Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] her [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Jake 'd have wanted me to see her right ; but she 'll never take a penny piece off me … ’ |
| 2 | There must be a world of delight beyond Roundhay , where Victor Sylvester always plays and all the men are gentlemanly and such wonderful dancers and my mother spinturns for ever in their arms or elegantly allows them to light her cigarette . |
| 3 | As the train drew into Bodmin , Alexandra found herself clasping her own hands so tightly she could feel the seams of her gloves grinding into her flesh and wished , passionately for the visit to be a success , for them to like her house , approve of what she had done — and above all , to leave her alone to do it . |
| 4 | The touch of them made her heart turn over . |
| 5 | They know which boy each of them has her eye on , and if there is any clash of interest , they will deal with it in advance , too . |
| 6 | ‘ She did not wish me to know her family . |
| 7 | Luke smiled again , reaching across the few inches of space Fran had managed to leave between them to catch her hand and raise it to his lips as he pressed a lovingly tender kiss to her fingertips . |
| 8 | And er she says like when I think of me keeping her child overnight and all before it 's in hospital and running down to hospital three or four times when he was in the hospital , and taking him sweets and all , and she says she 's treating me like shit . |
| 9 | I do n't know why I became her friend , but I do know that we got on very well , + rarely ‘ fell out ’ . |
| 10 | " Your aunt advertised part of her house to rent — I became her tenant . |
| 11 | I asked her victim , ‘ Are you having a good time ? ‘ |
| 12 | So I asked her advice as to what would look nice , |
| 13 | When I change her nappy ? |
| 14 | I avoided her eye . |
| 15 | She mumbled something while Flora supported her and I wiped her face with the warm , fizzy water . |
| 16 | She muttered something as I wiped her face . |
| 17 | I made her laugh and she reminded me of how Robin had been conceived . |
| 18 | So Mrs Smith left us alone and I stripped off in front of my friend although I made her turn away when I came to my combs . |
| 19 | I did n't think of her ; I ca n't say I went because I respected her decision or because I thought it was in her interest ; I knew it was n't in her interest , or mine , or ours . |
| 20 | Well I mean her mother 's been dead for , I do n't know how many years . |
| 21 | Why did I think her name was Susie ? |
| 22 | " I laid her mother out , " she says . |
| 23 | Sure enough , when I manipulated her hip joints while she was still fast asleep from her anaesthetic I could almost pull the balls out of the sockets . |
| 24 | When we reach the hand-rail where the ladder is , I pat her lace backside . |
| 25 | I pat her arm . |
| 26 | By the late 1880s she had become a friend of Mary Wollstonecraft [ q.v. ] , who wrote to Joshua on 9 December 1790 : ‘ I fear her situation is still very uncomfortable . |
| 27 | I met her ex-lover last night . ’ |
| 28 | We broke up after I met her mother , who walked into the room in which I was sitting , only to find me oblivious , shouting obscenities at a television screen whereon computerised pirates were digging up a desert island at my joystick 's behest . |
| 29 | I met her glance , not sure what she was saying . |
| 30 | She looked alarmed , and even though I knew the significance of this rite , because Nour had told me , for a moment I shared her confusion , her small anxiety at the thought of the violence of that long-past nuptial night . |