Example sentences of "[vb pp] her [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd caught her completely off-guard . |
| 2 | The other woman had caught her completely on the raw with her mention of the man she had seen Adam with , though to be honest she could n't really have said why . |
| 3 | Last night 's bombing had caught her unawares in the West End . |
| 4 | But the sight of Elise 's work , hanging in Luke 's house , had caught her unawares , underlining her loss and , at the same time , reminding her that on the only occasion when Elise 's name had been mentioned Luke had adopted an attitude of total indifference , not even bothering to mention that he owned one of Elise 's paintings . |
| 5 | How had he caught her so quickly ? |
| 6 | ‘ Have you telephoned her home ? ’ |
| 7 | Alan , who liked buying food , occasionally bought things which she did n't know what to do with ( aubergines had stumped her completely ) but on the whole he seemed content with his diet . |
| 8 | Irritated by her presence , Henry had mocked and teased her nevertheless , for he could be quite beastly when the mood took him that way . |
| 9 | It seemed inconceivable that the man who had teased her so unforgivably in the morning had been so filled with compassionate understanding later in the same day . |
| 10 | Mrs Browning had teased her only that summer for becoming more Italian than English and there was some truth in it . |
| 11 | There 'd been neither sight nor sound of James since that fateful day and no doubt he had forgotten her as quickly as he had taken her , but he must be told there was going to be a child . |
| 12 | He 'd eluded her again ! |
| 13 | It was probably only a rabbit , but it had still unnerved her slightly , and she pulled off the drive and parked on the grass . |
| 14 | She was used to driving the luxurious Saab by this time , although at first the responsibility had unnerved her considerably . |
| 15 | For a brief moment later , he had picked her bodily up in his arms , and , as if she weighed less than nothing , was carrying her over to the bed . |
| 16 | ‘ Only one visitor at a time , the doctor said , ’ Buzz reminded her firmly . |
| 17 | I 've never met him , ’ Lucy had reminded her patiently . |
| 18 | She had thought , wrongly , that she could allow the love which she had begun to feel for Dr Neil to express itself , only for her deepest instincts to take over when in beginning to make love to her he had unwittingly reminded her so strongly of what … he had done to her . |
| 19 | He suspected that perhaps McAllister , always so gallant in facing life , as he had now seen on several occasions , had tried to suppress , to crush down the awful memory of what had been done to her , had refused to give way to grief , to shed healing tears , until in his arms something had reminded her so strongly of what had passed and broken the barriers her will had erected . |
| 20 | Then he 'd have rolled her aside and stood up , panting . |
| 21 | In sporting terms , it was about as relevant as a showing of Treasure Hunt or Interceptor — the TV game shows which have occupied her recently . |
| 22 | With her thoughts going dreamily round and round , it was about seven-thirty that , as she was again thinking of how he had that morning cradled her so gently when he 'd seen her hurt , Leith suddenly became horror-struck . |
| 23 | She was tempted to use the weather as an excuse to postpone her visit to J. Pringle & Sons , but the work ethic that had carried her successfully through so many years of study and so many examinations now exerted its leverage on her conscience once more . |
| 24 | She had n't even had the nerve to glare at Mitch when he had eyed her so appreciatively . |
| 25 | Her lack of experience , which had never concerned her before , seemed suddenly grotesque . |
| 26 | Karen crawled into a sleeping bag at three o'clock , having last seen Jessica deep in conversation with a blonde-haired willowy type with beard and pipe who had pursued her earnestly for several hours . |
| 27 | Then fury at his assumption overwhelmed her again . |
| 28 | Robyn gazed up at the billowing white clouds and a longing for Luke 's touch , unlike anything she had ever felt before , overwhelmed her completely — her whole being ached with the desire to be held in his arms , to feel the strength and comfort and warmth of his body close to hers . |
| 29 | A romantic little episode , yet the intensity of what she 'd felt in those moments could have overwhelmed her completely if she had n't remembered Didi 's words . |
| 30 | You did n't fall in love with someone in the space of a few days , just because you 'd finally succumbed to the lures of sex , or lust , or whatever had overwhelmed her ever since he 'd fished her out of the sea that first night … |