Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] [verb] her [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | George Eliot had loved the bonnets and sprigged china — because she knew them , or because writing them down gave her power over them , made her gentle and generous to their meaning ? |
| 2 | Money , of course , was scarce , and to help pay the bills she began to take in lodgers , moving me in to share her bedroom and letting my room and the attic . |
| 3 | ‘ You can have too much of anything , ’ was Gay 's sage rejoinder , ‘ and I rather think her mother 's been overdoing this entertaining stunt . |
| 4 | She did not resist as I gently opened her mouth . |
| 5 | I only saw her sister . |
| 6 | I suddenly remembered her name was Jane . |
| 7 | I just remember her backside wherever I saw always Helen 's backside . |
| 8 | I just wish her violin-playing showed any sign of improving through this extra-mural enthusiasm . |
| 9 | I just squeezed her hand and said , " Yes , darling . |
| 10 | I already had her telephone number . |
| 11 | I once watched her approach an elderly politician . |
| 12 | I always trust her opinion — apart from when she says I look cute , as I said ! |
| 13 | I always respected her judgment and opinions . |
| 14 | I still see her face . |
| 15 | I usually make her coffee , and if she runs out of fags or needs summat from the shops , I go for her . |
| 16 | I also checked her urine for sugar as she now had vaginal thrush although this was probably due to the antibiotics . |
| 17 | ‘ I nearly had her back , Maggie , but now she 's right out of reach . |
| 18 | I really enjoy her company and miss the fun we used to have together on Neighbours . |
| 19 | I often thought her blindness was not entirely physical : she wanted finally to shut her eyes to the sorrows and miseries of the son she still adored , for she could not bear to see me suffering . |
| 20 | ‘ I think that pictures of this kind have no place on the sleeve of a pop record and I strongly question her commitment to Amnesty International . ’ |
| 21 | She did n't turn up , so of course I then telephoned her office and found she had n't been there that week . |
| 22 | As , only a few months ago , she very charmingly killed a similar measure that I had introduced I doubly welcome her support now . |
| 23 | We all called her Nanny ; I never knew her name . |
| 24 | Why , Mrs. Jewkes , you tell me she remains very sullen still and eats nothing , yet I think I never saw her look better in my life . |
| 25 | ‘ I never saw her face properly but |
| 26 | I NEVER ASKED her name . |
| 27 | So I say nothing to Anna ; instead I quietly join her family for a meal . |
| 28 | ‘ Believe me , I too value her friendship , ’ he said with obvious sincerity . |
| 29 | She also implored me not to contact her family . |
| 30 | Her lip trembled briefly as Tony hugged her and Maureen kissed her again before they left , but she quickly recovered and told them unsmilingly to give her love to her father and the family . |