Example sentences of "[prep] her [adv] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | ‘ Hey , ’ Ellie called after her weakly , ‘ I do n't know anything about serving on stalls … ’ and then let her hand drop limply to her side . |
| 2 | He had n't looked after her properly , he 'd been a bad father . |
| 3 | ‘ Is that an implication that we 're not looking after her properly ? ’ |
| 4 | The Doctor stared after her anxiously . |
| 5 | Vulcan B.2 XH558 was back home after her last-ever show and might have made her last ever flight . |
| 6 | I know where she was and I know the woman looks after her well . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I 've tried and tried to look after her well , but she 's impossible . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm sure Jim Mangold will look after her splendidly . |
| 9 | The boy 's mother was from the Landes region , and Grégoire took after her rather than after Jean-Paul : he was very thin , very tanned , with a narrow solemn face , and thick black hair . |
| 10 | Pat found herself wondering whether to return to Purley , but decided after all to establish herself in the South West and spread the Medau message by taking up teaching again after her rather brief retirement . |
| 11 | ‘ I told her to ask you — so why do n't you rush after her right now ? |
| 12 | She needs someone to look after her though . ’ |
| 13 | Steffi Graf never makes excuses , never — its her most famous trademark after her forehand ! |
| 14 | She had been tired after her early shift , which had necessitated getting up at six ; perhaps that was why she had slipped so easily into that state of contented , almost hypnotic languor . |
| 15 | Local tradition calls salty crags by the Dead Sea after her still . |
| 16 | I enjoy reading her letters , and the way she describes the scenes , the weather , and the local gossip in Lochaber , especially after her very rare visits to Spean Bridge . |
| 17 | You 've looked after her very well . ’ |
| 18 | Police , social services and hospital staff stress the youngster is in excellent health and unharmed and it is obvious her mother has looked after her very well . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'll see you to your car , ’ he said gruffly , and followed her out , opening the car door and closing it after her deliberately . |
| 20 | Since he looked after her as carefully as he did the rest , the princess too was happy to share their life in the forest . |
| 21 | I lay on my back and watched it for a second , then got up and ran after her as fast as I could , again just because I knew I could n't catch her . |
| 22 | But said too that he 'd married her in church and he 'd promised to look after her always . ’ |
| 23 | She ate as directed by Taggy , and made no fuss when that dame looked after her much as she had herself done for her deceased employer — nursing her and acting as lady 's maid , and combing out her troublesome copper hair , until Theda felt strong enough to perform this office for herself . |
| 24 | ‘ Oh yes , I remember : she had him panting after her all right ! ’ |
| 25 | Again , although I visited her regularly , taking little presents ; remembered her birthday and saw to it that her sons did the same ; looked after her once when she was ill ; and respected my husband 's love for her , I did not take much notice of her suggestions : ‘ My mother seems to think … |
| 26 | There was nothing coming after her any more . |
| 27 | Guido was seating himself opposite her again . |
| 28 | The thrusters were below her now . |
| 29 | The future , which once had seemed to her a long , grassy vista into distant sunlight , was now a black impenetrable vapour , blowing towards her menacingly , like some poisonous gas , and threatening to envelop her . |
| 30 | Riven started towards her instinctively , but then halted to check on the battle . |