Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] [pron] [prep] her " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sight of the handbag she 'd caught up as he 'd carried her from her flat and which he had tossed on to the bed gave her the glimmering of an idea . |
| 2 | This was exactly what she had been afraid of — flibbertigibbet though she was in most things , Candy could be positively terrier-like if she got her teeth into a mystery , refusing to let go until she 'd solved everything to her satisfaction . |
| 3 | She 'd made it to her bedroom door before Guy 's voice called after her . |
| 4 | But , still the same , Fabia felt hot by the time she 'd made it to her room , so went and took a shower and changed her clothes and supposed , since it had to be lunchtime , that she should set about getting a snack of some sort . |
| 5 | Hundreds of flowers she could n't name , she 'd seen them in her grandmother 's garden , in her mother 's garden , in neglected gardens all over . |
| 6 | She said she 'd seen it in her window . |
| 7 | She 's been wearing an inflatable plastic suit that slimmed your body and she 'd ignited it with her cigarette . |
| 8 | Bertha had looked affronted as she 'd drawn herself to her full height . |
| 9 | Her stories hurt because he 'd experienced nothing like her happiness . |
| 10 | Those nights of passionate improvisation after she 'd introduced me to her two friends from Peredelkino , the writers ' village . |
| 11 | That was how she 'd done it — she 'd touched them with her warm love and it had been too much for the Worm 's heart of hatred . |
| 12 | If only he 'd finished his new masterpiece before he 'd submitted it to her critical eye . |
| 13 | Already she could visualise the lay-out — ‘ The Other Side of Fashion ’ she 'd entitled it in her mind 's eye when she 'd discussed it with Nick . |
| 14 | Her father had bedecked her in her deceased mother 's jewels . |
| 15 | She had hidden it under her hat , in her wealth of hair . |
| 16 | It had been a glimpse of Gentle , not so unlike the one she 'd just had , that had propelled her into her near-suicidal affair with him . |
| 17 | He was fluent , learned , a man of books , and yet , she had heard him with her father on small points , as sharp as a tinker … too many false trails , too many different scents … as if he , too , were puzzling over his path … |
| 18 | Having slept better that night , Fabia awakened on Tuesday and thought of Ven , thought of Cara and of Barney , and would dearly have liked to telephone her parents to find out if they had heard anything from her sister . |
| 19 | Daffodil , however , had fastened hers to her cleavage , the red , white and gold popping out now and again past the long-haired chinchillas . |
| 20 | But something about him had fastened itself to her memory , and she found herself saying to a bartender the night after , ‘ Do you know a boy , about fifteen or sixteen , a legit , who goes around with a large black dog ? ’ |
| 21 | But a stray recollection of a golliwog Maurice had given her for her fifth birthday undid the effect in an instant and she reached Swans ' Meadow with her eyes red and face blotchy from tears , only to find to her surprise that Ursula was in a similar condition . |
| 22 | As she gathered up the bedding and cushions she had hung out of the windows to air before the evening earth began to exhale dew , she wondered whether she should fetch out her best mantilla , the white lace her mother had given her for her first communion , which she never wore because it seemed so showy , and had n't worn even yesterday for the Easter Mass . |
| 23 | Not a gentle kiss , nor yet as punishing as the last one he had given her in her room , but it was urgent and demanding and was all the encouragement she needed . |
| 24 | And then he said suddenly , ‘ That phone call Ah was waitin' fur — it was from the hotel Iris had given me as her address in Lima . |
| 25 | " Oh Christ she said , limp suddenly , as if that one contact had drained her of her vital energy , preparing her , weakening her , for what was to come . |
| 26 | When Justine Moritz was in this prison , the world outside had prejudged her before her trial . |
| 27 | Midge , who had cancelled none of her engagements , asked Patrick if he would accompany her in Stevie 's place . |
| 28 | She blushed at the thought that she had half considered it , that the pressure on her hand and admiration had added something to her pleasure , that it had made her feel successful . |
| 29 | Only in the Empress 's own apartments was there any sign of normality , where Eugénie had installed herself with her personal maid , her secretary and a handful of courtiers who had come from Saint Cloud to be with her . |
| 30 | The plan — a simple one — was for the Tongue to be stolen immediately after Laura had installed herself in her room at The Randolph . |