Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] her " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , everyone envied her . |
| 2 | Six of them lent her £3,700 , secured by the Trust with interest , to pay ‘ all incumbrances absolutely necessary to be immediately discharged ’ . |
| 3 | Apart from this , she was angry with Jamila for marrying Changez , the sight of whom made her feel ill . |
| 4 | Dorothea shook her head , angry with herself , for everyone expected her , rushed to help her , everyone , truly , was so kind and the Rector relied upon her industry . |
| 5 | She went to a dance alone with hope and a new set of clothes , but all they saw was a fat woman and no-one asked her to dance . |
| 6 | Her own family has suffered the anguish of repossession , and her personal story of how her local Liberal Democrat-controlled council helped them made her the winner in the school 's mock election . |
| 7 | Two of them made her feel , not old exactly , but as if life was passing her by They were the one from Joanne that said , " You 've reached a quarter century " and the one from Stephen , " My dearest wife " . |
| 8 | As he held her from behind , Tom 's hips and thighs were solid against the thinly covered curves of her lower torso , and as usual the contact between them made her immediately weak and speechless . |
| 9 | The sight of them made her feel old — old and soiled . |
| 10 | By now she was six feet tall and to the patients she looked like Boadicea with a bedpan ; none of them found her calming , and the sisters regarded her hair with secret fear . |
| 11 | No-one scolded her . |
| 12 | But she was relied on to be correct , so no-one disturbed her as she worked , her arthritic hands holding a stubby pencil , her long , old-fashioned mask covering her mouth as she murmured to herself . |
| 13 | ‘ A girlfriend made me a wonderful big , bright red jumper which I liked so much that I asked her to knit me another . |
| 14 | I asked her to move out at once . |
| 15 | She has a tendency to hug herself tightly when grappling with a question , and at one point , when I asked her how she saw herself in the future , grown up and faced with decisions about her own children , she panicked for an instant and had to be consoled by the female interpreter . |
| 16 | I asked her if she did not feel deprived , having never experienced school life . |
| 17 | To test my own four-year-old daughter 's reaction , I asked her , ‘ If your sister is a girl , what is your brother ? ’ |
| 18 | ‘ That 's what I asked her . ’ |
| 19 | She is — was — outstandingly able , that 's why I asked her to join us . ’ |
| 20 | I asked her . |
| 21 | ‘ When I went to live with Celia I asked her to find me work — voluntary work ; I have always wanted to help others . ’ |
| 22 | I asked her to meet the press off the back of the BAC One-Eleven as it came to a stop in front of us . |
| 23 | I asked her . |
| 24 | After murmuring words of consolation , I asked her how she 'd felt when her husband gave up being a butcher and devoted his life to carving the gods . |
| 25 | I asked her if she knew who William was but she always said no . |
| 26 | I asked her whether high buildings bothered her and she said she would feel fear if she looked up at them . |
| 27 | I asked her to be my wife , and was rebuffed in no uncertain terms . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ One day I asked her a question as I was getting on , and she just smacked my face … |
| 29 | I asked her too . |
| 30 | I asked her how much writing she had lately done , and she laughed , and said she was learning so much , so very much , and when it was all learned she should have new matter to write about and many new things to say . |