Example sentences of "a [noun] [modal v] [verb] her " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like a fairytale hero , only a marvel can help her . |
| 2 | She looks as if a wind could blow her away . " |
| 3 | If it was a shock that made her quiet , it 'll be a shock 'll bring her round again . ’ |
| 4 | Clara had had the sense not to try to ask her mother about a possible purchase , as she could only too clearly imagine the responses to which such a request would expose her , and the abuse which would be cast upon those girls fortunate enough to have a use for party dresses . |
| 5 | Away from home , perhaps for the first time , intellectually challenged , in financial difficulty and in need of support , a student could find her or himself easy prey for a potentially abusing lecturer . |
| 6 | Her husband said the extra 1,100 dollars a month would enable her to go into a private nursing home . |
| 7 | A man might love her for a month or two . |
| 8 | ‘ You c-ca n't … ’ she spluttered , trying not to panic that , if she 'd got it right — and she could n't see how else this swine of a man could threaten her — he was saying that her job was on the line ! |
| 9 | Such a union would cause her a certain … inconvenience , shall we say ? ’ |
| 10 | She never moved or relaxed her watchfulness ; but in her very stillness there was something of violence , as though a touch might cause her to spring into startling and daunting life . |
| 11 | The agony of such a torment would tear her to shreds . |
| 12 | Sure enough Jay at ten past three in the morning flits down the stairs of the crumbling house in her pomegranate kimono , mad woman in search of photo , as if a photo could help her understand . |
| 13 | ‘ A doctor can see her . |
| 14 | The Irish male being notoriously patriarchal , this is to undervalue Jellett as seriously as a feminist might overvalue her . |
| 15 | Only a raid could save her now . |
| 16 | A brandy would do her a power of good , but she refuses . |
| 17 | Apart from the need to preserve some semblance of pride , she knew such a retreat would cause her to lose her hold on the blankets . |
| 18 | ‘ The shops here are very good , but Dana is inclined to turn her nose up at anything outside London or Paris , so I imagine an hour could see her back at the flat . ’ |
| 19 | Only an actor 's hair could fall across his brow with just that air of studied abandon , only an actor could ask her if she had a room available in just those tones of highwayman , doomed poet and pathetic little boy all rolled into one . |