Example sentences of "her [verb] [pron] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He walked with her to the door of the hall and watched her stepping it out across the square , her shoulders back , her head defiantly erect . |
| 2 | She was going on to recall how yesterday she had thought of Vendelin Gajdusek 's being in Prague , when in actual fact , had she known it , he had been sitting right there beside her driving her back to Mariánské Láznë , when he suddenly gave her near heart failure by challenging , out of the blue ‘ I thought you said your name was Fabia ? ’ |
| 3 | Over a cup of tea she regaled the old lady with the story of her son and grandchild saving the wounded squirrel , and , leaving her to pass it on to her companions , she drove back to the surgery . |
| 4 | And tell her to pick me up at ten thirty . |
| 5 | In this case it may be by asking the child to pick up a toy , being ignored , then compelling him or her to pick it up by physical guidance then putting the child out of the room and leaving him when the inevitable tantrum occurs . |
| 6 | If she reacts in this way , it will be best not to try to interfere or worry about her tiring herself out with too much activity , as this may be even more disturbing for her . |
| 7 | The Queen obviously has a sense of humour , as was evident from her hamming it up for the cameras . |
| 8 | Let her work it through for herself . |
| 9 | Then he was up , leaning away from her to let her claw herself around into a sprawling position . |
| 10 | But I was awoken from my daydreaming by her calling me over to the large chest which stood beneath the window . |
| 11 | I wanted her to fill me in on the blank spots , and I wanted to hear it from her , not anybody else . |
| 12 | The bantams were waiting for her to let them out of their safe house . |
| 13 | Could you go round and ask her to let us in for me please ? |
| 14 | I remember her pointing it out to me saying what was in it when we were really looking for something else . ’ |
| 15 | I turned round and watched her hoist him on to her hip and harangue with her fist in the air , until the sight of her was dissolved by the dust thrown up behind the car . |
| 16 | Well , this was hardly the scene she 'd have imagined as the perfect time to wear the dress , but now she silently blessed the premonition which had made her pack it along with the predominantly casual clothes she 'd chosen to take to Sheffield . |
| 17 | I did n't want her to give herself over to the view of life that underlay all this , the philosophy that pinned her to the shadow-corners of the world . |
| 18 | ‘ Oh , yes , ’ she replied , and because she had almost added that she had been going to travel with her sister — which would surely then have led to her boring him out of his skull with all of the rest of it , ‘ All alone , ’ she added with feigned cheerfulness . |
| 19 | It nearly killed them to acknowledge my existence and they only spoke in monosyllables when I was present , but the babble of sound which broke out every time I went out and closed the door behind me was enough to make me want to go rushing straight to Miss Malley to beg her to send me back to my friends . |
| 20 | Then Fred took Peaseblossom off to dance and Arthur gave Daisy an envelope of the uncashed dividend cheques , saying that he wanted her to plough them back into the business . |
| 21 | Gazzer watched her lower herself down from the top of the gates and edge out on one of the beams . |
| 22 | Something in their need of her pulled her back from the seductive slide into oblivion . |
| 23 | Then Chola helped her carry it through to the inner room where the family sleeps for warmth in winter . |
| 24 | He said : ‘ I asked her to drop me off at the nearby Woodcutters Club . |
| 25 | You ca n't expect her to get them in on a student 's grant . ’ |
| 26 | Shelley 's hands were clutched tightly round the mug of coffee , and Rosie wisely let her talk it out of her system . |
| 27 | If he had allowed her to take him back to London , he might have been stuck for life with a woman in her thirties ( and getting older by the day ) . |
| 28 | Her carried her up to the solar and delivered her over to the care of his sister and Ellen , leaving her with a look in his blue eyes that clearly said later . |
| 29 | I 'll get her to bring it up to you . ’ |
| 30 | Jess waited for her to make something out of her small success , but she did n't and sat with folded hands looking into the ever-changing flames licking round the coal . |