Example sentences of "she [prep] the [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I count the years I had with her as the best of my life . |
| 2 | It did n't strike her as the slightest bit funny . |
| 3 | He has just photographed her for the latest Dolce e Gabbana campaign in New York . |
| 4 | Her father had sat with her through the nights , holding her hands , comforting her , robbing himself of sleep to be with her and help her through the worst of it . |
| 5 | He treated her with the greatest courtesy , concerned that she should not be tired , or bored ; that the holiday should be nothing less than perfect . |
| 6 | He 'd threatened her with the direst reprisals if she dared to leave their suite , not guessing that wild horses would n't drag her away until she 'd cleared the whole matter up . |
| 7 | No hearts were going to be broken , he told her with the frankest face , if he were to run off with a Protestant and have a dozen kids . |
| 8 | Such a false position was not for her , nor for her was the taunt of cowardice , so she smiled and assented , and allowed him to drag her into the sparsest area of the room . |
| 9 | He had manoeuvred her just right , pressing her into the tightest corner , standing squarely in front of her so that she had no choice but to stare into his dark , angry face . |
| 10 | She must have some radar , he thought , that at the last saved her from the worst effects of his anger and frustration . |
| 11 | He might have been receiving her in the best parlour on a Sunday afternoon . |
| 12 | With a shriek of delight she threw herself at Maggie , enveloping her in the warmest of embraces . |
| 13 | While Blanche tries to pass him in one of the passages he grabs her and he hurts her in the cruellest and most brutal way . |
| 14 | He soon calmed down , then went across and fussed over her to make up for the rumpus , though it had n't bothered her in the slightest . |
| 15 | It had n't bothered her in the slightest . |
| 16 | His opinion of her work , like his opinion of her as a person , really should n't matter to her in the slightest . |
| 17 | The fall had n't affected her in the slightest , but the shock of finding herself lying beneath Dane stunned her into silence . |
| 18 | And I do n't blame her in the slightest for telling you . |
| 19 | It was perfectly natural that Jake should marry — and , apart from how it might affect Kirsty , it was not an event that interested her in the slightest . |
| 20 | It would n't have surprised her in the slightest if he 'd left a few minutes early , just for the pleasure of leaving her stranded . |
| 21 | A change to teaching English to Italian children brought worse problems with ‘ il Signor Conte ’ , and a period married to a sisal farmer in Portuguese East Africa found her in the worst place on God 's earth . |
| 22 | " But Comrade Alice , " he reproved her in the gentlest way , " it is important . |
| 23 | Allen took her by the arm and led her to the nearest stone shelter . |
| 24 | Alejandro was all for putting a bullet through this she-devil 's head and dispatching her to the nearest abattoir . |
| 25 | She could borrow the grey , using its strength to get her to the nearest village . |
| 26 | Comfort piloted her to the nearest seat and hailed the waiter to order a brandy . |
| 27 | Perhaps she could ring for a taxi , to take her to the nearest station ? |
| 28 | The magazine Fair Lady carries an advertisement in which a white woman addresses the reader : ‘ I discuss family planning with my domestic and take her to the nearest clinic . |
| 29 | Steering her to the nearest free table , he disappeared inside the café , to return almost at once with two brandies . |
| 30 | Travis was by her in two strides , helping her to the nearest chair . |