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

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1 The newcomer listened in his turn to the description Mrs Zamzam had given me of the events that led her to run away from Um Al-Farajh , occasionally nodding agreement or interrupting to correct her account .
2 Ruth did not whine or try to get her way .
3 A wooden doll was made or found to contain her bones ; and round it gold plates and gold wire were set in the ninth century .
4 Her uncle Raymond , Count of Tripoli , was ruler of one of the crusader-states and too far away either to help her or to threaten to take her inheritance for himself .
5 To accept that whatever she had done or promised or performed to maintain her position in Market Square then her choice could only have been that or the workhouse .
6 Whether Annie and Lizzie had heard of the Sunday visit or had marked her absence was n't clear but they appeared almost conciliatory compared to previous days .
7 causing bad feeling or trying to upset her trade , I mean we know she 's rubbish but erm I , I said er I just said well the children who enjoy it enjoy it I said but he never really settled and er we felt that between us we 'd got over twenty years ' experience of working with children , we reckoned we knew a little bit more about what makes children tick .
8 This time he traced it back to the servant in the bedroom — he blocked out or refused to remember her name — a cold witch , he decided , a witch who would find no satiation in this world , maybe even a spirit brought back to test and ruin those who had intercourse with her .
9 She might then have sought and received public assistance or have pledged her husband 's credit with tradesmen : in which case the National Assistance Board might have summoned him before the magistrates , or the tradesmen might have sued him in the county court .
10 There would be no food either , nor place to lay her head when it grew dark .
11 Mr Ferguson said Brown had a £40,000 tax bill and planned to sell her Aristocats escort agency in Bayswater , west London , and train to be a beautician .
12 On Remembrance Sunday last year strangers came up to Irene in the street and asked to shake her hand .
13 The men fiddled uneasily with their cigarettes and calculators , and avoided meeting her eye .
14 In the event of plans not being funded , the nurse adviser should estimate the effects on patient care and make known her views .
15 She had been shocked and upset to see her friend so ill , and suddenly John realised that she was weeping as she walked along with her face averted .
16 The new partnership allows Diana to base herself at Kensington Palace and to continue to see her circle of friends including James Gilbey and James Hewitt .
17 However , I suggested that it would be better for her to come back after another week as this would give her time to think over all that had happened , to listen to the cassette if she wished and to continue to practise her relaxation and visualization techniques .
18 Alison Dare also won two Portman races with Sleepline For Pine and Grademount to raise her tally to 13 and now leads the women 's championship race by six .
19 Isabel abandoned the attempt and fought to regain her control instead .
20 She was jailed for six months yesterday after a judge told her she had caused chaos and fear to boost her restaurant 's profits .
21 If she had , he would surely be punished for leaving his room and daring to open her private door .
22 It is clearly very important to make sure that at learn some of your visits are completely unhurried and timed to suit her convenience , for to many elderly people a few hours relaxing in the company of a son or daughter they love can be an oasis in the desert of their week if they live alone .
23 But now she 's back with a new healthy image , two young children — and has remarried her ex-husband
24 His wife has been fired from Malawi University 's College of Nursing and has lost her accommodation .
25 Janice Glen was thrilled to receive a colourful flower arrangement on her birthday and has sent her thanks to you all through Hilda Hewitt .
26 Jill Hayfield was a design student and has used her considerable flair and artistic skill in decorating the house.The drawing room is particularly notable for its splendid oak panelling and parquet floor which was a wedding gift to the wealthy mill owner occupier in 1924 .
27 She is a busybody who likes talking and has cultivated her own style .
28 In full plume : 40 years on the throne , 66 next month , Queen Elizabeth II has reigned through two wars , seven prime ministers and Britain joining the EC , and has steered her family — ‘ The Firm ’ as she calls them — through a period of unprecedented social change
29 Someone ought to talk to Lily Bates , yes , that was what he had said and meant , but it might not have been him if he had n't seen her for himself that afternoon between five and six , the period between Hook Road School closing and Rose leaving her office at Belmodes ; the time Steve would have made his own .
30 ‘ He 'll make it , ’ Bodie said , and strained to catch her dying words .
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