Example sentences of "[verb] her [prep] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the Italian analogues the wife 's punishment is her realization that she has been tricked , and the implication that her " lover " did not consider her worth spending his own money on ; there , this is reflected by the wife 's helplessness when the trick is sprung — quite the opposite of what we have in the Shipman 's Tale . |
| 2 | Then he disappointed her by saying he was checking whether it was possible for someone to go in and out unobserved , and how crowded it would be at that time of day . |
| 3 | She knew that John truly believed that he was protecting her by keeping their love secret , but she was becoming frustrated and annoyed about the situation . |
| 4 | ‘ Had Diana been within 10 miles of Windsor Castle on the day of the fire , they would have blamed her for starting it , ’ admitted a senior royal source last night . |
| 5 | Occasionally , Hector gratified her by using it . |
| 6 | He then frantically tried to revive her before leaving her face down in a copse . |
| 7 | His hand on the door stopped her from opening it . |
| 8 | Only on his way home did he suddenly realize that illness could have prevented her from meeting him , and only when he entered the farmhouse that evening did he discover that she was dead . |
| 9 | Now she began to wonder about that ; it could n't simply be because she 'd disliked him , since she 'd disliked clients before , but that had n't prevented her from giving them the same professional treatment she gave to everyone . |
| 10 | One thing that particularly attracted her to seeking his assistance now was that he , more than any of the other lily-skinned boys she 'd seduced , had been terrified of his family discovering his stealthy dalliance with the poisoner 's wife . |
| 11 | If she did n't tell him he might accuse her of keeping something else from him and it might be best to know it all , might n't it ? |
| 12 | While Mrs Drubb , with no more explanation than that she was a woman now and had better keep well away from men , had then scolded her for upsetting her mother . |
| 13 | The servant also said Mick phoned Jerry on Monday and blasted her for discussing their marriage in public . |
| 14 | He played with her , letting his grasp slip so that she almost toppled backwards , then saving her by pulling her roughly back into his body . |
| 15 | I begin to pronounce the sequence of words and numbers that will prevent her from giving him a piece of her mind . |
| 16 | Now you 've saved her from eating it , this is the thing . |
| 17 | Stop her from wasting herself if you can . |
| 18 | He also takes credit for setting John Major on the road to replacing her by making him No 2 at the Treasury . |
| 19 | It was this , Blanche said , that had pushed her towards phoning his personal assistant and arranging the interview that night . |
| 20 | An authoritative denial of the Donaldson item came in and Rain passed it to Holly who regretted believing the man or the MacQuillans who had pushed her into writing it . |
| 21 | Educated at home , she in turn taught her younger brothers and sisters , which irked her as it prevented her from pursuing her own studies . |
| 22 | Only simple embarrassment prevented her from correcting it . |
| 23 | Standing over him , she saw how very old he must be , with the skin of his face and neck pleated in heavy folds of wrinkles and his wild hair quite sparse and white , and only her respect for his years prevented her from shaking him . |
| 24 | She tried her legs next , and they moved a bit within the straps , but her boots prevented her from pulling her legs through the loops . |
| 25 | Anne felt that she would be willing to abandon the good times to settle down with John , although pride prevented her from admitting it . |
| 26 | Ginny Leng 's Master Craftsman won Badminton in 1989 , but missed the last two runnings because of injury , which also prevented her from defending her European title last season . |
| 27 | ‘ How can you see her without seeing me ? |
| 28 | She knows a lot of men like that and has heard of more , but it does not reconcile her to having one herself . |
| 29 | She turned to look towards the shore , relieved when she saw the Sea-Fret making good headway back to Brides Haven , then a flock of screaming gulls startled her into resuming her climb , and soon she was on the Neck and starting the last , steep push towards the plateau . |
| 30 | She hid the cutting in the cocktail cabinet in the prop-room — if she took it home Uncle Vernon might get his hands on it and embarrass her by reading it out to the commercial travellers . |