Example sentences of "shoulder [coord] [verb] her [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He caught her ankle , lunging at her , took her by the shoulders and flung her on to her back , his breathing hoarse and his eyes blazing with fury . |
| 2 | Ruth thought her aunt would have sat up all night to prolong the time with them , but her uncle — who had tried bravely all day to behave as though nothing untoward was happening — put his arms around his wife 's shoulders and led her away to bed . |
| 3 | Smiling , Nicolo put his arm around her shoulders and led her back to where they 'd left the Ferrari . |
| 4 | Jack looped an arm round her shoulders and tugged her up against his side . |
| 5 | Hands gripped her shoulders and moved her gently to one side . |
| 6 | He took her by the shoulders and pulled her back against him sharply . |
| 7 | In an almost fatherly way , he placed a hand on her good shoulder and kissed her gently on the lips , like a promise . |
| 8 | Just hours after Lisa 's mother confirmed the 21-year-old model was seeing Princess Diana 's friend James Gilbey , fiery Marco wrapped a protective arm around her shoulder and escorted her back to her family home in Fulham , west London . |
| 9 | But Pappy , who was always so willing to engage with her for hours and talk about school work or play chess , only patted her on the shoulder and fobbed her off with platitudes when the question of her mother came up . |