Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] [vb base] she [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was trying to win her back from the greedy black hole — to release her from its iron grip and return her to the safety of the study . |
| 2 | She heard a muttered curse , she saw a shadow across the french window at the end of the room , she felt someone catch her round the waist and drag her to the ground . |
| 3 | Eddie Gilfoyle allegedly said that mum-to-be Paula was leaving him but his workmates were still able to speak to her at home and see her in the area . |
| 4 | He was obliging , and liked to run errands for the girl and help her with the care of her old lady . |
| 5 | There was no doctor , no magic seer to give her the golden branch and lead her into the underworld , only yet another pretty young woman , the radiological technician . |
| 6 | But Inman said : ‘ The referee did not recognise the technique and let her off the hook . ’ |
| 7 | Just under four hours , to phone in the money and let her off the hook . |
| 8 | Sycorax no longer leaked whatever liquids or foods she was able to consume , as she had during the worst of her fever , and Ariel could prop her up into a sitting position , and then , presenting her shoulders to her , go down on one knee to hoist her piggy-back and carry her to the privy in the forest a few minutes ' walk away . |
| 9 | Tony found that the best thing to do was to put her in the buggy and push her round the town , or take her to the park . |
| 10 | Then a young woman — dark , quite a looker if you liked that sort of thing but a bit too full of herself for Bennett 's liking — walked into the club and announced that she was the dinner guest of Sir Robin Day , he could only treat her to his coldly disapproving smile and direct her to the ladies ' bar . |
| 11 | Johnny made no reply , but continued to sip his drink and regard her with the same sardonic dislike . |
| 12 | But while these were unfortunate , and inclined to make Rachel crumple up her forehead and lecture her on the scientific method and the importance of mental clarity , there was no real danger in such remarks . |
| 13 | Thankfully , she allowed the revolving door to take her in its firm embrace and deposit her in the hall . |
| 14 | And then later on the script she ha to say he had to say to her well , call her , you leave her and if she does n't come to you that 's not your dog and take her to the pound and have her put down . |
| 15 | On these occasions , the clinical teacher can do much to support the student and advise her about the organisation of priorities in care . |
| 16 | There was a cruel taunt in his voice that cut her to the quick . |
| 17 | She was particularly fun in the choppier water when we could steer her accurately onto the face of the wave of our choice and drive her through the trough at full tilt . |
| 18 | Well then close the door and keep her in the kitchen . |
| 19 | Without half a bottle of red wine inside me I might have slipped on the slimy breakwater , but I jump onto the stony beach and chase her along the shore . |
| 20 | I suppose , poor woman , she had been repeating this phrase for days on end to hundreds of us on our way out , and she would obviously have preferred us all to disappear down a big hole and relieve her of the tedium of wearing out her voice . |
| 21 | Anything would have been better than this ice-cold contempt that cut her to the bone . |
| 22 | Holding out her hand , her smile wide , she said , ‘ It 's good to see you home again , Martin , ’ and his answer was to take her hand and kiss her on the cheek and say , ‘ It 's good to be home , Aunt . |
| 23 | He told himself that it was n't difficult — to lay a hand gently on her shoulder and draw her into the protection of his own body . |
| 24 | Could you take her round the factory and tell her about the work ? ’ |
| 25 | It had been in his eyes when he lay on the bed staring rigidly at the ceiling , a terrifying , heart-rending pain that cut her to the bone . |
| 26 | A forager learns many things about a food source that aid her in the future , including its colour , shape , odour , location , nearby landmarks , time of nectar production , how to approach , land , enter , and reach the nectar , and so on . |
| 27 | You could place the female Guppy in a breeding trap or a separate tank and return her to the main tank after she has given birth . |
| 28 | He was about to take her arm and help her into the culvert but she neither needed nor wanted his help . |
| 29 | Hari felt him take her arm and lead her beneath the overhanging trees . |