Example sentences of "they [verb] her [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | … In the present case it is not even averred that the defendants knew of the pregnancy of the plaintiff 's mother when they received her as a passenger ; it is merely averred that in fact she was then quick with child , viz. with the plaintiff , to whom she subsequently gave birth . |
| 2 | She says they condemned her to a lifetime of pain and disability . |
| 3 | have they put her on a diet ? |
| 4 | she said no , Jean said oh I ca n't walk that , have a bloody heart attack she says , so they put her in a trolley |
| 5 | they put her in a bloody trolley and oh course she said , this woman said erm |
| 6 | They filled her with a deep , purple-rich sadness that was almost like happiness . |
| 7 | They threatened her with a knife and bound her hands and feet with a rope . |
| 8 | In the nick of time , they discovered her in a state of hapless stage fright . |
| 9 | When they served her with a stallion you see , it was three weeks elapsed then before she if you did n't go and foal with that service it was three weeks elapsed afore you game again . |
| 10 | The same social worker eventually , quite inappropriately , arranged Part 3 accommodation for Mrs X and they placed her in a residential old people 's home . |
| 11 | The words were tenderly spoken , yet they hit her like a tidal wave of icy-cold water , instantly extinguishing the flames of passion curling inside her , bringing her to horrified realisation of just what she was doing . |
| 12 | like I once read a book where this girl she wanted to be a doctor and they brought her to a nursery for work experience |
| 13 | They took her to a small , perfect restaurant , where she had never been before , and fed her on soup and fish and meat and cheese , all of a quality and in quantities she had only dreamed of during the war . |
| 14 | She went on a they sent her on a ward management course there . |
| 15 | Finally they wheeled her on a trolley down the draughty brown corridor , through the swing doors , into Ward 3-South where a dim light showed the children lying down . |
| 16 | Doreen Copas had to be reminded that she had been teaching Medau for all of 25 years by her Herts and Cambs colleagues and class members ; they presented her with a generous gift of garden tokens on the occasion of the Westhampstead Rally . |
| 17 | Would they put her in a cell for the night ? |
| 18 | Not only did they drench her in a water fight when she did n't have a change of clothes and throw her on the muck heap , but on Friday evening offered her a roll filled with Doggie Dins , so she spent the rest of the night throwing up . |
| 19 | Then they carried her to a part of the banqueting hall where the flying bugs were no longer ankle deep . |
| 20 | First she was blind and then when she was a bit older they fitted her with a glass eye . |
| 21 | They greeted her with a flourish . |
| 22 | They see her as a hostage , whose future fate may influence Nelson Mandela 's line in negotiations . |