Example sentences of "[verb] against her " in BNC.
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| 1 | She felt his urgency as he moved against her and his breathing caught against her neck . |
| 2 | Being cradled against her mother 's soft warm body , Dot tried to feel like a baby , to remember what she had seen through the crack in the double doors as Gloria had cradled Baby against her while the nurses gathered round with protective outstretched arms . |
| 3 | She poured herself a gin and tonic and took up a position she had frequently occupied since the kidnap — standing by the lounge window , staring out into the garden , glass cupped in her right hand and cradled against her breast like a child , cigarette held aloft in her left hand , mouth half-open , eyes fixed intently on some distant and perhaps invisible object . |
| 4 | Victoria smiled again , and her long eyelashes flickered against her cheek . |
| 5 | The executive transporter seemed to be pressing against her back . |
| 6 | She could feel it , pressing against her belly from beneath , like solid indigestion . |
| 7 | Standing on tiptoe , she arched her lower body to his scarcely needing the encouragement of his hand pressing against her spine . |
| 8 | She felt the strength of his body pressing against her own , turning her insides to a quivering mass . |
| 9 | His body was touching hers , the hard length of his thighs pressing against her own . |
| 10 | She could feel the hard muscles of his body pressing against her side , his arm sheltering her in a way that made her trust him . |
| 11 | She never knew which one of them made the first move , but suddenly , unaccountably , she was in his arms , his hands pressing against her back to draw her closer still . |
| 12 | Afterwards , she lay naked , warm and quiescent in the curve of his arm , listening to his laboured breathing , feeling the fast , steady beat of his heart as it thundered against her cheek , knowing that it could never have been so good , so satisfying for both of them if she had n't loved him . |
| 13 | FitzAlan 's heart thundered against her cheek and his body was strung as tightly as her own , the arm around her like iron . |
| 14 | His fingers warm against her cheek , as though he needed to touch , he continued , ‘ When you 've wanted something for so long , and you finally think you 've found it , and then it all turns to ashes , it makes you over-react — sounds lame , does n't it ? |
| 15 | For Germany now had the chance to bring her new strength of purpose to bear against her real enemy — at which point Nietzsche introduced a reinterpretation of politics in cultural and philosophical terms which was to become characteristic of his mature thinking : the " real enemy " was modern superficiality , and Germany 's chance was to destroy it by relearning " tragic cognition " from the Greeks . |
| 16 | ‘ Always pushing me away , ’ he went on , his words muffled against her skin . |
| 17 | Then , his mouth muffled against her sweet-smelling hair , he went on softly , ‘ Do n't be too disappointed ; I 'll make it up to you . |
| 18 | ‘ Leonora , ’ he said harshly , his voice muffled against her hair , ‘ have you any idea what you 're doing to me ? ’ |
| 19 | Berries trembled against her lips and she licked them , swallowed . |
| 20 | Then his hand seemed to tighten against her waist , making her judder and catch her breath . |
| 21 | The appeals process against her execution had been concluded on March 27 , 1990 , when the Supreme Court had upheld the death sentence . |
| 22 | He smoothed the tangled hair back from her face , letting his fingers linger against her skin . |
| 23 | Why had n't she the strength to stand against her aunt 's demands ? she wondered , not for the first time . |
| 24 | Her heart started to hammer against her ribs , her brain went into overdrive . |
| 25 | His fingers seemed to singe against her tender flesh . |
| 26 | On appeal , not merely was no criticism levelled at this direction , but Humphreys J. himself stated that ‘ where … the charge is one of rape it is necessary that the prosecution should prove that the girl or woman did not consent and that the crime was committed against her will . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ If I summon all my strength , for a short time I can act against her spells , ’ she whispered . |
| 28 | His tongue pricked against her tongue , exploring the sensitive inner reaches of her mouth . |
| 29 | Merrill stood up suddenly , her fists clenched against her sides , her eyes a glacial blue-grey . |
| 30 | Something scratchy nudged against her calves and made her jump . |