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 . |