Example sentences of "they had [verb] her [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had not approved of the baby ; they had thought Phoebe negligent at best for getting pregnant and not taking appropriate action ; they had chivvied her through the later months of her pregnancy with a mixture of indulgence and irritation , cross both that she was pregnant and that she was n't taking it seriously . |
| 2 | They had followed her up the path meantime , and were coming into the room ; her uninspiring sons , Paul the lawyer , George the insurance broker , Hubert the medical student , his eyes strained with reading . |
| 3 | They had grasped her by the wrists and feet and dragged her to the neighbouring room . |
| 4 | They had warned her at the start there would be complicated things going on , and not to try to understand them , that her job was looking after the baby . |
| 5 | She would find one , they had told her at the training depot , at most main-line stations . |
| 6 | Jilly Jonathan was pale but had calmed down after the bout of hysterical weeping that had overcome her once they had got her to the hotel . |
| 7 | Then , after she had taken her tour of Nightmare City , they had brought her into the middle of town and dumped her . |