Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [verb] her " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only watching the sea for hours calmed her . |
| 2 | At the end Polyxena looks back as Akamas leads her away a prisoner . |
| 3 | Even talking about Friedrich made her catch her breath , swallow , bring the shutter down in her head . |
| 4 | She had been Patrick 's housekeeper for fourteen years , through his brief and disastrous marriage , through his long and complicated liaison with a woman who had left a year ago , telling Ella that there was no point in waiting any longer for Patrick to marry her . |
| 5 | In her room , Jenna undressed and went to bed , but she lay awake , waiting for grief to hit her . |
| 6 | The knowledge disappeared as quickly as it had come ; but it had come in time to remind her of why she had waited so anxiously for Johnny to visit her ; to remind her of why she had longed for his return with such a burning impatience . |
| 7 | BRIGITTE Bardot 's love for animals drove her to attempt suicide after an horrific cruelty case near her home , friends fear . |
| 8 | A quick flick of a comb through her hair — there was no hat to accessorise this dress — she reached for the crocodile clutch bag and moved towards the doorway for Arlene to give her a quick check before she stepped out onto the catwalk again . |
| 9 | Meredith had told Markby she would rather like to attend Westerfield church on Christmas Day morning before going to Laura 's if he did n't mind , so Markby drove out from Bamford after breakfast to accompany her . |
| 10 | The nurse who had been looking after Julie escorted her to theatre and stayed with her until she had been introduced to the theatre nurse . |
| 11 | For the sake of Oreste , she must be cool and calm and take matters into her own hands instead of waiting so feebly for fate to help her . |
| 12 | He 's been right about Sebastian contacting her . |
| 13 | ‘ She had a great zest for life.I loved her dearly , ’ says Alfred . |
| 14 | The row about Catholicism got her out of the house and carried her through two euphoric days , during which she thought about the Trinity , existed on lollipops and stared at the Celebration of the Mass from the back of Westminster Cathedral . |
| 15 | She felt like crying as dejection hit her like a ton of bricks . |
| 16 | She heard the key turn in the lock and a fear that was just short of primitive assailed her . |
| 17 | And a sudden lightness of heart took her . |
| 18 | Then a chance encounter with a man going to see the precious Blood at Wilsnak in the Duchy of Brandenburg determined her to accompany him . |
| 19 | The fatal disease was unromantic ( measles ) , but it almost carried off Louis-Napoleon also , and only the courage and devotion of Hortense prevented her losing both sons . |
| 20 | She was seeking the next angle , the next approach , knowing that she 'd have at the most a couple of minutes to make her pitch . |
| 21 | I was sure that my mother neither understood nor agreed with what Lili was saying , but the mention of these classic works of literature compelled her to reveal at least her knowledge of their existence . |
| 22 | " You could of course tell her the truth , " Jane suggested . |
| 23 | of times kissed her on the arse |
| 24 | Lee 's look of sympathy embarrassed her . |
| 25 | She held out her arms and tried desperately to grab at Jones 's reins , but three quarters of a ton of racehorse hit her head-on at nearly forty miles an hour and the three went down in a heap . |
| 26 | His sudden change of direction confused her still further . |
| 27 | Nothing and no one was safe , least of all Mrs Browning , and as she reflected on this a sense of futility overwhelmed her . |
| 28 | The smell of chlorine engulfed her and someone suddenly blew a whistle , the sound echoing in the large enclosed area . |
| 29 | Then when madam gets home tomorrow , you 'll be in a fit frame of mind to see her and get this sorted out once and for all . ’ |
| 30 | Her highly alerted state of mind told her there was some purpose behind that question . |