Example sentences of "her [prep] one [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't know bloody well like me , because I told her off one day , told her where to bloody go to . |
| 2 | If he 'd had his hands on her for one minute , he could have given her something to remember him by ; if only he 'd spat a single obscenity into her ear before running off , it would have been something . |
| 3 | It helped get her through one evening . |
| 4 | The man at her side wore sea boots and a thick white sweater , and he looked at her with one eyebrow raised , a small , teasing smile lifting the corners of his mouth . |
| 5 | He was looking at her with one eyebrow cocked . |
| 6 | What demon was inside him that could take her soul from her with one look ? |
| 7 | An old woman with a hunched-up back and a walking-stick was beckoning to her with one hand a few yards away . |
| 8 | Turn round ! girl , ’ and swung her round by the shoulders , and while holding her with one hand she ripped the pieces of tape from the end of each plait , before she tore at the hair until it hung in uneven strands ; then she almost lifted Millie from the floor as , using both hands now , she drew the strands together and began forming them into a tight rope-like plait . |
| 9 | Then Emmie helped him out of the skip and along the railway ; he clutched her with one hand and held Murgatroyd with the other . |
| 10 | Joan did the laundry , washing up , and housework holding her with one arm . |
| 11 | When Luke moved her back towards one of the couches , she complied mindlessly , letting him pull her down with him and turning in towards him as he drew her across him , supporting her with one arm while his free hand curved round her , instinct or experience guiding him to the concealed zip of her simple dress . |
| 12 | A few yards of material have changed her from one person into another . |
| 13 | Caroline paced her bedroom , her furious steps taking her from one end of the handsome room to the other . |
| 14 | She was finding it increasingly difficult to sit here , in his home , trying to cope with the spectrum of emotions that chased pell-mell through her from one moment to the next , and at the same time evince a polite interest in Richard 's remarks . |
| 15 | He could have answered her in one word . |
| 16 | Jealous of Lubor ? ’ and did n't know where she was when , as if he did n't think much of sitting opposite her in one chair while she had the huge couch all to herself , Ven suddenly moved from his chair and came and sat down next to her on the couch . |
| 17 | Then she made me promise to get them back to her in one piece within a week and sold me two tickets to a Ward Bond Retrospective at her film club in Ponder 's End . |
| 18 | A domestic did miss her on one occasion when her husband and son were present and corrected the situation . |
| 19 | Stephanie picked Mary up — Mary liked to be picked up — and perched her on one hip as she walked from bed to bed . |
| 20 | I was taken down to Holloway by car , with me on the back seat and her on one side and a male officer on the other side . |
| 21 | Quick as a flash , Baba Yaga 's daughter turned her visitor into a needle , stuck her into the birch-broom , and set her on one side . |
| 22 | When , for example , Myra played disappointingly in the Scottish Girls ' after having made so big an impact at the Scottish Championship at Lossiemouth , he had to take her on one side and explain that she was far too exhausted , physically , to be able to give of her best : " I told her that she had to learn to pace herself and decide which tournaments she felt to be important . " |
| 23 | She said , I 'm going to see her she said and if she has it on I 'm going to take her on one side and I 'm going to say , Miss Anderson will you let me tell you how to dress . |
| 24 | Only when the head of accounting ( ’ an ‘ acceptable ’ woman 's role ’ ) took her to one side and showed her the company 's payroll did she realise that while she was bringing in the most revenue , she was being paid the smallest salary . |
| 25 | Elizabeth Woodville drew her to one side . |
| 26 | As Nellie Tanner started off Sadie called her to one side . |
| 27 | When Helen paused , he cannoned into her and she turned , offering a startled apology that turned into a cry of alarm as Goldman shoved her to one side . |
| 28 | Two men appeared in front of him , and he caught her wrist and jerked her to one side , raising his sword . |
| 29 | Then the hotel ( ‘ Charlie sent us , ’ ) and the assistant manager drawing her to one side ( ‘ I 'm putting you in a suite for a couple of hours . |
| 30 | He looked her over , insolently , from head to foot and , putting her to one side , opened the top drawer and pulled out a pair of silk camiknickers in a soft shade of amber . |