Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [verb] her on [art] " in BNC.

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1 One day , as I tried to serve her on the quiet , two deep meaningful coughs from behind me raised the small hairs on my neck .
2 ‘ Liz lost a winning I 'd given her on a horse .
3 After the series of treaties in 1854 – 58 which helped to launch her on a rapid and irreversible process of change it could even still be questioned whether full-scale diplomatic representation there was worth what it cost .
4 If you tried to pat her on the shoulder and say ‘ There , there , ’ anything might happen .
5 She is pictured with boyfriend , operations supervisor at the computer centre , who invited to join her on the two-day trip .
6 Piers Morrison was a dangerous stranger , one who made no effort to treat her with respect , far less subservience , and who had kissed her on the spur of the moment , then instantly regretted it because he basically did n't like her .
7 However , after a couple of dances had elapsed , Clara thought she spotted the civilized young man who had assisted her on the Channel crossing ; once she had spotted him she turned rigidly away , so deep was her horror of imitating Janice 's conduct , but she lost nothing by it , for within a couple of minutes he presented himself , courteously , at her elbow .
8 She gave a little shiver as a goose ran over her grave , and stroked Cas and Poll , who had joined her on the swing-seat .
9 The funny man who had found her on a distant planet and had treated her as a human being .
10 Her concerned employers had referred her to a doctor , who had put her on the contraceptive pill but , as was normal practice , she had not been examined or questioned .
11 She remembered their birthdays , sent notes of apology to their wives when they had to accompany her on an overseas tours and ensured that they were ‘ fed and watered ’ when she went out with them from Kensington Palace .
12 He agreed to marry her on the understanding that he could bow out if and when something better turned up .
13 He 'd met her on the beach walking with a dog , a wire-haired terrier called Dolly which had come sniffing up to him .
14 He clambered up and intercepted her at the kitchen door , enfolding her and drawing her in to his body so that his warmth flowed through to her , just as he had that day when he 'd found her on the beach , lost and afraid ; like him , a victim of the past .
15 From out of nowhere , Ruth remembered Dick Parker : but not , this time , the pleasure of her union with him , only the pain it had brought her on the Christmas Eve following .
16 He had kissed her on the nose , and they had strolled around their small domain , debating what else they should do to the garden .
17 And what he was saying seemed to be in direct conflict to the hurtful reasons for their marriage he had given her on the drawbridge yesterday .
18 Imogen had lived in Hampstead , and had been just such an attractive sixth-former when he had met her on a trip to the States .
19 That quite compensated for the insult he had offered her on the stairs .
20 Leaving her chair , she went to the kitchen and set the kettle to boil for a warm drink , while her thoughts drifted back to what had started her on the trail of looking back .
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