Example sentences of "[vb past] her [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She dressed soberly , changed her clothes less often , coiled her long dark hair into its usual long glossy package which lay so neatly upon her neck . |
| 2 | The men turned and entered her paint-peeled front door . |
| 3 | A woman drew her long black hair out tight |
| 4 | However , he continued to hold her hand on the walk back to the main track , where he again drew her close to his side while taking her arm . |
| 5 | As he drew her close to him , she let herself fall against him . |
| 6 | His voice dropped to a low note of affection as he slid an arm around her shoulders and drew her close to his side . |
| 7 | He drew her close again and they fell silent , Rachel reflecting on how hard it must have been for David not to have told her what had really happened between himself and her sister , then another thought struck her . |
| 8 | Sinking back down , he drew her close again . |
| 9 | ‘ Oh , now , it 's not been as bad as that , ’ he said , shamefaced , and laid his arm awkwardly round her shoulders and drew her close to him . |
| 10 | I found her flat quite easily . |
| 11 | In any case , I found her far too pretty , both in repose and in action ( or acting ) , to care . |
| 12 | Internal promotions always pose problems and there were those who found her hard to take . |
| 13 | Bathsheba had planned to stay at the party for only an hour , and she was in fact preparing to leave when Boldwood found her alone in an upstairs room . |
| 14 | This birdie on the 4th helped her complete the first round just two over . |
| 15 | A mother ewe with two lambs in the field behind the house one morning demonstrated her strong maternal instincts when she successful saw off a two year old steer with a series of savage head butts . |
| 16 | Stopped her dead . |
| 17 | She went out all dressed up and he drove her blue car . |
| 18 | It seemed her true love had sent her a present from a partridge in a pear tree . |
| 19 | Cos she goes erm she goes I told her right and she goes well you 're going to are n't you ? |
| 20 | Miss Ellis shook her long blonde hair back off her shoulders . |
| 21 | Then she carefully made up her face and brushed her long auburn hair , the solemn wide-eyed child watching her every movement . |
| 22 | He guided her , pressed her close . |
| 23 | She danced in a haze of misery , scarcely noticing when the music changed from vibrant rock-and-roll to ‘ the creep ’ and when the lights were lowered and he pulled her close she could n't be bothered to protest though she was revolted by the smell of beer on his breath ( where had he got it ? ) mingling with strong body odours . |
| 24 | He put his arm around Christina 's waist , and pulled her close to him . |
| 25 | He sat up , looking at her , astonished by her behaviour , then laughed and pulled her close again , kissing her . |
| 26 | Fergus pulled her close again . |
| 27 | He pulled her close again . |
| 28 | She drew away , but he pulled her close again . |
| 29 | Piers pulled her close to him . |
| 30 | Roman pulled her close to his side as he thanked the man , tipping him lavishly . |