Example sentences of "her [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No cos the health visitor , she , cos I asked her about sterilizing , and , and she said with all teats they should be sterilized no matter what age they are |
| 2 | The only person with whom she spoke at all easily was Mrs Beeley , the General 's widow , who somehow struck the right note — chaffing her about learning French , to which Alice responded with spirit . |
| 3 | I mentioned to her about renting , she said that she had n't , you know , took that idea out the window but she said the only thing is your at the beck and call of the landlord . |
| 4 | And the job he was telling her about seemed interesting and desirable . |
| 5 | She had anticipated as much when he talked to her about leaving as they watched the sun go down over the Mediterranean during the honeymoon cruise . |
| 6 | He explained about the year off and told her about hitchhiking to Greece to sleep on beaches beneath the Mediterranean sky . |
| 7 | She recalled his words to her about needing to put on weight , and she looked at her friend , for the first time ever , with a sharp stab of jealousy , then she hurriedly wiped the expression from her face . |
| 8 | But then she remembered what the wise old turtle had told her about putting herself in the dog 's place , and doing what she would want to have done to her . |
| 9 | Except he had n't told her about finding Charlie Singer . |
| 10 | He came to see yer mother and talk to her about paying a reward . |
| 11 | Mother needed to be reassured that it would be all right to stop putting a nappy on Susan and to talk to her about doing her ‘ poo ’ in the lavatory . |
| 12 | Mother took books and crayons and accompanied Susan while she was seated on the lavatory , encouraging and talking to her about doing her ‘ poo ’ in it . |
| 13 | She had told him lies about where Bella 's money was hidden , pretended to be fascinated when he had lied to her about spending the day with his father : ‘ We played golf together , then he took me for a ride in the new car . |
| 14 | I am most grateful to her for allowing me to use this remarkable case study of John . |
| 15 | A final problem was the potential conflict with her stepson , who blamed her for allowing Mr Allen 's problem to become so serious . |
| 16 | She was philosophical about her stepson blaming her for allowing his father 's foot to become so black , saying that Alex had to look after himself . |
| 17 | The servant also said Mick phoned Jerry on Monday and blasted her for discussing their marriage in public . |
| 18 | He was usually decrying her for displaying that vice . |
| 19 | She wondered if fate had just punished her for picking wild flowers . |
| 20 | Especially the ‘ ancient ’ family who had sold her the house and now , pathologically , could not forgive her for buying it , since they had lost caste by moving away — unfortunately for Jane , only a mile away . |
| 21 | On the same day that Bathsheba arrived home , Mr Boldwood went to apologize to her for speaking so violently the last time he had seen her . |
| 22 | He admired her for dealing with it so capably . |
| 23 | The girls at work admired her for living with a man and not being married to him , but she could forgo that pleasure , she thought , for the baby 's sake . |
| 24 | Prince Philip blamed her for bringing shame and ridicule on the Royal Family and ordered her to ‘ help maintain the dignity of the Crown ’ . |
| 25 | He felt grateful to her for dragging him out of the pit and back into the daylight . |
| 26 | When people apologized to her for breaking a glass or making a remark which , upon sober reflection , they found themselves regretting she would smile the vague smile of the hostess who is at once too preoccupied and too superior to notice the faux pas of those around her . |
| 27 | He condemns her for trying this trick , which is followed by a terrible fall downstairs in the course of an attempt to end her pregnancy . |
| 28 | How could such a proud gentleman be so much in the power of one of his servants that he could not even punish her for trying to kill him ? |
| 29 | The fishmonger blessed her for calling and wished her a continued pleasant time in their beautiful city . |
| 30 | Thank her for straining her brain cells for us . ’ |