Example sentences of "[noun prp] and [verb] her [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cleo ran to Lucy and hit her around the knees with the balloon shouting ‘ Doon … doon . ’ |
| 2 | Mrs Lennox threw an arm around Maggie and drew her into the kitchen . |
| 3 | After the meeting a lot of people wanted to talk to Karen and ask her about the last few days . |
| 4 | ‘ Like that one in Gulliver , ’ said Ann , and this started a discussion as to whether Scotland could engineer the flight of its islands to hover over England and starve her of sunlight and rain , like Laputa in Gulliver 's Travels . |
| 5 | Ruth Michaelis felt betrayed from the time her mother brought her over to England and left her with the Reverend Stead and his family . |
| 6 | Later , through the snow , Dreamer returned to Tallis and watched her with more knowing than before . |
| 7 | I did ring Agnes away back in January and thanked her for having you ; I was ringing her partly to tell her that , strangely , one of her Hungarian friends from Southampton ( called ) is now the computer expert at Chambers , whose services I 've been using recently to accomplish the final formatting of my questionnaire and piece of sample text . |
| 8 | He went over to Florence and took her in his arms . |
| 9 | Flynn , of course , meant that the English government was uncaring and malignant — out to break Ireland and keep her as an inexhaustible well of cheap labour and a fertile nursery for the British army . |
| 10 | " Say " Goodbye " nicely to Miss Nicandra and thank her for coming to pay you a little visit . " |
| 11 | Sometimes Jack would bring Alison and leave her with Franca , or Alison would ‘ drop in ’ on Franca after seeing Pat . |
| 12 | I telephoned Anna-Lisa after the AAAs and told her about my injury . |
| 13 | Then she sought out Matilda and called her into the classroom . |
| 14 | Adam grabbed Billie and hid her behind the Audi , glad that he 'd chosen a four-wheel-drive Quattro . |
| 15 | The jury at Oxford Crown Court found the married father of two guilty after hearing that he 'd tied the woman 's hands hands behind her back in the city 's New Road and subjected her to a terrifying ordeal , during which she 'd feared for her life . |
| 16 | Her entry gave me the chance to ignore Ernest and present her with Victor 's note myself , which I did . |
| 17 | Then , with Falkenhayn invading northern Romania , Mackensen 's reinforced army was free to cross the Danube and assault her from the south . |
| 18 | The servant also said Mick phoned Jerry on Monday and blasted her for discussing their marriage in public . |
| 19 | By the time her mother rose in an elegant flourish of Pucci and swept her towards the door in that ostentatiously motherly way she had , Jo was in a sulk as deep as the Pacific Trench . |
| 20 | ‘ The others hatched plans for him , like abducting Constanza and hiding her in the depth of Calabria . |
| 21 | While Jacob was still shaking his head , Nahum said , ‘ I believe I owe you and your gang a debt of thanks for finding Anna and bringing her to safety . |
| 22 | It was also a pleasant parish , and the vicar 's wife was very kind to Anna and shielded her from exploitation . |
| 23 | I spoke to Princesse Mathilde and asked her about the school Violette went to in Switzerland . |
| 24 | The Mail senior staff who stuck with her in Hong Kong and whisked her round the world to safe houses ca n't talk ; Pamella ca n't talk ; her lawyer Tim Taylor ca n't talk . |
| 25 | Marco grabbed Tabitha and hustled her off the quay . |
| 26 | It was decided that Julia should go to see Minnie and escort her to Carrie 's house if she wished to come . |
| 27 | The Ashleys fully appreciated how much they owed to Sybille and treated her with great respect and kindness ; faux pas , which from other members of staff would have met with icy reproofs , went scarcely noticed . |
| 28 | PLAYER-KING : Full thirty times hath Phoebus ' cart — ( CLAUDIUS enters with POLONIUS and goes over to OPHELIA and lifts her to her feet . |
| 29 | The tutor appeared unsure , but the boy jumped up from his place , rushing to Beth and grabbing her by the hand . |
| 30 | On the morning of 9 November , Sydney sighted Emden and pinned her to the shore of Keeling Island , one of the Cocos group , on which a German party had been landed to destroy essential cable and wireless installations connecting Australian , African and Indian telegraph systems . |