Example sentences of "[noun] [that] [pron] [vb mod] [verb] her " in BNC.

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1 There was no doubt in his mind that he 'd find her .
2 Yes , of course , she recalled , he 'd mentioned in Bruges that he would look her up when he was in the area .
3 But how would he break the news to Georgina that he 'd let her down after all these years ?
4 But Emily 's great wish from childhood , confided to her small admirer David on his first visit , is to be a lady , and when her beauty and refinement attract David 's glamorous friend Steerforth , she elopes with him in the hope that he will bring her home a lady .
5 Who would have thought when she had first seen him in England that he would drag her into his life , order her about , kiss her ?
6 Unfortunately the discovery that he could make her respond to even his lightest caress was enough to make the ride into Winchester a damned uncomfortable one .
7 Her eyes filled with a hot prickling that he should humiliate her in public , with half of Venice floating by .
8 ‘ She 's got no one of her own to turn to in this country , but the notion that I can help her to clear Rick is so fantastic it is n't true .
9 " You should just see her , you ca n't imagine , you would have to see her to know why she chose it , " and all the time , as she spoke , some more assured , sophisticated account underran her words , silently , in her own mind , an account by some other girl , some girl who could wear such garments , and laugh at them , and explain them , and not suffer — some girl so far above such things that nothing could pull her down .
10 ‘ Of course , you did promise Anna that you would take her to Sherwood Forest the next time she and Sam came over on business , ’ he reminded Merrill tauntingly .
11 The craving of her flesh for more of that fighting lovemaking would instantly override all other considerations — pride , her awareness of his contempt , the knowledge that he could destroy her .
12 I excluded the whole of Scotland because she would have been a little too near home — even in Glasgow there was just the chance that someone might find her or she might bump into someone from home . ’
13 Her first novel , but she is already so popular with the media that they will lap her up .
14 He had come to the conclusion that the Queen was unlikely to abdicate ( nor is there a hint that he would like her to ) , and that therefore he had to make his mark as Prince of Wales rather than as King .
15 Although the mother accepted that the child 's immediate future lay with her foster parents and there was no immediate prospect that she could have her back , she wanted to keep the door open and therefore she refused her consent to the adoption .
16 And a prodigy that he should receive her there alone .
17 But cold reality was but a split second away , and Leith went swiftly from dream world to fury that he should involve her in this sham .
18 She had n't recognized any of the people or even seen their faces but the thought that they must know her was enough . ’
19 She was up in arms , riled by his easy assurance , his certainty that he could manipulate her like some puppet .
20 One of them — the owner of a mobile whelk stall in South Wimbledon — had told the doctor that he could sentence her to death until he was blue in the face and that he , personally , could not give a flying fuck .
21 A suggestion that he should take her out to lunch , instead , did n't , surprisingly , fall flat .
22 I looked for the knitted garments that I used to help her with but they must have all been sold .
23 Ron Evans had the idea that we should interview her in a terrace street that bore more than a passing resemblance to the famous TV set .
24 There 's never a minute when he 's in the house that he 'll let her out of his sight . ’
25 He told Mrs Avery that he would let her have a cheque by November 1st .
26 And he besought his mother that she would love her even as she loved him himself , and that she would do good to her and show her great honour , for which he should ever serve her with the better good will .
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