Example sentences of "and [vb base] her " in BNC.
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| 1 | Graf wants to travel more and change her career before she 's too old . |
| 2 | She took a couple of minutes to get her coat , wash her face and comb her hair . |
| 3 | Helen used some of her earnings to hire a bathing machine and develop her swimming . |
| 4 | If , in Lady Chatterley 's Lover , the scales were to fall from Connie 's eyes and she were to see the worship of Mellor 's phallus for what it is , a means of subordinating and oppressing women , she could free herself and develop her authentic will , ego and individuality . |
| 5 | Germany must now reject the alien influence of Romance culture , to which she has been subservient , and develop her full creative potential ; and for this purpose , Hellenism , as an educational and cultural force in our society , is more necessary than ever . |
| 6 | She would spoil her cats , read library books and tend her garden and the riotous rockery of flowers along the south wall of the house that he encouraged the cattle to eat . |
| 7 | She felt him flip the short skirt up at the back , and jerk her knickers down to her knees . |
| 8 | One huge hand was already placed in the small of her back , pinning her helplessly to the desk : then she felt him wind a thick hank of her blonde hair around his other fist , and jerk her head back . |
| 9 | She would bite herself , bite anybody , and tear her clothes off . |
| 10 | I stand up , walk across , and squeeze her shoulder . |
| 11 | Again , she would clench her fist and ram her knuckles into the face of her driver , 3-wood or whatever . |
| 12 | Cati went in to Rosa , who lay gripping the down coverlet , to cram it into her face and muffle her sobs ; she climbed up next to her , and stroked her head , and tried to cradle her with a thin arm across her shaking shoulders and felt herself going dry in her throat and choked up too ; Rosa twisted , her red face glowered up at Cati . |
| 13 | I had not kept my old key , because I had hoped that my association with Cutwater Charters was done , so I was forced to carry my heavy pack into the tangle of dark alleys that lay behind the straw market and where I planned to find Ellen and borrow her key . |
| 14 | Of course , it is purely coincidental that to help other mothers and brides-to-be , we also consulted Harry Dodson , he of The Victorian Kitchen Garden fame , to find out which flowers a Victorian country bride would have picked to decorate the church and make her bouquet . |
| 15 | Now , although no bombs ever fell in the country district where they lived , from time to time the air raid warning sirens would sound and Sylvia 's mother would take her baby and make her way to the shelter at the bottom of the garden , remaining there until she heard the ‘ all-clear ’ . |
| 16 | After about thirty seconds , I told her that she could switch the light on once more and make her way out of the cupboard and back to the hall . |
| 17 | Oh , please God , she prayed , shake Perdita out of this ghastly mood and make her happy again , and look after darling Violet and Eddie , and Gainsborough and Ethel , and please God , if you think it 's right , let me fall in love with a man who is n't married , who falls in love with me and do n't make it too long . |
| 18 | I wanted to touch her and make her better but I realised I could n't do that . |
| 19 | AILING Liz Taylor , 60 , is to defy doctors and make her annual trip to Swiss ski resort Gstaad where she and ex-husband Richard Burton spent their happiest moments . |
| 20 | ‘ I could let her serve her time to me , and make her fit for a job in any shop in Ireland , but we want more than that for her , do n't we ? ’ |
| 21 | It happened because I was pretty vulnerable at the time and when I came across this lady who I felt sorry for I imagined that I would be able to support her and make her happy . |
| 22 | — Ecclesiastes ; ‘ Doth the eagle mount up at the command / And make her nest on high … ’ — Job ; ‘ Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing ? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father . ’ |
| 23 | She would represent herself as an angel of light and make her kind master and benefactor a devil incarnate . |
| 24 | To heal her wounds and make her whole … |
| 25 | She used to attend the general discussion part and make her views known as to where the next shop would be . |
| 26 | Why should n't she spend the night here and make her way back in the morning ? |
| 27 | If Fen had n't returned by morning she would have to pack a few essentials , lock up the boat and make her way back to Little Kirkton by public transport , and Fen would have achieved his objective — to be rid of her . |
| 28 | ‘ If I did , how the hell do I find her and make her part with your pendant ? ’ |
| 29 | She knew she should reply with some light-hearted quip which would set everything down on a matter-of-fact level and make her meaning plain , but quips were beyond her . |
| 30 | Oh yes when the war started yes , you , you see the people would have been called up into the forces anyway people young enough to fly , who , who had an interest , because er one of the air displays I remember very much a tomboy as she was she they used to give pleasure flights and she had defied this pilot to take her up and make her sick , and he was took her up there looping rolling and everything and er |