9 | It took her some time to orientate . |
| 10 | She spotted Adam almost as soon as she entered the club , but though he was sitting only a short distance away with a stocky sandy-haired man she did n't recognise , it took her some time to reach his table , since she was obliged to stop at every few strides to talk to customers . |
| 11 | Liza Alther 's bestselling novel Kinflicks was rejected at least fifty times before it found a home , but when it did it earned her enough money to enable her to devote herself full-time to writing . |
| 12 | Mind you , it was partly her fault ; they could afford to live without her factory work , but it gave her some company and a feeling of contributing to society . |
| 13 | Anna would n't speak of it at all for some time ; later we heard about Simon 's will — he left her various things , his art library for instance ( it 's a wonderful one ) — and it gave her some kind of peace . |
| 14 | It was only a momentary lapse on his part , but it gave her enough time to whirl round on him , her eyes widening as she spotted a revolver in his hand . |
| 15 | But it gave her another flare of confidence , this elusive and somehow warming reminder of her childhood . |
| 16 | The presence of maids obviates any need for husbands to undertake traditionally female tasks and so , while a woman following her career does challenge a husband 's machismo in the sense that it gives her some independence ( both economically and socially ) , it does not do so in the sense of changing his role in the home . |
| 17 | Well I suppose it gives her er er , it gives her some meaning . |
| 18 | Des starts to offer coffee , but it gives her another opening : ‘ No , I 'll go make my own , thank you . |