Example sentences of "[verb] her [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although he felt sure he would win her in the end , he was annoyed at her continuing coyness . |
| 2 | Mutely he blessed her for the information and , after quickly slaking his appetite , he was drawn — as if he had no will of his own — to the pothouse , where he picked up Joanna , went out with her into the fields , and made love with a sweating savagery which seemed to satisfy even her and delivered him of a madness which had gathered like an abscess . |
| 3 | Ace had caught her on the hop again . |
| 4 | Therese had been studying them as soon as the Direktor had telephoned her with the news of the productions and her roles . |
| 5 | Her mother had telephoned her at the nurses ' home where she had been living and had asked her if she could come home . |
| 6 | Neither of them knew her well , but they would recognise her as the secretary of someone important in the administration . |
| 7 | She hoped that if he was a churchgoer-which was unlikely these days he would not recognise her as the vicar 's wife . |
| 8 | First pouring boiling water over the used coffee grounds , Trent led Mariana through to the living-room , seating her on the sofa . |
| 9 | Courteously seating her inside the car first , he walked round to the driver 's side , and when he had settled himself behind the wheel asked unexpectedly , ‘ Have you visited one of our pubs yet ? ’ |
| 10 | Carole King , the sharpest female lyricist of all time , ponders going all the way and whether her lover would still respect her in the morning . |
| 11 | No matter how hard she protested that The Delinquents was not soft porn , the film transformed her into the sex-siren she secretly desired to become . |
| 12 | She had lost a good deal of her bloom and bounce , and looked as if the sentiments of the burial service kept stabbing her to the heart . |
| 13 | She liked Robert Urquhart and was attracted to him , even trusted him , unlike Spittals who was no doubt gleefully stabbing her in the back at that moment . |
| 14 | Poor Mrs got two lots of children and they were driving her up the wall ! |
| 15 | Maggie was taking a plane to London that night and Sheila and Mona were driving her to the airport . |
| 16 | The time that it takes to embalm her and send her to the Fields of Aarru . ’ |
| 17 | Send her round the world three times . |
| 18 | He grasped her around the waist , his hands warm and hard through the thin silk of her dress as he steadied her , and Fran felt her heart run wild . |
| 19 | He groaned , then grasped her by the buttocks and lifted her , backing her against the wall , thrusting up into her once , twice , a third time before he came explosively , feeling her shudder violently against him . |
| 20 | One large , official hand grasped her by the elbow . |
| 21 | He grasped her by the shoulders , his fingers biting in , through the thinness of her top . |
| 22 | I suspected that the lesion might by pyogenic granuloma and referred her to the dermatology outpatient clinic . |
| 23 | ‘ I posed her on the sofa . |
| 24 | Isabella does not know that the Duke had played the role of the Friar instructing her in the foiling of Angelo 's plots , and so , lacking any independent evidence , she realizes how feeble her case must seem ; yet she still affirms that But the Duke , behaving as Angelo had predicted , and as he would have to behave if he had no evidence , sweeps aside her complaint , leaving her with only heaven to appeal to : The evil is indeed finally ‘ unfolded ’ , not by heaven but by the Duke , although Angelo ( as if recalling that passage in Luke 's gospel ) ascribes divine omniscience to him : But the Duke has only used deception and disguise , legitimately , as Shakespeare makes him say : ‘ Craft against vice I must apply ’ ( III.ii.270 ) . |
| 25 | As a comment on Eve 's lofty nature she notes that the serpent ‘ did not try to tempt her from the path of duty by brilliant jewels , rich dresses , worldly luxuries or pleasures , but with the promise of knowledge … and he found in the woman that intense thirst for knowledge that the simple pleasures of picking flowers and talking with Adam did not satisfy ’ . |
| 26 | Assuming that she is asymptomatic , she either depends on the male who infected her to inform her of the diagnosis or , if he does not , wait for the next person with whom she has intercourse to develop symptoms , discover the diagnosis , and then contact her with the bad news . |
| 27 | Deep-set eyes quizzed her in the candlelight . |
| 28 | The operation was a success and husband Peter , from Wythenshawe , Manchester , visited her in the ward later in the day . |
| 29 | Nick Bollettieri , whose Bradenton , Florida Coaching Academy continues to be the base for a whole host of tennis champions , including currently , Andre Agassi , and who is committed to helping the Lawn Tennis Association to set up a similar training base her in the UK , has , in conjunction with adidas , launched a fast and functional range of tennis apparel for this country . |
| 30 | She cried out and , seeing how white she was , he pushed her on to the settee , following her down and crowding her against the arm . |