Example sentences of "[v-ing] her [prep] " in BNC.

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1 He did have a habit of railroading her into things , but she knew she would be crazy to refuse .
2 She thought she might avoid the place for a few days herself , just in case the boy had any ideas of adopting her as a protector .
3 First pouring boiling water over the used coffee grounds , Trent led Mariana through to the living-room , seating her on the sofa .
4 Courteously seating her inside the car first , he walked round to the driver 's side , and when he had settled himself behind the wheel asked unexpectedly , ‘ Have you visited one of our pubs yet ? ’
5 Starving her until the next evening , he coaxed her with pony nuts into a stall which Raimundo used for branding and saddling bigger horses , which was so narrow she could n't turn round .
6 She had lost a good deal of her bloom and bounce , and looked as if the sentiments of the burial service kept stabbing her to the heart .
7 She liked Robert Urquhart and was attracted to him , even trusted him , unlike Spittals who was no doubt gleefully stabbing her in the back at that moment .
8 Poor Mrs got two lots of children and they were driving her up the wall !
9 as if he 'd read her mind Penry took a cross-country route instead of the motorway , driving her through Carmarthen and Llandeilo , then on past Brecon to head for Leominster .
10 Drunk one day , driving her on his Harley , he slammed into a house that had once belonged to Jack London .
11 Maggie was taking a plane to London that night and Sheila and Mona were driving her to the airport .
12 Helen was driving her to suicide , I could see that .
13 MUM-TO-BE Lynne Adams , 36 , gave birth to a girl on the M5 yesterday as husband Phil was driving her to hospital in Taunton , Somerset .
14 His constant invasion of her privacy was driving her to distraction .
15 He parted her thighs fiercely , and she moaned as his head sank , his tongue driving her to a frenzy .
16 And a court in Nottingham hears how a taxi driver sexually assaulted a female passenger after driving her to a secluded spot in Park .
17 Nottingham Crown Court 's been told that a taxi driver sexually assaulted a woman passenger after ignoring her instructions and driving her to a secluded area in Clumber Park .
18 A court in London has heard how a taxi driver sexually assaulted a female passenger after driving her to a secluded spot in Clumber Park .
19 When the fish are placed in the breeding tank courtship will normally start within minutes , the male displaying to the female and driving her into the floating mops .
20 Lucenzo crushed her body closer to his , driving her into a fast , whirling quickstep , his thighs moving against hers with hard , male insistence .
21 She felt him naked between her thighs , felt the throb of his manhood against her slippery skin , and his long , expert fingers were still on the pulse that was taking her over , making her mad , driving her into wild darkness , and his voice said thickly , ‘ Rachel …
22 She admits there is a competitive streak in Kylie Minogue that is driving her towards live shows simply to silence the knockers .
23 The police were driving her around Soweto , wanting her to identify key activists .
24 In these circumstances , as we were agreed that we had power to do so , we made an emergency order enabling her to be taken to and treated at a specialist hospital in London , notwithstanding the lack of consent on her part .
25 When she was n't preparing food she could barely swallow , or making hot drinks , or washing up , he was instructing her on how to use the boat 's equipment .
26 When she tugged the chain ( which had a pottery handle bluntly instructing her to ‘ PULL ’ on it ) , there was a raucous , metallic clanking fit to wake the whole house , but not a trickle of water came down to flush the bowl .
27 Isabella does not know that the Duke had played the role of the Friar instructing her in the foiling of Angelo 's plots , and so , lacking any independent evidence , she realizes how feeble her case must seem ; yet she still affirms that But the Duke , behaving as Angelo had predicted , and as he would have to behave if he had no evidence , sweeps aside her complaint , leaving her with only heaven to appeal to : The evil is indeed finally ‘ unfolded ’ , not by heaven but by the Duke , although Angelo ( as if recalling that passage in Luke 's gospel ) ascribes divine omniscience to him : But the Duke has only used deception and disguise , legitimately , as Shakespeare makes him say : ‘ Craft against vice I must apply ’ ( III.ii.270 ) .
28 A short time later they went out to where a bay gelding and a grey mare were tethered and , after instructing her concerning the correct side to mount , he gave her a leg up .
29 ‘ That was only because you were tearing her to pieces .
30 She struggled not to run screaming from the office , seeing the trip ahead , knowing what would happen , that desire , that overpowering excitement flaring up between them in a hotel bedroom somewhere on the other side of the world , dragging her deeper into a relationship that was already tearing her to pieces .
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