Example sentences of "[verb] her [adv prt] [conj] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now and again , he could be militant : when Lady Astor gave a speech in which she suggested that ex-servicemen should wear arm bands to warn people that they might have venereal disease , my father shouted her down and called her an ex-chorus girl . |
| 2 | Then when he 'd done with her he 'd screw her up and throw her away . |
| 3 | ‘ We 're going to take Sarah , grind her up and send her back as hamburger meat . ’ |
| 4 | The blast had picked her up and dropped her a couple of metres along the ridge . |
| 5 | Things happened as they must have happened , only in fact it was Rufus who had picked her up and brought her back to Wyvis Hall . |
| 6 | Just a frail little thing , was n't she , the wind could have picked her up and tossed her away , yet she had demolished him as surely as if she had wielded a pick-axe handle to his belly . |
| 7 | If he 'd picked her up and laid her on the bed and taken her with all the passion and strength his virile body was promising her at that moment , she would n't have raised a finger to stop him , so when he swung her around in his arms and deposited her nearer to the bathroom door before removing his arms from her she was left gasping with surprise and a sinking feeling of disappointment mixed with humiliation which shook her with its intensity . |
| 8 | He had picked her up and carried her from the flames . |
| 9 | Judge Richard May told Mills ’ to drive in that way when she tried to stop you and knock her down and run her over was callous behaviour beyong belief . ’ |
| 10 | I had to pull her on and cuddle her into me to keep her warm . ’ |
| 11 | Now put her down and let her run about . |
| 12 | But if she let fitzAlan carry her off and marry her she would be completely powerless against a man who despised her . |
| 13 | But then she 'd practically loaded the gun that had shot her down and handed it to him . |
| 14 | He lifted her up and felt her nearly rigid in his arms . |
| 15 | He lifted her up and perched her on one of the kitchen stools , then filled the kettle . |
| 16 | I kissed her , then lifted her up and spun her round ; she whooped . |
| 17 | I thought all your neighbours would have phoned her up and told her . |
| 18 | The creche staff did a fine job of picking her up and delivering her back to our chalet , so by the second week we decided to take her skiing with us . |
| 19 | He 'd offered to pick her up and drive her out here . |
| 20 | And then , the following Monday I 'd like to talk to you if you can to pick her up and take her home . |
| 21 | Even so , though , since she still did n't want Travis 's car outside when he came to pick her up and bring her back , she added , ‘ I 'll come in my car — where shall I meet you ? ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Where did you think I was going ? ’ he asked , turning her around and giving her a little push . |
| 23 | Later , he showed her around and told her in detail the things that needed doing to the house , and she imagined her father here , sliding down the banisters or across the ballroom floor , and she felt a sentimental attachment to the place creep over her like the muffling fog . |
| 24 | and , he 'd got her up and got her ready and sent her out and said he would n't come . |
| 25 | I mean , we could ring her up and ask her . |
| 26 | He used her , discarded her , then paid her off and sent her back to Ireland ! |
| 27 | Alina was holding onto the door , because the six steps that she 'd taken to reach it had almost been enough to exhaust her ; Belov dusted off his hands and came over to her now , and he took her by the shoulders and turned her around and steered her back toward the bed that she 'd just left . |
| 28 | He turned her about and held her imprisoned against him , the better to control her , and the better to feel her body against his own . |
| 29 | She just needed someone to take an interest in her , someone to draw her out and tell her what time of day it was . |
| 30 | Sonja was as usual being difficult and her mother was trying to strike an impossible balance between calming her down and getting her to do as she was told . |