Example sentences of "her [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The boy had been told unequivocally not to let her off the lead — the riding-school only used the land by grace of its owner and it was a shooting estate — but he hated keeping the dog straining at the lead and knew that she would always come to his call . |
| 2 | She was more rueful than ever , so that Charles stopped dancing and if he did n't quite haul her off the dance floor , he was rather brusque . |
| 3 | They have found it hard , too , to make a bridge between the 11 years of Mrs Thatcher and the 16 months of Mr Major , to say what a wonderful woman she was , while being unable to explain why they threw her off the sledge . |
| 4 | He had taken her off the streets and given her a home because he was besotted with her ; the home that Sarah 's mother had kept clean and cheerful even when her health was failing . |
| 5 | Bella was very old now and would probably be glad of a rest , George considered , so he drew the pony to a halt and walked her off the road and on to the quarry floor . |
| 6 | Then , after a whispered word with one of the cousins , Angel and he galloped up on either side of her and neatly lifted her off the little black mare . |
| 7 | Benny knew they would come to meet her off the bus . |
| 8 | The city council , responsible for housing people with Aids , has taken her off the streets and put her in a room in a single-occupancy hotel . |
| 9 | Rufus , driving back from London with the hashish his dealer swore was genuine Indian charas and a package of best Colombian , picked her off the street — ‘ a piece of property that is found ownerless ’ . |
| 10 | Retired school secretary Anne Stern , 73 , was on her way to spend Thanksgiving with relatives when two shabbily-dressed youths pulled in front of her and began trying to force her off the road . |
| 11 | Dr Rossdale said he tried to wean her off the sleeping tablets . |
| 12 | ‘ Jess offered Diana a hug and the Princess lifted her off the ground , ’ said her proud mum Pam , 32 , from Florida . |
| 13 | But Inman said : ‘ The referee did not recognise the technique and let her off the hook . ’ |
| 14 | But he suddenly said stop , and let her off the hook . |
| 15 | Just under four hours , to phone in the money and let her off the hook . |
| 16 | Marco grabbed Tabitha and hustled her off the quay . |
| 17 | Instead he offered Lucille his arm and walked her off the floor . |
| 18 | At 2200 the casualty refloated herself under her own power , but as the rudder was jammed the lifeboat came in again to secure a towline from the casualty 's bow to keep her off the sand . |
| 19 | Ruether does not think in terms of a God who is transcendent above history and acts as an agent in history ; and this we might say lets her off the hook as far as the theodicy question is concerned . |
| 20 | If she got another regular customer it would keep her off the streets for a bit . |
| 21 | Every day it was : ‘ If she 's expecting I 'll rescue her off the streets … ’ |
| 22 | The duty manager had to drag her off the dance-floor during the cabaret show . |
| 23 | Quickly , I pulled her off the road and down under a small bridge . |
| 24 | The Hispaniola was moving by herself now , the sea high enough to take her off the beach . |
| 25 | Lord Grubb knew well enough that Algy dreaded her visits , and to let her off the trial of breakfasting with her mother he had installed a complicated route of strings and pulleys that led from her second-storey bedroom to the basement . |
| 26 | Charlotte had telephoned Derek from Boston late on Friday night to ask if he could meet her off the plane at Heathrow on Saturday morning . |
| 27 | Who would want to run her off the road the way the Audi had done ? |
| 28 | No , he was n't trying to run her off the road ; he was trying to kill her . |
| 29 | ‘ Take her off the case , of course . |
| 30 | It had been an exhausting day , Blanche reflected in the matter of a second : Christine Mills had unburdened her thoughts , Spittals had ordered her off the case , and now Marek Nowak had chosen that moment to reveal another fragment of the truth . |