Example sentences of "her [conj] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 But would n't it have been a good idea to ask a relative or neighbour to go with her or to look after the children who were not going to receive attention ?
2 As soon as her mind registered what it had seen she jumped away from the car door , a scream issuing from her that cut through the night air .
3 Sandra Peden , her that works in the Co-operative she 's a Gold Medallist in Elocution you know , well wait till I tell you she came on in a long Laura Ashley nightdress carrying a Wee Willie Winkie candlestick with wee pink bedsocks and a matching pompom hat and did Holy Willie 's Prayer .
4 Yet , even then , he could neither leave her nor cope with the weight of his frustrations , and the blurted , cumbersome feeling growing inside him , which , when some of the numbness wore away , he knew would be misery .
5 Uncontrollable sobs broke from her and echoed on the night .
6 She had bent to hug her daughter , relief pouring through her and mingling with the joy that always sang in her veins whenever she held her precious bundle in her arms .
7 An arm was slipped under her shoulders , lifting her ; then something was wrapped round her and fastened at the throat .
8 Aunt Margaret glanced round for something with which to distract her and darted to the corner where the cage was .
9 Suddenly , he shrugged his strong shoulders , before deliberately turning his back on her and strolling from the room .
10 The shop-woman smiled at her and asked after the bereaved family .
11 Exulting in her escape , she closed the outer door behind her and made for the great outdoors like a child let out of school .
12 She wept softly , while he held her and believed in the augury that this happiness could not possibly end in death on a battlefield , for such an end would be against all that was good and sweet and lovely in the world .
13 He released her and walked to the parked car .
14 Matthew turned his eyes away from her and walked to the window at the end of the drawing-room .
15 She wrapped a towel around her and ran to the sitting-room , swearing under her breath .
16 Laughing , she dodged his attempts to catch her and ran to the door .
17 She turned from her and ran down the stairs and into the yard , there to stand for a moment petrified when she saw the young fellow lying on his side , the blood oozing from somewhere above his ear .
18 I wish I could have said that she was sweetly understanding , but she looked at me as if I were an incubus that had raped her and scraped along the brickwork , desperate to get past .
19 Maggie let go of her and called up the stairs .
20 Dada took the book from her and looked at the first page .
21 Ten minutes later in the gymnasium downstairs Lee reflected that if she threw one of the dumb-bells she was using at the wall-sized mirror and it shattered into a hundred pieces around a central trauma , she would wake herself up and everybody around her and get into the local papers .
22 Jenna grinned at her and got into the car , looking around with pleasure as Marguerite reversed from the garage and turned to the track .
23 Sapped of all energy , Belinda fell listlessly through the door , let it drift shut behind her and slumped on the bed , utterly confused about what had just happened .
24 She turned up the volume of the calypso tape Elaine had given her and sang at the top of her voice , thinking about whether to have a formal dinner party for the charity night , as Pauline suggested , or a more casual fancy-dress party on Halloween , which was what she would prefer .
25 Ace , holstering her gun , brushed past her and loped towards the doorway .
26 ‘ Shelley — ’ But the last stroke had sounded , its echo drifting away into the night , and with a frown of anxiety , he pulled himself away from her and disappeared through the door .
27 She sat on the corner of the old sofa with her legs folded under her and stared at the window , willing the oil lamp not to sputter and distort the sounds that belonged to the night : the true night that lay outside in the garden and the valley and held dominion over the hills .
28 Dad heard her and came down the stairs .
29 I did not know what it could be , but I tried to reassure her and went up the road to where the policeman lived .
30 The second man released her and went into the hall to collect two coats and a hat .
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