Example sentences of "and [verb] her [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | Alexander took her hand and led her to the door that led out on to the path that wound down towards the beach . |
| 32 | Rosie took Artemis by the hand and led her down the corridor to a small room right at the end . |
| 33 | I spoke to Princesse Mathilde and asked her about the school Violette went to in Switzerland . |
| 34 | After her marriage Signor Cantoni 's mother had seemed unable to bear a child so she took a large bunch of carnations to the Madonna and asked her for the gift of a baby . |
| 35 | At Zog Central they found the policewoman and asked her for the key to their spaceship . |
| 36 | It was Louise who usually attended to Miriam , bringing her a ration of water and helping her nearer the fire at night . |
| 37 | Mickey glanced at Margaret and chucked her under the chin . |
| 38 | He suddenly swung her into his arms , his tortured breathing the only sound in the darkened barn , and instead of carrying her down the stairs he turned and lowered her to the soft hay that was spread thickly on the floor behind them . |
| 39 | ‘ My pleasure , ’ he murmured , and , lifting her easily into his arms , he carried her up the stairs and lowered her into the middle of the huge old bed . |
| 40 | Melissa took her by the arm and piloted her through the booking hall . |
| 41 | A stout butler led Alexandra across a hall floored in gleaming yellow wood and lined with large dark paintings , and announced her at the drawing-room door . |
| 42 | She tells me the ambulance is on its way , then she fetches Ma downstairs and sits her by the Rayburn . |
| 43 | On the morning of 9 November , Sydney sighted Emden and pinned her to the shore of Keeling Island , one of the Cocos group , on which a German party had been landed to destroy essential cable and wireless installations connecting Australian , African and Indian telegraph systems . |
| 44 | Anyway , after I 'd introduced her to a few different locations and got her over the initial newness of the experience , she seemed perfectly willing to come to me . |
| 45 | Tony found that the best thing to do was to put her in the buggy and push her round the town , or take her to the park . |
| 46 | The time that it takes to embalm her and send her to the Fields of Aarru . ’ |
| 47 | I followed her up to one of the other floors and caught her by the elbow . |
| 48 | She made for the door , but as perforce she had to pass him he put out a hand and caught her by the wrist . |
| 49 | Then , as she skewered him with a look of pure detestation , he reached out suddenly and caught her by the wrists . |
| 50 | She gasped as Nicolo reached out and caught her by the shoulders . |
| 51 | ‘ Oh , yes , it bloody well will ! ’ he said thickly , and caught her by the wrist , dragging her against his hard body . |
| 52 | I suspected that the lesion might by pyogenic granuloma and referred her to the dermatology outpatient clinic . |
| 53 | What does it matter ? she thought , as Luke scooped her into his arms and moved her round the room . |
| 54 | She cried out and , seeing how white she was , he pushed her on to the settee , following her down and crowding her against the arm . |
| 55 | She would n't acknowledge an Eternal Verity if one came up and smacked her in the chops . |
| 56 | I suppose they might try and sellotape her to the walls of their cells . |
| 57 | At ten past eight that evening , when he ran downstairs to answer his outer doorbell and found her on the doorstep , it was as if he had been kicked in the stomach . |
| 58 | Her husband lowered his paper and regarded her over the top of it . |
| 59 | It fastened on Mala like a grasping hand and snatched her into the air . |
| 60 | Leith felt sick to her stomach when Mr Ardis , either not believing that his son had just pounced unencouraged on her , or perhaps covering up for his son 's weaknesses , told her that a month 's severance pay would be sent to her , and dismissed her on the spot . |