Example sentences of "[v-ing] her from " in BNC.
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| 1 | With a small , helpless moan she surrendered to the muscular arms tightening like a vice about her , gazing up at his hawk-like features thrown into sharp , dramatic relief by the pale moonlight , and trembling at the dangerous gleam in the eyes devouring her from beneath their heavy lids . |
| 2 | She was buoyed up suddenly on the wave of amazement and admiration that she could feel enveloping her from across the whole room . |
| 3 | But instead of protecting her from attack , this mask forced the gas at her , rushing it up into her face with a sinister hissing . |
| 4 | Since the firm he works for won the contract for the Statue of Liberty , it has been responsible for protecting her from the ravages of harsh Atlantic weather . |
| 5 | Ginny could only suppose that Ralph thought he was protecting her from a possible nuisance . |
| 6 | ‘ Her legs were bandaged in leather swathes , protecting her from the long , cruel needles of the prickly pear . |
| 7 | Levering himself up to sit back on his heels and pulling her easily with him , he lifted her on to his lap , so that she found herself straddling him , her naked breasts pressed against the sensuous roughness of his chest , with only thin swimming costumes protecting her from ultimate intimacy . |
| 8 | ‘ You have n't said whom you are protecting her from . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ He beat us to it , ’ she informed Felipe crossly as he guided her through the crowd , protecting her from knocks . |
| 10 | She waited for morning , the words playing through her mind and keeping her from sleep . |
| 11 | No , it was not discomfort keeping her from sleep . |
| 12 | The fact that she had been the ship that had sunk the Rawalpindi and killed my father did not seem to me to be a valid reason for omitting her from the series , for apart from the utter impersonality of a modern sea battle , she was by far the most successful of all the major German surface ships as well as being the happiest . |
| 13 | ‘ My dear Gwendolen , ’ he cut in impatiently , disengaging her from his new blazer . |
| 14 | She dozed and woke , dozed and woke and finally fell into a light sleep , only stirring when she heard a voice addressing her from what seemed like a million miles away . |
| 15 | Susan had no clothes on , and the two men were showering her from head to foot — in her eyes , inside her ears , everywhere . |
| 16 | I stepped inside and got behind her and tried pushing her from that side . |
| 17 | He broke off suddenly , his face rigid , then swore violently , pushing her from him , turning his back , raking a hand through his dark hair . |
| 18 | She remembered mother 's compassion in saving her from the certain shock of such evil envelopes . |
| 19 | By the end of this scene , however , Terentia expresses fulsome gratitude to Dycarbas for saving her from an uncle who had wanted to steal her inheritance . |
| 20 | If Marc was the ogre guarding the crock of gold , then Peter had to be cast as the white knight , saving her from the dreaded dragon ! |
| 21 | The other half of the club has a stage surrounded by white plastic tables and chairs , above which a blonde girl in a white body stocking was dangling from a rope , with only a ligature around her ankle saving her from crashing head first to the floor . |
| 22 | The black cat was eyeing her from upstairs . |
| 23 | But since she had wrecked Luke 's plans for a country weekend with Lexy , and deprived him of the possibility of replacing her from the ranks of his unofficial harem , perhaps it was hardly surprising that he should demand that she herself should fill the gap . |
| 24 | When she saw her gesture performed by a sister who had been admiring and imitating her from earliest childhood , she felt a certain unease : the adult gesture did not fit an eleven-year-old child . |
| 25 | In the days preceding laying , when the female can be fertilised , the male remains close to his partner , guarding her from other males ' attempts to mate surreptitiously . |
| 26 | Instantly an eleven-year-old cousin pounced on her , shielding her from the ball and riding her off . |
| 27 | Gradually , by walking slowly and shielding her from the wind as much as possible with my body , I cut the wings-open time to a minimum . |
| 28 | Taking her arm , he drew her to her feet , his body shielding her from the rest of the room . |
| 29 | He protected her like a lover , shielding her from curious eyes as they climbed the steep steps of the Rialto bridge with its shops on either side . |
| 30 | The multitude parted , the enclosure opened its gates , the press photographers descended and engulfed her , shielding her from the view of all but the tabloids . |