Example sentences of "her and [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead , she clutched tightly to the handle of the suitcase Mrs Hollidaye had lent her and followed the nurse along broad passages to a bright room where a group of children , all with suitcases and well wrapped in outdoor clothing , stood huddled like refugees from a foreign land waiting to be told where to go next . |
| 2 | Greg thanked her and put the phone down . |
| 3 | She was ‘ extremely upset ’ and shouted that she knew they would not believe her and left the workshop . |
| 4 | I walked up to her and scratched the root of her tail . |
| 5 | An 11 year old girl was attacked on the campsite at Holme Pierrepont early in August but she managed to break free from the man who grabbed her and raised the alarm . |
| 6 | When they reached the house , he took the key from her and unlocked the door . |
| 7 | She gestured Melanie over to her and draped the material around her shoulders . |
| 8 | She sat up in her web , pulled the keyboard to her and roused the computer , keeping it mute . |
| 9 | Molly 's sleep had been deep and dreamless but she woke up early , saw Hugh unconscious beside her and replaced the sheet he had kicked away as she might cover one of the children . |
| 10 | He took a step towards her , as though he might grab hold of her and squeeze the life from her body . |
| 11 | She was walking home near Colbayns School when a man approached her and asked the time . |
| 12 | He looked back at her and knew the strength of her will . |
| 13 | All she needed to do now was put her troubled times behind her and win the game . |
| 14 | Instead , he berates her and describes the misery she might expect as a beggar . |
| 15 | It turned chilly in the afternoon , and a man in a bowler hat came and sat beside her and rubbed the side of his shoe up and down her leg . |
| 16 | He had told her he might bring Marianne over to meet her and to see the show if they could take time out from all the wedding preparations . |
| 17 | Bob watched her all the way down the stairs , agonized on her behalf ; still more agonized when it occurred to him , just as she went out of sight , that he should have gone down with her and carried the case . |
| 18 | The vice-chairman of the county council , Coun Hywel Thomas , of Llanfairfechan , supported her and said the quarry had provided ‘ the bread and butter ’ wages of people at Penmaenmawr and Llanfairfechan for 150 years . |
| 19 | Her husband had been kind , however , had kissed her and said the Lord would provide . |
| 20 | She made to rise but Erika forestalled her and got the telephone pad . |
| 21 | Robyn glanced across at her and fought the impulse to pour the bolognese sauce right over the expensively coiffured hairstyle . |
| 22 | Slowly , his eyes never leaving her face , he reached behind her and undid the closure of her gown . |
| 23 | The 32-year-old delivery girl was left screaming in agony after the alsatian-collie cross snapped at her and took the top of her ring finger off during her round in Canterbury , Kent . |
| 24 | Michael Levaton , owner of the Metropolitan modelling agency , slid into the seat next to her and took the plunge ; within minutes , he had offered her a contract . |
| 25 | Ruth leaned back and coiled her legs under her and took the glass of wine he offered . |
| 26 | And still the squaw was shaking her and repeating the chant . |
| 27 | She tried hard not to consider the man sitting next to her and to answer the question logically . |
| 28 | ‘ Open that door for me , could you ? ’ he growled , turning away from her and seizing the mattress in both arms . |
| 29 | He lowered his voice , came to her and touched the side of her face with one strong hand . |
| 30 | He had been with Liddie through the various pre-natal classes , lying on the floor with her and learning the breathing exercises . |