Example sentences of "[vb infin] her [noun] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 A GIRL Friday who quit her job because she could not trust her boss to leave her alone was yesterday awarded £2,390 for sex discrimination .
2 I do n't think her parents gave her much very much freedom .
3 I do n't think her mum uses it very much .
4 No , I did n't want to tell you about her , because I did n't want her story to become yours .
5 At the same time Diana did not want her friends to see her in such a wretched , unhappy state .
6 Something , something in her friend 's tense attitude seemed to say that she did n't want her visitor to know she was expected elsewhere .
7 It would break her mood to lift her .
8 At work next day , discussing time-sheets and piecework rates with Dagmar , she could feel her skin irritating her .
9 She came nearer , she would give her life to please him , and this other life was in her gift now .
10 Do you do what did you do her brother do you ?
11 She could vaguely remember her mother bathing her , but mostly she recalled her grandmother 's strong arms .
12 She 'd like her niece to visit her as soon as possible .
13 Anguished husband Ron , 60 , could only grip her fingertips to show her he was there .
14 Well , she would have to go home and get her dad to run her to the rave .
15 He would let her father row him down the lake and dangle out a few lines to see if a tickle of fish would tickle his mood .
16 It was about time she stopped feeling sorry for herself , the hurt and pain of losing mam would be with her for a long time , but Hari knew she could not let her grief incapacitate her , if she did not mend and make shoes she did not eat .
17 Nevertheless , she says that whenever she could persuade her scribe to let her dictate to him , ‘ she was hale and whole suddenly in a manner ’ .
18 Maybe it would change her mind about the great Prince Sabatini , maybe she 'd ask her papa to marry her off to someone who believed in a woman 's right to decency and respect .
19 Fran swallowed hard , feeling the bitter taste of fear burning her throat as she stared into the man 's cold , flat eyes , wishing she could find her voice to tell him what he could do with his threats .
20 She could barely turn her head to watch him as he backed out of the room and closed the door ; a moment later , the sounds of the fire irons against stone resumed .
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