Example sentences of "[vb infin] [verb] her a " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I just do n't fancy tackling her a third time . ’
2 He felt that he could grow to like her a lot .
3 ‘ Not necessarily , ’ she demurred , ‘ but she was kind , and I thought I would like to buy her a wedding present — and because you kindly took me in when you did n't want to , ’ she tacked on softly .
4 I 'd like to give her a ring if I may ? ’
5 Yeah I mean it 's gone on long enough I mean I do n't mind giving her a couple of weeks or something
6 I should like to ask her a few questions , such as what she really feels about the right hon. Member for Finchley ( Mrs. Thatcher ) .
7 No , he did n't want to give her a rose , or a spoon , or a baby .
8 Do you want to give her a ring ?
9 The matron of a residential home , talking about a doctor who she felt was reluctant to visit said it would have been helpful if the person who died had been visited more often : ‘ It would have given her a lot more comfort and the staff a lot more confidence . ’
10 Elizabeth answered that she particularly did not want anything to remain that might hurt any living person among her friends — and so with one blow.she destroyed the ‘ flat ’ characters , who could have given her a second literary fame .
11 You would n't have given her a second glance that evening , amid the florid , the fancy and the flash .
12 If your wife had answered I would have given her a load of old cods .
13 Her arrangement with CBS would have given her a 100-per-cent shareholding in her own company .
14 ‘ I may indeed have given her a guinea or two in a moment of late night extravagance .
15 We should have given her a call . ’
16 Why could n't he have given her a different choice , one that did n't involve old loyalties ?
17 She prospered at GSA nevertheless , coming out with the second highest marks in her final year , which should have given her a valuable travelling scholarship .
18 Now at that point , when she received the letter and read the policy , erm we could have given her a better cover if it applied to that particular vehicle .
19 It would have given her an excuse to be searching for a particular room , but she had been so frightened …
20 They must have heard her a block away .
21 Jotan 's sister was eighteen , and Burun was constantly aware that he would have to find her a husband before the year was out , otherwise she would be entitled to go with any man she chose .
22 But her belief that all women , regardless of wealth , should be offered clothes that were artistic and beautiful , not brash , sexually offensive or uncomfortable , would have made her a worthy member of most of the nineteenth-century dress reform movements .
23 He paused , then added dispassionately , ‘ Had she been born a man , those traits would have made her an excellent ruler . ’
24 Melanie thought that at least Uncle Philip could have bought her a sewing machine , so she need not have to stitch the long seams by hand .
25 You should have got her a drop of brandy , brandy or whisky Albert .
26 If I had had a car of my own I would have offered her a lift , however far out of my way it might have taken me .
27 She had refused — even though it would have offered her an easy way out , and then circumstances had intervened and she had ended in the brothels in the notorious Monto .
28 ‘ Do n't try to give her a good character , Mrs Fairfax , ’ said Mr Rochester sternly .
29 Now goes missing , we 'll have to give her a shout .
30 You 'll have to give her a kiss ! ’
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