Example sentences of "[verb] her " in BNC.

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1 Felix 's wife began to recite her poetry , and wondered about his air fare , and gave him some coffee .
2 For the purposes of the tape I think er we ought to explain that our management meetings are always run on very serious lines with no , no jokes allowed , er first of all I think we should just place on the record that this meeting is being taped everybody recognises that , and the purposes are for to analyse everybody 's linguistic ability and later on Tracy 's going to recite her piece her presentation for the purpose of the tape .
3 JOANNE HOCKLEY from Felixstowe Ferry booked her place in the match-play stages of the British Women 's Amateur Championship when she handed in a 72 during the second qualifying round at Royal Lytham and St Annes .
4 One girl shared her story of a fringe group , which for ten years had dominated her life .
5 Luisella had also been the child of a successful businessman , owner of one of the most important chemist 's shops in Treviso , and she too had had brothers who had dominated her childhood , driving her to defend herself in unorthodox ways .
6 Gwendolen is a Jamaican girl who is sexually abused first by an ‘ uncle ’ in Jamaica and then , when she joins her parents in London , by her father .
7 But only one family — the Hustons — can claim three generations of Oscar-winners : Walter , John and Angelica , who may win her second this year .
8 Throughout , Makoto Namba kept the mainsail setting beautifully but the odds were insurmountable and Nippon must now win her last three races while there is a three way tie for second place .
9 So how did Mrs Price win her case when she was alleging age discrimination .
10 He wagered a necklace of great value so I proffered the ring on who would win her favours first . ’
11 A MOTHER is living in a nightmare from which her only possible escape is that her tiny daughter may win her fight for life .
12 The way they are cut also disguises her smallish breasts and widish hips while making the most of her height : thus are ideology and vanity equally satisfied .
13 She is looking for critical views against which to pitch her own ; it seems that she may have chosen the wrong sort of topic , since on a holiday in Italy she had been stunned by the newly renovated Michelangelo ceiling in the Sistine Chapel in Rome , and although there were plenty of books about it , many of them went into extravagant detail .
14 She stands upright in her long white cotton nightgown from Laura Ashley , scratches her bottom through the cambric , and yawns .
15 She would dig and cultivate her plants with great gusto and had one of the finest gardens in the Institute compound .
16 That was good ; it gave her something to think about other than the pain lacerating her heart .
17 ‘ We 'll bill her later , okay ? ’
18 She strained her eyes , searching , but today she could not persuade herself that there were any seals out there .
19 She sat on my bed her face strained her hands clenched .
20 After a few seconds she drew it down again and strained her ears .
21 Then she strained her eyes .
22 Her voice , when it came , sounded like an old woman 's voice , cracked and tremulous , and the words strained her throat .
23 Kathmandu : THE PRINCESS of Wales strained her ankle yesterday on a pebbly path in Nepal 's Himalayan foothills — but went on to tease puffing press photographers who still could not match her pace.The Princess walked briskly through the rough , rocky terrain on a walkabout during the second day of her solo visit to Nepal.After straining her ankle on a pebbled road in Dharan in eastern Nepal she began to limp slightly , but her pace still left Overseas Development Minister Baroness Chalker and several photographers gasping for breath.The Princess could not resist the temptation to chide them .
24 Belief in some prancing horned beast who conjured up all the mischief in the world strained her tolerance to the limit .
25 The high rate of acceleration strained her neck muscles .
26 ( A sound like the mindless drone of bees ; the sound whispered to Chesarynth and she strained her perceptions to hear its subtext : like bees they 'll sting unless you sate them with security and dull the thoughts from their minds . )
27 She strained her eyes into the broken circle of darkness , and a breath of ancient tension and fear seemed to issue chillingly from the hole the river had torn in history .
28 Charlotte strained her ears to hear whether he would slip out by the side door and make straight for the garage at the rear of the house for his car , but instead she heard the crisp , light rapping of his heels on the oak staircase .
29 As she strained her ears , trying to pin-point its exact location , she gave an exclamation of disgust and thrust the duvet aside .
30 She strained her ears but could hear nothing .
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