Example sentences of "her [to-vb] [pron] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , they seemed to be leaning over her to catch her every breath , closest by her panting mouth , reaching to her eyes , and the air was thick with poison sap and sharp with vomit . |
| 2 | ‘ You could explain to your editor and ask her to find you a collaborator , a ghostwriter . ’ |
| 3 | But he simply side-stepped her to pour himself a glass of wine . |
| 4 | When Giorgio had descended on us that day in the train he had asked her to advance him the money to build the new car , and when she had turned him down he was furious . |
| 5 | I mean , I expect she knew how you felt about the only things worth having being the things you 'd worked hard for and earned for yourself , so you would n't want her to leave you the house ] But she did n't want you to think she 'd forgotten you , or that she was just being spiteful , or something … ’ |
| 6 | Then he pulled her towards him and asked her to give him a kiss , but she pulled away quickly when she saw Mum 's scowl . |
| 7 | I tried to get her to give him the elbow but she would always say , ‘ but Eddie , he means well and he 's so kind ’ . |
| 8 | His eyes were intent , the golden gaze compelling , almost willing her to give him the answer he wanted ; his features were uncompromising in their strength . |
| 9 | A GANG of five teenagers stole a 20-year-old woman 's cash card and then tortured her to give them the pin number . |
| 10 | I read it in one twenty-minute sitting , howled like a baby for ten more minutes , then phoned the producer and practically begged her to give me the job . |
| 11 | George put down the bucket and strode over to her to give her a pat . |
| 12 | Silently he applauded her fortitude , wanting to hold her to give her the solace he knew she needed . |
| 13 | Quigley stopped , clearly expecting her to give it a bit of movement , but , instead , she went into a sort of mammoth clench . |
| 14 | Aide says , ‘ She met you in Aspen and you told her to give you a call when she got back into town . ’ |
| 15 | Certainly when my wife comes back in I 'll er I 'll mention it to her and I 'll get her to give you a ring . |
| 16 | I want her to give you the name of the man responsible . ’ |
| 17 | I tried to get her to send me a memo with a pound sign on it the day after any night she had masturbated thinking about Lee , but she never did . |
| 18 | Only Mrs McMahon could still be affected — and she had asked her to keep it a secret . |
| 19 | Polls suggested that up to one in four Conservative MPs wanted her to go before the next general election : growing numbers of backbenchers were prepared openly to declare that the time had come for her to call it a day . |
| 20 | Of course , her generous spirit about staff using the amenities of the lodge also allowed her to pay them a pittance that had made Charity 's small salary as an intern seem princely . |
| 21 | After she had been introduced to him he had sent her to get him a cup of coffee , but not before patting her behind . |
| 22 | On Joe 's previous leave he had noticed how quiet and unhappy she seemed , and persuaded her to tell him the reason . |
| 23 | Still , I managed to get her to tell me the name of the hospital , and then I spent my entire lunchtime talking to the doctors there who treated Ryan . |
| 24 | ( For instance , one veteran listed a pair of jogging shoes left behind on the islands among his painful memories : another recalled a letter he wrote to his girlfriend from the trenches , asking her to tell me the truth , if she did n't love me any more or was going out with another boy ’ . ) ’ |
| 25 | Juliet was remembering Celia 's frightened voice as she asked her to tell her the blood results before anyone else . |
| 26 | ‘ McAllister 's first duty is always to the Master , and so I commanded her to make me a pot of coffee . |
| 27 | ‘ But Mrs Aitken told me I 'd just missed him , so I got her to make me a cup of coffee . ’ |