Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] [verb] her " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to the Laws of Manu , a vānaprasthin must control his senses , keep his organs in subjection , abandon his belongings , commit his wife to his sons or allow her to accompany him , be chaste , patient , friendly , and compassionate towards all creatures . |
| 2 | Beside her stood a pleasant-looking , round , grey-haired woman , unsure of what to do , hesitating about whether to hush the weeping figure or let her cry . |
| 3 | A husband who rapes his wife can be prosecuted for assault or an offence against the person if he uses force or injures her . |
| 4 | On the death of her father in 1866 she suffered physical and mental breakdown , confiding in a letter that it was her religion that held her up . |
| 5 | Roman shot her a glance that told her nothing of what he was thinking . |
| 6 | She ran , fleeing the demons that pursued her , dragging in great gasps of cold air as if they were her last . |
| 7 | The future was like the blackness that surrounded her , in which there were n't even shadows . |
| 8 | His anger reached out with a deadly force that made her flinch back from him . |
| 9 | Fran did n't want to look at him , did n't want to turn her head and see the anger in those dark eyes , but there was no escaping the powerful force that drew her . |
| 10 | She withdrew , and Claudia opened the door , steeling herself to greet Roman without a trace of the emotion that made her want to run out of the flat , away from the two people she loved most and who were causing her so much pain that she wanted to die . |
| 11 | Claudia wished she could stop shaking ; the touch of his hard body against hers had started up a whirlpool of emotion that left her wanting to run until she had put miles between them . |
| 12 | The throw took her by surprise , was sharp and strong , and went a little wide , so that it was only the experience of three younger brothers that gave her quick enough reflexes to shoot an arm out sideways to take the catch . |
| 13 | Then Kerry began to realise that she had found a strange kind of relief amid the disappointment that knocked her sideways when she first saw Panos . |
| 14 | It was a command that made her even more resentful . |
| 15 | Julius stood in the doorway , and there was a bright light in his eyes that made her feel very alarmed . |
| 16 | He smiled suddenly , something in his eyes that made her instantly wary , but when she tried to remove her hand from his arm he covered her fingers with his own and held them there . |
| 17 | And the eyes that challenged her across he table were just brown eyes , filled with lazy amusement . |
| 18 | There was something about the look in his eyes that told her this was a time to listen and not argue . |
| 19 | Of course , having always possessed an interest in astrology , she knew that it was her Arien opposition that made her react so whenever she was under threat . |
| 20 | Ruth was used to feeling afraid in his presence ; but now the fear that touched her seemed more on his account than on her own . |
| 21 | It was a new and subtle torment , and she writhed beneath the thrill of his touch , feverishly arching against the eddying bands of tension that enticed her towards some undreamed-of zenith . |
| 22 | It was her air of nervous tension that set her apart from the other passengers as she jumped from the train at Stowbridge , searching the platform with a fraught expression that only partially lifted when she caught sight of Melissa . |
| 23 | The secret of her approach was care in preparation , and woe betide the department that sent her into battle badly briefed or not briefed at all . |
| 24 | It presented a far better opportunity for an unsolved murder than killing her on his own premises . |
| 25 | His fingers bit deep into her shoulders , but the pain scarcely registered in comparison with the sensations that possessed her , the fire streaking through her whole nervous system . |
| 26 | Giving her a long , slow appraisal that made her wriggle uncomfortably , he asked softly , ‘ Decided to rejoin the human race ? ’ |
| 27 | She shook her head and felt colour wash into her cheeks as his eyes drifted slowly over her face in a very thorough appraisal that made her feel both weak and excited . |
| 28 | It was the memory of the sparkling waters of Tenerife that helped her with her imaging , and her joy in at last succeeding in that therapy was immense and infectious . |
| 29 | Margaret Hughes wept in the backseat of the police car that took her from the court to prison . |
| 30 | The odd fleeting stasis that gripped her was complete . |