Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [verb] her [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 I tried to let her hand go , but nothing happened .
2 ‘ No , ’ I said , and hated myself for telling the untruth , but I was thinking of my own boat standing propped on the sand of Straker 's Cay , and I thought of all the work I had lavished on Masquerade , and of all the love and care and time I had poured into her , and I tried to imagine her rotting under the tropical sun with her paint peeling , her deck planks opening and her timbers riddled with termites .
3 But she avoided my lips , so that I brushed her cheek , and as I tried to find her mouth she said , ‘ No , Kit .
4 ‘ But I 'd locked her door .
5 ‘ She was n't in the boardroom because I 'd seen her leave .
6 I said I 'd seen her picture .
7 So I think because I 'd done her class once before she thought I 'll her in again .
8 I 'd made her question her own heart . ’
9 After I 'd kissed her goodbye I felt pretty happy because not only had I at last had an extremely enjoyable sexual experience , but I 'd also been able to give enjoyment .
10 I thought it a bit off that she 'd never asked how I 'd got her pendant back .
11 ‘ Telford — of course — I 'd forgotten her sister 's married name is Telford .
12 She had tried to get out of the car when he was driving and he considered it lucky that they had n't been killed , but as he and I were together more I came to admire her resolution and good sense .
13 The following day , when I arrived to collect her ladyship 's papers , a similar reception was waiting .
14 News , too , of changes in the Alumni Office — Tracey Francis left in the summer for pastures new and I arrived to take her place in September .
15 I enjoyed making her wait but , just before I left , she called over to me , a false smile on her pretty , hypocritical face .
16 I loved helping her fold sheets .
17 I decided to give her Arsenicum Album LM1 in a 100ml bottle and within 1 month she was feeling much better , her period had been the best she could remember and she 'd even been out to a party .
18 I needed to have her support , so when people said they did n't like it , I could say that she 'd been happy .
19 ‘ I ca n't believe that I never stopped to think that Amber , four , was in the room , too , when I started punching her father , ’ Gail recalls .
20 She does that sometimes , or at least she did until I started locking her door .
21 So I started changing her nappy for her and she decided she was going to take off .
22 ‘ I jumped out of my seat , my headphones flew off and I started giving her mouth-to-mouth .
23 ‘ Darling , I swear I started questioning her story as early as the next day .
24 When I offered to carry her sack she waved me aside .
25 I have a grand-niece , my brother 's granddaughter , and two Saturdays ago I went to see her dance in Denver — and she danced just as I 've always wanted to dance . ’
26 I kept seeing her slamming into the car , and lying in the road , and then I saw all those black nuns floating round her and lifting her up so that her head lolled back , and I was there , wanting to say I was sorry , and her eyes were open and blank and staring right through me .
27 I remembered touching her arm , and I trembled with horror .
28 I did like her show ( and her little pink drawers )
29 So I did save her life .
30 And here we did see , by particular favour , the body of Queen Katherine of Valois ; and I had the upper part of her body in my hands , and I did kiss her mouth , reflecting upon it that I did kiss a Queene , and this was my birthday , thirty-six years old , that I did kiss a Queene . ’
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