Example sentences of "they [verb] her [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In return she showed them the Daimler and invited forty of them to visit her on the Dockers ' yacht , Shemara , where pink champagne was served amid costly fitments which were often detailed in the newspapers . |
| 2 | Poor devil , they got her on the stage and they said you know , when they |
| 3 | Brenda says she was in a coma by the time they got her into the hospital . |
| 4 | They laid her on the couch , Jack huddled at her side . |
| 5 | They laid her on the grass and her wet hair was shiny , like it was slick with grease . |
| 6 | He says they asked her to the disco . |
| 7 | They led her into the interview-room , gave her a cup of tea and got her to sign the consent form — somewhat of a formality as the child was already in Theatre by this time , but at least that way they were covered in the event of any repercussions . |
| 8 | They helped her to the carriage . |
| 9 | Listening to her talk about the make of corset she wore and the neckline shape that best suited her , speaking on these matters with the kind of solemnity they would only have brought to bear on the country 's economic situation or the future of the United Nations , they regarded her with the polite incomprehension with which they would have looked at a Martian . |
| 10 | CALLOUS thieves dumped a baby in the street after they found her in the back seat of the car they had just stolen . |
| 11 | They found her in the lavender field With her flowers as her final shield . |
| 12 | They invited her to the station , gave her a meal , arranged her flight home then drove her to Manchester Airport . |
| 13 | And they transferred her to the , the Cottage and she did quite well , and she was home . |
| 14 | They talked to her about her ancestors , and about the Bright Palace which they called Teamhair in their soft voices , and they told her about the battles and the people who had made Ireland magical and marvellous and richer in folklore than any country could ever be . |
| 15 | As they bundled her down the stairs she must have fainted , because the next thing she could recollect was being wheeled along an endless corridor that smelled of disinfectant . |
| 16 | They bundled her into the living room punched and threatened her with a knife , before spraying her in the face with Ammonia . |
| 17 | ‘ Did they see her with the man ? ’ |
| 18 | They have found it hard , too , to make a bridge between the 11 years of Mrs Thatcher and the 16 months of Mr Major , to say what a wonderful woman she was , while being unable to explain why they threw her off the sledge . |
| 19 | On one occasion , they locked her in the car when they went to a call and wound up the window to prevent her overhearing . |
| 20 | And one after the other they kissed her on the cheek . |
| 21 | They know her from the Christmas concert last year , we played a duet . |
| 22 | ‘ I think we could sit down now , ’ Charlotte said in her clear voice , smiling at them from the door , and they followed her into the dining room . |
| 23 | Lizzie and Henry again looked at each other as they followed her into the room , and sat on the couch . |
| 24 | Then she heard all of them , crashing through brush and low branches as they followed her towards the road . |
| 25 | The central figure is the child , Little Nell , who deeply engaged the sympathies of contemporary readers as they followed her through the hardships of her pilgrimage , made in company with the senile grandfather whom she strives to protect , from the London curiosity shop to the sanctuary of a village where her sufferings end in a peaceful death . |
| 26 | It 's what they baptized her at the Foundling Hospital . ’ |
| 27 | Once a femur or a forearm would have played a pure note if you 'd used one for a pipe , but the pieces would whistle harsh and offkey now from the holes bored into them by the efficient mandibles of her companions in the vertical grave , the cenote where they placed her after the battle , during the truce . |
| 28 | There was just enough time for Bobbie to make herself tidy before they called her into the front room . |
| 29 | Mm , Cathy knew what they called her in the initial stage |
| 30 | His eyes narrowed speculatively as they watched her in the mirror . |