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

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1 One white lone mother in my study noted that her mother was also a woman coping alone on a very limited income : ‘ she 'd rather put us first but I do n't want to see her go without . ’
2 She 's so damned intent on following in Chrissie 's footsteps … do you want to see her end up in a box , as well ? ’
3 It made him laugh to see her standing there , shaking her fist at the departing van .
4 Maurice probably did n't want to risk her objecting to the surrender of Tristram 's letters .
5 An ambulance was called but efforts made to revive her proved unsuccessful .
6 You would n't want to meet her coming towards you down a dark alley .
7 Her boyfriend has taught her to drink .
8 Doubtless he wants to see her established in this house . ’
9 David tried to see her to persuade her to change her mind , but she refused any further contact with him .
10 In The Secret Garden Mary has been watching a robin which has let her come quite near .
11 This completes a successful nine months for Gourlay which has seen her become the Scottish indoor and outdoor singles champion and now the world champion .
12 I just , I tell you what , I , I know it sounds nasty , but I am glad that Penny is some way has had something that has made her realised what that place was all about .
13 She breathes her lament into the earth filling her mouth , saying over and over , for the habit of power has made her take the past on her shoulders , ‘ If I could return to that time , I would no longer change men into beasts as I did , and then find myself unable to change them back into men . ’
14 In Jenny 's situation , the dread of violence and the potential disintegration of her parents ' marriage has made her flee from any potential aggression .
15 Let me add that it is this very spur … which has made her choose anorexia in preference to , say , toxicomania or obesity , two conditions that spell surrender to her own greed .
16 In fact , her affection for the wonderful world in which she lives has helped her survive .
17 Grace has 35 to 40 regular customers per week and says she owes much of her success to the course , which has helped her become more confident as a businesswoman and as a boss .
18 She pressed her hand to her mouth and tried to calm her working stomach .
19 The fact that she was known to be on a special complex carbohydrate diet designed to help her regain weight did n't help matters .
20 Cos that 's what Margaret stopped paying her paying for them did n't she June ?
21 If she has any problems in her relationship with the man you married , she should feel able to talk about these privately with you , knowing that because you love them both you are prepared to accept her negative feelings , and to try to help her to understand his personality and attitudes better , in the light of your knowledge of him , his family , his upbringing , and the events that have shaped his life .
22 She had just started out on her career as a free-lance photographer , with nothing but a little talent , a lot of determination and the best camera money could buy to help her make it .
23 I tried to help her see that if she let herself go enough to enjoy playing building bricks too , Nicola would n't feel the need to throw them around to get the attention she wanted .
24 But the Department has told her to destroy all copies , return the original and warned that further action could be taken if she ignores the advice .
25 You may also need to help her to transfer to the list of your own general practitioner , if she and he are both agreeable to this ; and of course she must be assured that you , or some other member of the family will be with her on the actual day of the move or , if she wishes , take the responsibility of it off her shoulders completely .
26 Huy tried to imagine her going through the simple ceremony with someone else , and could not .
27 I tried to persuade her to go home , even suggested I go with her to talk to her parents but she could n't even face that .
28 When they returned to the house , Terry tried to persuade her to accompany her to visit one of her girlfriends , for a sort of hen night , she supposed , but Ellie pleaded tiredness and went up to her room , and that , except for a brief trip to the kitchen for something to eat , was where she stayed .
29 The absence of her own , however , has enabled her to spend a lifetime amusing and instructing other people 's .
30 Her career so far has been in publishing , and , following the birth of her son James in 1982 , this has enabled her to work from home .
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