Example sentences of "and [verb] her [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | He untied Dobbs and led her into a large dark shed . |
| 2 | But it took a trained observer to follow her through the quicksands of her disapprobation ; a false step on the part of one of the aunts , for instance , could have reversed her attitude , and led her into a eulogy of black , into a martyred position whence the garments of all the others were an insult to her lone and exclusive widowhood , into a position where she alone had the right to flout the weight of tradition . |
| 3 | I stood up , took Flavia 's hand and led her into a little room . |
| 4 | He gripped her wrist firmly and led her to a door . |
| 5 | The offender drove up behind the victim as she was walking in the street one evening with her daughter , aged two and a half , and attacked her with a hammer , striking her two blows on the leg and one on the knee . |
| 6 | A man dragged her into an alleyway , and attacked her in a nearby churchyard . |
| 7 | She was nearly home and someone jumped out at her and battered her with a piece of wood . |
| 8 | He came back and hugged her for a while . |
| 9 | He 'd obviously put his own glass down , because he halted her by grabbing her shoulders and bringing her to a halt . |
| 10 | Nurse Bodkin bustled over to her and put her arm around her shoulder , making soothing noises and easing her into a sitting position on the bed . |
| 11 | ‘ My housekeeper will know where the first-aid equipment is , ’ he clipped , and piloted her through a passageway , and in through a solid wooden door . |
| 12 | A mother who has put her daughter on the stage and made her into a teenage star is obviously aware that she is moulding something special . |
| 13 | Her parents then moved to London and admitted her as a free scholar to the sculpture studio in the Royal College of Art , where she stayed for four years and graduated an A.R.C.A. |
| 14 | Perhaps it was at that same party that Marevna , who stayed until dawn , saw Modigliani and Beatrice fighting ferociously until Modi grabbed her and flung her through a closed window . |
| 15 | Barbara Coleman stopped pouring and fixed her with a very severe look . |
| 16 | A fine fool she 'd look if Silas returned and found her in a state of emotional upset . |
| 17 | Or to go to the police and report her as a Fifth Columnist . ’ |
| 18 | I have to go and catch her on a really bad day . |
| 19 | As they turned from the bank to approach the farm , round the edge of the Long Meadow , he took her hand , and drew her to a standstill . |
| 20 | Lucenzo ruthlessly hurried the shaken Meredith through a small door , to the sound of indulgent ribaldry , and drew her into a small salotto . |
| 21 | He put his arm through Therese 's and drew her into a corner of the room . |
| 22 | Rourke went over to her and drew her towards a chair . |
| 23 | A brawl among three women , for example , resulted in one of them ‘ scoring her face with a door key ’ because the other woman ‘ tore her hair and beat her with a poker ’ . |
| 24 | She said that she had ‘ accidentally brushed against one of the four girls who were standing on the pavement ’ , whereupon ‘ all four caught hold of her , and beat her in a most savage manner , using fearful language ’ and left her on the pound bleeding profusely from the nose and mouth . |
| 25 | A legacy from a great-aunt had bought their house and provided her with a small income . |
| 26 | Colleague Evelyn Cookson and a stranger hoisted Tammy to her feet and helped her into a waiting ambulance . |
| 27 | Josh sprang up and helped her into a chair . |
| 28 | Nottingham Crown Court 's been told that a taxi driver sexually assaulted a woman passenger after ignoring her instructions and driving her to a secluded area in Clumber Park . |
| 29 | ‘ It 's no good ‘ effing and blinding ’ , ’ he remonstrated mildly , holding her firmly by the shoulders and inspecting her with a brilliantly dispassionate gaze . |
| 30 | ‘ We will eat first , ’ Lubor smiled , parking his car and escorting her into a smart hotel . |