Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [vb base] her " in BNC.
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1 | Mrs O'Brien here at her home in Slough , was told by her husband that the loan back in nineteen eighty seven was only for sixty thousand pounds , the bank did n't correct this or give her independent advice . |
2 | There was a gate by the stile leading to the short-cut footpath , and she was able to open this and push her bike through . |
3 | His stomach was churning but he knew he could elude her if only he could remain calm and call her bluff . |
4 | All that she could identify as remaining of herself was the Jew ; she would never leave unpaid or transfer her spiritual account , if for no other reason than that payment safeguarded what little survived of her identity . |
5 | The British number one gave another exhibition of power play to sink Valda Lake 6-1 6-3 and clinch her seventh final appearance in ten years . |
6 | be absolute and let her face recede |
7 | When Travis seemed in need of another stiff drink , Sebastian served him liberally and , Travis 's tongue more free than it had ever been , he spoke of his love for Rosemary , his wish to marry her , but how because of her sense of propriety she would n't even let him take her out , or so much as mention her name to his family . |
8 | The family combines to make the daughter feel guilty and re-assume her task . |
9 | She criticised Mr Major 's election soap-box as ‘ naff ’ during the recent campaign , but the Prime Minister was prepared to overlook that and countenance her rehabilitation . |
10 | Could he give her the best of food or pay for a doctor if she fell sick or buy her fine clothes or anythin' she fancies ? |
11 | Guido was standing over her now in that dominating way he had , making her sit up even straighter and stretch her neck even more . |
12 | When she saw him , she let out a little cry ( that bit took ages to rehearse : every bit that required Lady Laetitia to do more than flash her tits took ages ) , then turned and ran to the end of the room . |
13 | According to Neale , Elizabeth had originally wished to do no more than reintroduce her father 's national church , but was pressured into a more radical programme by Protestants in the House of Commons , who insisted on the adoption of the 1552 Prayer Book . |
14 | She had been astonished before , but the words were barely out of her mouth when , causing her to be absolutely amazed , and with an effrontery she just could not credit , Naylor Massingham did no more than whip her spectacles from off her nose . |
15 | Although Ross had insisted on seeing her every day , during that time he had never done anything more than kiss her hand . |
16 | Perhaps she really did little more than lend her name , but it was to her at any rate that Queen Victoria 's secretary wrote with royal support for her venture ( the Queen had also supported the Victoria Press , named after her ) . |
17 | Graf wants to travel more and change her career before she 's too old . |
18 | Looking at herself in the looking-glass on the stairs she saw how small and pink her eyes looked , their lids still puffy and her skin was tired and lifeless . |
19 | If your child does something you do not like , such as losing her temper too easily , you may increase her ability to think first and hold her temper by penalizing her consistently for failing to do so ; in this way you are providing an ‘ incentive ’ for her efforts to keep her cool . |
20 | It also made him want even more to pull her close and heal her wounds with a kiss . |
21 | She refused to be cowardly and hang her head . |