Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] her the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Somebody had apparently given her the matchbook and she had been carrying it around with her ever since . ’ |
| 2 | If you want our marriage to have any chance of success you 'd better give her the sack first thing on Monday morning ! ’ |
| 3 | It was a monologue called ‘ Good News ’ , in which Beattie enthused down the phone at great length to a young man who 'd apparently done her the most enormous good turn . |
| 4 | As I say , I 've only met her the once . |
| 5 | Now why do n't you introduce her to the office routine — and perhaps show her the chalets ? ’ |
| 6 | Because his refusal to be sincere about his feelings toward her leads her further away from her own values , she begins to resent the way in which he constantly gives her the linguistic slip : ‘ Concepts which still meant much to her , by which she had once lived , were swerved aside with a smart epigram , a pun , a quotation , a dirty story ’ ( 170 ) . |
| 7 | Helen Crane , an ex-secretary , valued her job because it not only gave her the experience of autonomy , but it publicly valued her exercise of this responsibility : |
| 8 | She laughed , but he was only telling her the truth . |
| 9 | What perhaps struck her the most was that , despite all , many of them appeared to be happy , while she , Sally-Anne , who could if she wished command the most luxurious life a woman could dream of , was most desperately unhappy , and had no idea of how she might become otherwise . |
| 10 | Yes , and you see Mr came in to show her the hoover and she was n't here was she ? . |
| 11 | They may be still too ill to see visitors , ’ he warned gently , bending down to hand her the cup and saucer . |
| 12 | She knocked on his door and asked if he would be kind enough to show her the famous bird . |
| 13 | ‘ And who unkindly told her the truth ? ’ |
| 14 | He had just given her the chocolates and she had kissed him . |
| 15 | The local ombudsman found Lancashire SSD had not given her the support and counselling she needed . |
| 16 | She was furious with Isobel for preferring God to any man , and thus denying her the status of grandparenthood , and furious with her husband for dying before her . |
| 17 | She gazed , wide-eyed , at the first large town she had ever visited , for Matilda had not permitted her the freedom of Gloucester . |
| 18 | Though it would be a great personal sadness to have to do it , it would nevertheless give her the greatest satisfaction to see Kirsty settled in a warm and loving family . |
| 19 | Take her to Nicosia , but only if you will not do her the service of remaining here , in this town , at her side . ’ |
| 20 | No I just told her the truth , I wanted wanted some of her |
| 21 | I for one will not give her the satisfaction of even seeming to care . |
| 22 | Nevertheless she said , ‘ Why not give her the benefit of the doubt ? |
| 23 | But he did not give her the opportunity . |
| 24 | So when asked why I had not told her the whole story , I replied , ‘ Because you never asked me . ’ |
| 25 | she had guessed Taczek had not told her the whole truth of his relationship with Mills but now had confirmation . |
| 26 | Her arguments were ridiculed by Tobias Smollett [ q.v. ] ( a former pupil of Smellie 's ) in an essay in the Critical Review ( 1760 ) , which nevertheless paid her the compliment of insinuating that her husband must have written the book . |
| 27 | She had n't taken part in the questioning but the others , Mair knew , would assume that that was because he had already told her the answers . |
| 28 | A hush of skirts had already told her the girls were coming down from upstairs . |
| 29 | Louise realised that Nora wanted a fight in order to clear her growing frustration — and she was determined not to give her the opportunity . |
| 30 | So she said , ‘ I have n't had a chance to make up my mind yet , but I have no reason not to give her the benefit of the doubt . ’ |