Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] her [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 I led her to a small shelter in the Palace side of the Park .
2 I met her in a big line-up of people and it was very difficult for her .
3 I found her in a large day-room where groups of elderly ladies sat in plastic-covered armchairs .
4 I helped her through a bad time , you see .
5 I drew her into a shadowy window embrasure .
6 I screwed her in a hot-air balloon .
7 As I get her into a fresh pair of rubber knickers I feel something cold on my face .
8 As one who knew her and her husband only a little , I remember her as a vivacious lady of beauty and charm who worked throughout her life for many good causes .
9 This was best summed up by Everett , the market gardener : ‘ She were never a gel , but I knew her as a young woman and she were old then . ’
10 In fact I knew her for a tough-minded young woman with feminist leanings and rather more interest in student politics than would be helpful in her academic work .
11 I took her to a little friend 's birthday party yesterday — life when you 're almost two has to go on as near to normal as we can make it .
12 No , no , I said to Richard is , is , Debbie not feeling well enough to come here , no I took her for a little ride round the .
13 ‘ The trouble is I love her in a different way .
14 When I put her in a small paddock while I muck out , she licks the soil for about ten minutes .
15 When I bought her as a young heifer , a friend went on and on about how small she was until I wondered if I was going to have a beast left at all by the time she had finished .
16 No I 'm not , erm if I , if I take her for a long run .
17 ‘ Now I see her as a potential suicide — the ultimate protest .
18 ‘ I think I 'm going to vomit , ’ she muttered to no one in particular , and sat down with a plop on a new imitation Italian chair , which received her with a reedy groan .
19 Pouting seductively , she assumed a pose which presented her as a raving sexpot , as she alluringly slipped the flimsy straps of her silk and lace petticoat from her ivory shoulders .
20 Oh , I might , thought Lydia , but she said : ‘ I did n't poison Betty either ’ , in a childishly defensive way which put her in a worse mood .
21 ‘ I must apologise for keeping you waiting , Miss Stanton , ’ he said formally , indicating a chair and seating himself to face her across a big black desk .
22 Her name was Gail Danski , a prim-looking chick , but not so prim when you got her into a dark corner , as he had once discovered when taking her home after a school dance .
23 She propelled her to a low wall and sat her down beside her suitcase .
24 Without a word , Lucenzo offered her a jug of coffee and flicked a quick finger at the alert barman , who provided her with a fresh cup .
25 But she had only been there four months when she fell prey to supervisor Brian McConville who subjected her to a harrowing sexual harassment ordeal .
26 She instanced her of a long line of lagers , I consumed three Waistwatchers , two Seckburgers , an American Way and a double order of Tuckleberry Pie .
27 The 20-year-old was collected from the prison in Durham by relatives who drove her to a secret destination .
28 ‘ She also told me she is going to ask you to help her in a little project , ’ he said , grinning mischievously .
29 As they walked he offered her his arm , unlike most punters , who followed her at a discreet distance .
30 She quelled her with a brisk command .
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