Example sentences of "[adv] [pers pn] [vb past] her [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | she was smoking like that so I made her a cup of tea took it in and put it on the stool . |
| 2 | And so I told her the whole story of my lonely childhood with the Reed family , and of my terrible experience in the red room . |
| 3 | And I said I said so I told her the registration and she gave me the room number but she said . |
| 4 | And apparently she phoned her the other night at half past twelve and said can you come and pick me up ? said no . |
| 5 | Suddenly he gave her a rueful grin . |
| 6 | So he swallowed her small cries , but in the end it was not the safeguard she had sought , because in doing so he fed her the taste of himself once more and left a hunger in her which she sensed would last a long , long time , if not an eternity . |
| 7 | So he told her a little about the early months of the war ; of the friendship and the camaraderie , of the optimistic feeling of the times . |
| 8 | Anyway she sent her a tenner so she 's going to have her hair permed |
| 9 | Somehow we bought her a , bought ourselves the wrong ones . |
| 10 | And the longer he held her the weaker she felt . |
| 11 | The conversation was wide-ranging , but gradually I told her the full story of what had happened to me over the previous year or so . |
| 12 | There was a cruel smile on his mouth as once more he gave her a comprehensive survey . |
| 13 | ‘ Come on , old girl , ’ he shouted , ‘ calm down ! ’ and later he found her a scientific paper to read , which she liked . |
| 14 | So she said I think that was damn rude she said she 's just slammed the phone down on Deborah and there 's really no need for that , well she said it 's private between me and Debbie , then we found out she got her a job |
| 15 | Now it offered her the chance to get away from him for ever … |
| 16 | Well I bought her a vase but I said |
| 17 | Then very slowly he put her a little away from him , his hands holding her steady until he was sure she could stand alone . |
| 18 | And then I saw her the next day and and then I realized the and then I came back home and I told her why does n't she see there 's something changed . |
| 19 | There is a wealth of revealing evidence on the attitudes that affect reading : ‘ His daddy always takes him to bed , and he says ‘ Can I have a story ? ’ said an engineer 's wife , ‘ but he 's been told now that he 's getting a bit too old for stories ’ ’ [ ‘ He ’ is four ] ( Newson and Newson , 1968 , p.274 ) ; ‘ Then I read her a story , ’ said an actor 's wife , ‘ and Rupert listens , and then I show Rupert his little book ’ ’ [ Rupert being sixteen months old ] ( ibid . |
| 20 | And we pushed her all round the pool but then we bought her a ring , just a ring nice little one an she 's fine in that . |
| 21 | Then they gave her a battery of psych-tests that plugged straight into her nervous system ; though she fought against it , they strapped her down and there was nothing she could hide , no way to stop the relentless tide of data and attitudes they programmed into her , or the probing of her mental set . |
| 22 | For several moments he made no reply , then he sent her an enquiring glance as he said , ‘ May I ask a favour ? ’ |
| 23 | " They talked for a few moments , and then he handed her an envelope and walked away . |
| 24 | He told her she was a fool , and wished her luck — then he gave her a gold sovereign and a bottle of champagne as a farewell present . |
| 25 | The designer 's brows drew together and then he gave her a grudging smile . |
| 26 | Then he gave her a smile so chill , so filled with cunning , that it drove the blood from her face . |
| 27 | And then he gave her a great , a great big bouquet did n't he ? |
| 28 | ‘ A female Solomon , ’ said Neil , sighing , and then he gave her the most charming grin , and through the ruin of his face she suddenly saw what Matey must have known — the handsome soldier-boy he had once been . |
| 29 | Once or twice he asked her a question but it was with great effort , in a small closed-up voice , as if his throat were sewn too tight . |
| 30 | That 's when I told her the rest . |