Example sentences of "and [vb past] her [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then Greta Ross took my mother into a room and asked her more questions . |
| 2 | He had accused , judged , and branded her all in the space of a few seconds . |
| 3 | He had wrapped her in a blanket off her bed and made her more coffee . |
| 4 | she says but she come out and got her wee one in the car and not David and the wee , the other wee boy into the car and left Michelle or Ashley standing there and drove off . |
| 5 | when you come and stay with me , she , anyway she , she would n't , well in the end I just said that 's it I 've had enough I switched the car off and grabbed hold of her I said , frogmarched her in the car I said come on , I 'm going to bed , Rudy 's ready for bed I said I want you with me , so that I can keep me eye on you if I have to sit up all bloody night , of course when she was with me I picked her up and got her strong again and I say you have to be worth it , you 're better off without him then she come round and then she 'd say I know I am I just go down |
| 6 | The lady at the dole office was nicely dressed in flowered cotton , she 'd seen Alex cry once and got her some tissues and everything was suddenly made easy . |
| 7 | and , he 'd got her up and got her ready and sent her out and said he would n't come . |
| 8 | We decided to pay for Poppy 's upkeep at the kennels , and visited her each week . |
| 9 | The men turned and entered her paint-peeled front door . |
| 10 | His voice dropped to a low note of affection as he slid an arm around her shoulders and drew her close to his side . |
| 11 | ‘ Oh , now , it 's not been as bad as that , ’ he said , shamefaced , and laid his arm awkwardly round her shoulders and drew her close to him . |
| 12 | He was pleasant enough and told her all she needed to know . |
| 13 | She rang up her friend Kate and told her all about it and Kate agreed that telling the police would be going too far . |
| 14 | ‘ Everybody came in and told her all their stories . |
| 15 | I put her down on the couch and said , ‘ Just put your head back , ’ and told her some Alexander Principles . |
| 16 | Corbett dug into his purse and handed her some coins . |
| 17 | Penry took out his wallet and handed her some notes . |
| 18 | And then I went and showed her all forms , all these form things that they 've got I were letting her read it . |
| 19 | Then she carefully made up her face and brushed her long auburn hair , the solemn wide-eyed child watching her every movement . |
| 20 | But what alarmed and frightened her most and had her leaping for her pen was this talk of ‘ us ’ , of Oreste and Ellen being a pair who were ‘ happy together ’ and would never come to Italy . |
| 21 | Co-star Adam Faith — himself a big success as a pop star in the Sixties — knows all about making it and warned her that TV fame would have its price . |
| 22 | When she tried to get out of the passenger door , he struck her again and called her more names . ’ |
| 23 | Earlier that afternoon , Katherine had stood before the French doors and watched her some and daughter playing in the snow outside . |
| 24 | He put his arm around Christina 's waist , and pulled her close to him . |
| 25 | He sat up , looking at her , astonished by her behaviour , then laughed and pulled her close again , kissing her . |
| 26 | He laughed and pulled her close to him . |
| 27 | Her beautiful mother who missed her so much and sent her all her love . |
| 28 | After tea she unpacked her shabby and much-mended clothes ( no chance of getting stockings for Christmas now , unless Felicity had a practical fit and sent her some ! ) and wrote two letters : a polite little note to Miss Henry , thanking her for past kindness , and a lengthy epistle to Gay , telling her the gloomy news . |
| 29 | Robyn swallowed and glanced out at the pouring rain , glanced at him , at the carved , arrogant profile that irked and thrilled her all at the same time and then at the rain again . |
| 30 | She had never met Naomi in her life , but in death she grew to love her : she had taken her into herself , had learned her likings , had read her books and tried ( although not herself musical ) to listen to her music , she had spoken much of her to the children , had insisted upon treating her as an ally , as a friend beyond the grave , had reinvented her and kept her close to them — oh , not without awareness of the dangers , of the necessary distortions and consolations , but then all life is danger , and Liz had embarked willingly upon its full tide with those three small boys , with that ambitious , importunate widower and that friendly ghost . |