Example sentences of "her [noun pl] [conj] give [pron] " in BNC.

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1 I get hold of her shoulders and give her a good shake .
2 They shared a commiserating smile , and Mick put his arm around her shoulders and gave her a friendly hug .
3 There was a purposeful look now in her eyes that gave him pause .
4 Claudia closed her eyes and gave herself up to sheer sensation .
5 ‘ Well … it was her feet that gave her away . ’
6 He stared back and , blushing with confusion , she rose to her feet and gave him a little bob .
7 You know , the one I told you about — She asked me to cut her toenails and give her feet a wash . ’
8 And , again in contrast to being a useful , helpful sensible little girl , was her cosy friendship with the changing series of under-housemaids who laughed so readily at her jokes and gave her lumps of sugar from morning tea trays — sometimes it was a peppermint .
9 In the hall she would put on her hat and , lulling all suspicions of decay and its mortifications to rest in the conviction of her own economical and resourceful genius , with Gigi on her shoulder , she would stand at the head of the basement staircase screaming ( Gigi would scream too ) for Silly-Willie and Brigid to come and take her instructions and give their assistance while she created some nauseating delicacy for Dada 's dinner .
10 It would be so easy to give up the battle she 'd been waging against him , simply to lay down her arms and give herself up to the ecstasy of possession .
11 A lioness , having caught a gazelle , may not kill it but drag it back alive to her cubs and give it to them so that , crippled though it is , the cubs may have a little practice in how to bring it down .
12 She sat down opposite him and propped her chin on her hands and gave him the look of limpid honesty at which she was particularly gifted .
13 But he denies harassing Miss Donna Van Den Berghen , 21 , by putting his arm around her , touching her breasts and giving her a bear hug in front of colleagues .
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