Example sentences of "[conj] i [verb] her " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was still sitting where I left her ; that was a good sign . |
| 2 | At 5pm that day I went along to Anouska Hempel 's very individual and attractive showroom at 2 Pond Place , Chelsea , where I saw her really lovely couture collection , for which she derived the inspiration from Eastern Europe . |
| 3 | I had no such skill , but I was learning , and it was an infinite satisfaction to keep Joanna moving , and going where I wanted her to go , with the sweep . |
| 4 | Figure 5 Diary record of behaviour sequences Source : M. Herbert , Working with Children and their Families ( London : Routledge/British Psychological Society , 1988 ) or I ask her to do something and she ignores me or says , ‘ I wo n't ! ’ . |
| 5 | ‘ I keep in touch with both my sisters and my brother 's wife — she rings me every week or I ring her : And my niece and nephew — well , life would n't be worth living without them . |
| 6 | I kept my eyes open over the next few days and although I saw her sitting in the window she never appeared outside . |
| 7 | Although I take her on short trips to the shops , she ca n't cope with going too far from the house . |
| 8 | She 's well known in diplomatic circles , and she 's quite right in all she said at dinner , and although I contradicted her , there are strange rumours of war going around . |
| 9 | I would never have dared speak so , but she was quite unselfconscious , although I suspected her of an intention to shock — to shock me as much as anyone . |
| 10 | She would n't take a groom with her although I warned her that the fog might come down later . " |
| 11 | Again , although I visited her regularly , taking little presents ; remembered her birthday and saw to it that her sons did the same ; looked after her once when she was ill ; and respected my husband 's love for her , I did not take much notice of her suggestions : ‘ My mother seems to think … |
| 12 | You see , although I love her so deeply , I know that Rosamund would not make a good wife for a missionary . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I knew that Alan liked the odd drink but it was n't until we were living together that I realised her was more or less an alcoholic , and violent with it . ’ |
| 14 | My dear mother 's statement years ago that I deprived her of her fur coat and that I was n't much to look at — she once actually pronounced me ugly — bit deep . |
| 15 | ‘ Jane , my darling , it 's not because she 's mad that I hate her . |
| 16 | I felt then that I understood her . |
| 17 | Peter Noonan has been patiently waiting in the wings for six years , and finally , whether it was seeing Terry so happy , realising that she was n't getting any younger , or the fact that I told her I was thinking of getting married , sh — ’ |
| 18 | ‘ So the thing that I would say , if I had to give myself a brownie point , would be that I enabled her to see that she could work actively with the situation . |
| 19 | Inside the jacket that I lent her , she shivers . |
| 20 | ’ She is not yet aware that I know her . |
| 21 | ‘ T'was on the isle of Capri that I met her … ’ |
| 22 | It was in May that I met her , on a return visit to Cley . |
| 23 | I hate that I cause her so much pain . |
| 24 | Not that I blamed her . |
| 25 | Now I think she 's beginning to realize that I scorn her . |
| 26 | Great-gran knows that I bath her . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ A girlfriend made me a wonderful big , bright red jumper which I liked so much that I asked her to knit me another . |
| 28 | She was so obviously upset by the break-up that I asked her out to lunch to cheer her up , and I asked her home because I thought my mother and sister might help her . |
| 29 | My regard for her was reflected in the fact that I asked her to be my son , Giles 's godmother . |
| 30 | An example I can cite is that I asked her to research and write up ( unsupervised ) an application to the Carnegie-Mellon Foundation for the microfilming of our 100,000 items in the Archive Collection . |