Example sentences of "[verb] her [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Felix 's wife began to recite her poetry , and wondered about his air fare , and gave him some coffee . |
| 2 | For the purposes of the tape I think er we ought to explain that our management meetings are always run on very serious lines with no , no jokes allowed , er first of all I think we should just place on the record that this meeting is being taped everybody recognises that , and the purposes are for to analyse everybody 's linguistic ability and later on Tracy 's going to recite her piece her presentation for the purpose of the tape . |
| 3 | JOANNE HOCKLEY from Felixstowe Ferry booked her place in the match-play stages of the British Women 's Amateur Championship when she handed in a 72 during the second qualifying round at Royal Lytham and St Annes . |
| 4 | Luisella had also been the child of a successful businessman , owner of one of the most important chemist 's shops in Treviso , and she too had had brothers who had dominated her childhood , driving her to defend herself in unorthodox ways . |
| 5 | One girl shared her story of a fringe group , which for ten years had dominated her life . |
| 6 | Gwendolen is a Jamaican girl who is sexually abused first by an ‘ uncle ’ in Jamaica and then , when she joins her parents in London , by her father . |
| 7 | So how did Mrs Price win her case when she was alleging age discrimination . |
| 8 | A MOTHER is living in a nightmare from which her only possible escape is that her tiny daughter may win her fight for life . |
| 9 | He wagered a necklace of great value so I proffered the ring on who would win her favours first . ’ |
| 10 | She stands upright in her long white cotton nightgown from Laura Ashley , scratches her bottom through the cambric , and yawns . |
| 11 | She would dig and cultivate her plants with great gusto and had one of the finest gardens in the Institute compound . |
| 12 | That was good ; it gave her something to think about other than the pain lacerating her heart . |
| 13 | Kathmandu : THE PRINCESS of Wales strained her ankle yesterday on a pebbly path in Nepal 's Himalayan foothills — but went on to tease puffing press photographers who still could not match her pace.The Princess walked briskly through the rough , rocky terrain on a walkabout during the second day of her solo visit to Nepal.After straining her ankle on a pebbled road in Dharan in eastern Nepal she began to limp slightly , but her pace still left Overseas Development Minister Baroness Chalker and several photographers gasping for breath.The Princess could not resist the temptation to chide them . |
| 14 | ( A sound like the mindless drone of bees ; the sound whispered to Chesarynth and she strained her perceptions to hear its subtext : like bees they 'll sting unless you sate them with security and dull the thoughts from their minds . ) |
| 15 | She strained her eyes , searching , but today she could not persuade herself that there were any seals out there . |
| 16 | Then she strained her eyes . |
| 17 | She strained her eyes into the broken circle of darkness , and a breath of ancient tension and fear seemed to issue chillingly from the hole the river had torn in history . |
| 18 | The high rate of acceleration strained her neck muscles . |
| 19 | Belief in some prancing horned beast who conjured up all the mischief in the world strained her tolerance to the limit . |
| 20 | After a few seconds she drew it down again and strained her ears . |
| 21 | Charlotte strained her ears to hear whether he would slip out by the side door and make straight for the garage at the rear of the house for his car , but instead she heard the crisp , light rapping of his heels on the oak staircase . |
| 22 | As she strained her ears , trying to pin-point its exact location , she gave an exclamation of disgust and thrust the duvet aside . |
| 23 | She strained her ears but could hear nothing . |
| 24 | He was still grinning when he left the centre and as Rachel began clearing up the soiled dressings she strained her ears to hear what was being said in the office . |
| 25 | Paige strained her ears to pick up even the slightest sound . |
| 26 | Her voice , when it came , sounded like an old woman 's voice , cracked and tremulous , and the words strained her throat . |
| 27 | She sat on my bed her face strained her hands clenched . |
| 28 | All the promises of help from the LTA failed to materialise , but nothing clouded her ambitions or her aspirations . |
| 29 | She sucked in a deep breath then looked up , squeezing her eyelids tightly together as if to clear the fuzziness which clouded her vision . |
| 30 | Tears clouded her eyes as she remembered those dark days , but she blinked them away . |