Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] her [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seemed to be the only real thing in the universe ; the temple , the city , the motorspeeder , all of these were illusions devised to distract her from the important issues , the real business of life . |
| 2 | His ex-wife Margaret claims he tried to kill her at the family home in Brockhampton . |
| 3 | When I prised her off and tried to stand her on the floor she kept rocking back and sitting on her tail , then falling over sideways and lying there like a stuffed parrot . |
| 4 | As she leaned into the car , the attacker grabbed her and tried to pull her into the vehicle . |
| 5 | I promised to remember her to the Harvey-Beaumonts ‘ over the water ’ , and we set off once more , along a road that ran beside a demesne wall . |
| 6 | One day , as I tried to serve her on the quiet , two deep meaningful coughs from behind me raised the small hairs on my neck . |
| 7 | A SPURNED lover disguised himself to kidnap his ex-girlfriend then tried to stab her in the neck with a syringe , a court heard yesterday . |
| 8 | After the appeal , Duncan McAllister resigned his Army commission while publicity surrounding Christie 's friendship with Anna Moore helped keep her in the public eye . |
| 9 | He insinuated his right hand under her arm and tried to ease her towards the Bayswater Road . |
| 10 | She left her home last night as her owner tried to weigh her in the garden . |
| 11 | ‘ Somebody tried to phone her at the flat . |
| 12 | He stopped and turned her towards him and tried to kiss her on the mouth . |
| 13 | He slid his arm round her narrow waist and bent to kiss her on the forehead . |
| 14 | It was lovely that you came , ’ and she took his hand and raised her mouth eagerly to his as he bent to kiss her for the first time . |
| 15 | If you tried to pat her on the shoulder and say ‘ There , there , ’ anything might happen . |
| 16 | Margaret Jones claims her husband tried to murder her at the family home in Brockhampton , by pumping exhaust fumes from the garage into her bedroom . |
| 17 | Oh who cares , I thought , and tried to bundle her into the bag right away . |
| 18 | Dr Rossdale said he tried to wean her off the sleeping tablets . |
| 19 | Luke tried to steer her across the road , but she turned on him , her eyes heavy with shadows , her face pale and strained . |
| 20 | She is pictured with boyfriend , operations supervisor at the computer centre , who invited to join her on the two-day trip . |
| 21 | I knew Ellen hated the cold , and I tried to warn her of the conditions we might expect in those latitudes . |
| 22 | She looked at her daughter 's lovely face , and tried to warn her of the dangers of love , but the girl did not listen . |
| 23 | I tried to tell her about the horrible man on the doorstep but she would n't listen . |
| 24 | Yvonne Paul whose The Glamour Game ( W H Allen , £2.95 ) tells all about the Glamour Biz sent me in the blouse off her back , drenched in exotic perfume , as a ‘ thank-you ’ after I 'd interviewed her for the Daily Mail and mentioned how much I liked her get-up . |
| 25 | One of the cats came to meet her in the wood and accompanied her back into the house . |
| 26 | He 'd met her on the beach walking with a dog , a wire-haired terrier called Dolly which had come sniffing up to him . |
| 27 | I 'd met her at the odd party where we 'd chatted and that 's about it . ’ |
| 28 | He asked the old man if he knew Miss Lavant , if he 'd seen her at the fete , in clothes with buttercups on them . |
| 29 | I told him that I 'd seen her in the company of a minder I did n't like the look of and that I 'd followed them to Woolwich . |
| 30 | She stared at him and , as her eyes met his , once again , like the moment he 'd seen her in the pool , she seemed unable to look away . |