Example sentences of "given to her [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She would instantly see that a plastic spoon proffered in open-hearted supplication and tender humility was more beautiful by far than any thorny rose or second-hand diamond given to her with a leer of anticipation . |
| 2 | At her farewell presentation , Jean Henry ( centre ) holds a bouquet of flowers given to her on retirement in February after twenty four years ' service . |
| 3 | Lisa was heckled during her speech of thanks for some crystalware — given to her as part of the Diamond Jubilee celebration of the Blackpool Lights . |
| 4 | She lost pearls that had been given to her for her 21st birthday . |
| 5 | SONIA SUTCLIFFE , who was awarded £600,000 in libel damages against Private Eye , gave a ‘ misleading ’ answer in court when she was questioned about a £25,000 loan given to her by a friend , it was alleged in the Court of Appeal yesterday . |
| 6 | She had the name ‘ Sarva Khepi ’ given to her by the villagers , which means ‘ The woman who loves all things ’ . |
| 7 | The most vivid memory I have of that Christmas Day is of Shanti , now almost two years old , walking round and round the long dining-room table , pulling a little toy engine given to her by one of the boys , round and round , smiling and smiling . |
| 8 | Lady Londonderry was greatly admired at the Russian Court and some of the Londonderry family jewels — the Down Diamonds and the parure and cross were given to her by the Russian Emperor Alexander I. |
| 9 | She knew that at least the dress — given to her by Monsieur de Levantiére as a farewell gift — looked right . |
| 10 | After her Essex Ladies team-mate Jenny Stoute had rushed on the track to embrace her , Gunnell then embarked on one of the slowest laps of honour imaginable as , draped in the Union Jack given to her by the crowd , she stopped to receive hugs from the fans . |
| 11 | After her Essex Ladies team-mate Jenny Stoute had rushed on the track to embrace her , Gunnell then embarked on one of the slowest laps of honour imaginable as , draped in the Union Jack given to her by the crowd , she stopped to receive hugs from the fans . |
| 12 | The tape was of an English band , given to her by Vasili for her last birthday , which had become her most cherished possession . |
| 13 | Sabrina asked , holding up the one given to her by the stationmaster . |
| 14 | Even so , she had to pretend to like it , particularly because it had been given to her by her father . |
| 15 | " It 's just a trick , really , it 's easy , " said Clara , and she took back the egg , and found that she could not put it together again either , so they decided to abandon it , and left it in little pieces in a glass dish on the mantelpiece with some dry and coloured gourds , and then they went downstairs and out into the park , and walked towards the bus stop , and Clara explained , lest the gourds and the egg should be thought to reflect in any way on herself , that they had been given to her by a friend the week before , to celebrate her twenty-second birthday . |
| 16 | Her hair was loosely coiled into the nape of her neck , and at her throat was a pretty cameo brooch given to her by her husband last birthday . |
| 17 | Madame Bovary has a dog , given to her by a game-keeper whose chest infection has been cured by her husband . |
| 18 | This is the story of how a woman made of iron emerged from the depths of a grocer 's shop in Grantham and , speaking with a strange tongue given to her by the God of Graven Images , Sir Gordon Reece , held a nation under her spell . |
| 19 | In time , they decided to get married and Mother made her own wedding dress from a roll of silk given to her by her mother . |
| 20 | Draped across the carved wooden lid of a nearby chest were the clothes given to her by the Queen . |
| 21 | After a recent holiday to Cyprus , assistant straights and grain trader , returned to work , not only looking extremely sun-tanned but sporting a sapphire and diamond engagement ring given to her by driver , while they were away . |
| 22 | As many teachers were unable to attend the Annual General Meeting of the Society when formal thanks were given and a presentation made to Hilary Weedon on the completion of her four year term of office as Chairman of the Executive Committee special thanks were given to her by Betty Syrett on behalf of the teachers . |
| 23 | When they had passed under the Ponte di Rialto , with a disappointing view of the backs of its double row of shops , she checked the directions given to her by the hotel clerk , and , along with a jostling crowd of people , some tourists , some locals , disembarked at Sant'Angelo . |
| 24 | A Mary Queen of Scots coin was given to her by well-wisher Jessie Brown , 40 , of South Carntyne , Glasgow . |
| 25 | His horrified mother made a public appeal for the return of the ring , given to her by husband Alfed 18-years ago . |
| 26 | The spiritual love given to her from all the helpers was very apparent . |
| 27 | It had been given to her in case an emergency arose , but it seemed to Mrs Blakey that the atmosphere which had developed in the house could n't be called an emergency . |