Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] [adv prt] [prep] her " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had been so caught up in her memories that she had n't heard him approaching . |
| 2 | She 'd been so caught up in her thoughts that the voice near her side came as a shock , but even as she turned she realised the words had n't been aimed at her . |
| 3 | She was so caught up in her own feelings that she failed to detect the danger in the question . |
| 4 | As well as the nastiness being endlessly stirred up by her mother , who whispered lies about him , saying he only wanted Sien for the posing and would drop her back in the gutter when he was done , there was Sien 's wretched pimp of a brother to contend with . |
| 5 | Examples of this reciprocal effect lie in the man who is engrossed in his work to the detriment of his married life or the woman who is so wrapped up in her children that she has little time for her husband . |
| 6 | Only then did Chesarynth realize that he 'd started , so wrapped up in her anxiety was she . |
| 7 | Steve sat as mute as herself but she was so wrapped up in her own misery that she did n't question why he was so quiet . |
| 8 | She was spotted driving about London late at night on her own , having apparently slipped out without her detective . |
| 9 | My English friend Annie was more or less brought up by her nan in a back-to-back in Manchester . |
| 10 | She 's been terribly cut up about her brother . |
| 11 | Diana seemed distressed , rushing around in a distracted way — oblivious , it seemed to me , of the work we had all put in for her brother 's wedding . |
| 12 | But she still did n't have any idea why he had suddenly barged back into her life like this . |
| 13 | Kate had been so taken up with her own affairs that she 'd rather forgotten Ace 's part in the drama . |
| 14 | As they break for food the general conversation is n't much toned down for her benefit . |
| 15 | Bride Carolyn 's such a lovely sight all dressed up in her red and white ! |
| 16 | She ordered a new tyre for her car from Jenny 's daddy , and left the car at the garage to be fitted , all ready loaded up with her luggage . |
| 17 | In another murder case , after a 19-year-old youth had been found guilty of a stabbing murder in Oakley Street , a woman who had given crucial evidence against him was ill-treated by neighbours and eventually turned out of her Oakley Street home amidst ‘ a terrible scene ’ . |
| 18 | She had long since grown out of her disco dingbat phase . |
| 19 | Quickly she read the article , then handed the paper to Fred , wondering why she felt as though the bottom had just fallen out of her world . |
| 20 | She corrected this idea by always wearing a hat , as though she had just looked in on her way to the garden . |
| 21 | Agnes had taken a smaller one ; she had just got back from her service 's registry . |
| 22 | She lay motionless , utterly worn out by her exertions , yet at the same time ominously wide awake . |
| 23 | She was just brought up with her grandparents . |
| 24 | I thought she 'd just popped out of her house like to have her hair done . |
| 25 | Lucy Lane arrived : in a green frock figured in black , dark hair expertly set , a shoulder bag matching her frock ; she looked as though she had just stepped out of her BMW runabout for a spot of window shopping . |
| 26 | ‘ She has n't exactly gone out of her way to make anybody else happy , has she ? ’ |
| 27 | She had just started out on her career as a free-lance photographer , with nothing but a little talent , a lot of determination and the best camera money could buy to help her make it . |
| 28 | ‘ Of course , ’ she murmured , and smiled to show that her heart had not just sunk down into her boots . |
| 29 | The woman began to bear witness to the Jesus of whom she knew almost nothing , and was physically beaten up for her pains . |
| 30 | The battle-scarred veteran , Sea Rover , was eventually sold back to her owners for a relatively nominal sum , and sailed back to Holland to fight another day . |