Example sentences of "her [adv prt] against " in BNC.
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| 1 | He pulled her down against him , feeling her eagerness and longing as their lips met again . |
| 2 | He would have joined Melissa on the great bed , pressing her down against the coverlet and ravishing her long white neck with passionate kisses . |
| 3 | He gasped and reached up to her , pulling her down against his chest , and then with a swift movement he turned her beneath him . |
| 4 | Rab pushed her over against the wall in the wall-recessed bed . |
| 5 | A deep-voiced character with five o'clock shadow all over his face and fists like Popeye the Sailor grabbed the girl by her Indian beads and slammed her up against the mantelpiece . |
| 6 | She sought his mouth again , wrapping her arms around his neck , offering and receiving a kiss so fierce , impatient and demanding that she clung to him and she lost her balance , fell against him , felt him gather her up against the inflammatory hardness of his body and lift her on to the bed . |
| 7 | Baptiste gripped her by the lapels , steered her off the path , shouldered her up against a tree . |
| 8 | ‘ Too right it is ! ’ he agreed , reaching for her with masterly precision and pulling her up against him , ignoring her small cry of outrage . |
| 9 | He moved closer , pinning her up against the door . |
| 10 | And then , so gently that she was hardly aware of what was happening — as if she was merely swaying with the tide — he gradually pulled her towards the shore , slowly drawing her up against the bare , damp skin of his broad chest . |
| 11 | With a groan , Vitor drew her up against him and pinioned her in his arms . |
| 12 | His lips came down again and his hands slid down her back , urging her up against him . |
| 13 | Jack looped an arm round her shoulders and tugged her up against his side . |
| 14 | By leaning her back against it and pedalling with her feet she could move it forwards inches at a time . |
| 15 | In a corner of the Salon Imperial of the Hotel Intercontinental , Paris , Harriet Varna braced her back against a statuesque pillar and looked steadily into the viewfinder of her camera , concentrating on her subjects so fiercely that she was almost oblivious to the electric atmosphere that surrounded her , bouncing off the Viennese décor and the sumptuous rococo ceiling along with the heat and the light as the models of the House of Saint Laurent moved gracefully along the hundred yards of catwalk to display the new season 's couture collection . |
| 16 | She was sitting with her back against a tree more than half asleep . |
| 17 | When she 'd retrieved the ends of the rope and tied it all together , she sat with her back against the load , adjusting the carrying rope over her forehead . |
| 18 | All she later remembered was the strength of his hands on her shoulders as he forced her back against the bark of an apple tree and held her there , imprisoned . |
| 19 | She pressed her back against the door , grateful for the support of its solid carved oak . |
| 20 | Standing on her hands with her back against the wall , and she wanted him to run at her . |
| 21 | She pressed her back against the wall and shuffled on the seat of her jeans to the aperture , her eyes continually flickering towards the open door to ensure she was still out of sight of the shed . |
| 22 | With her elegant carriage ( she sits perfectly straight with her back against the chair , rarely fidgeting ) and rather regal bearing , the Baroness sticks out in the room full of younger , rougher inmates like a sore thumb . |
| 23 | Instead she stood with her back against the door . |
| 24 | After Cissie had gone , Beth closed the door and stood with her back against it , her eyes downcast . |
| 25 | They had photographed her sitting on a kitchen stool in a white passage , with her back against a long stretch of wall , like someone at a dance . |
| 26 | Carol sat up , resting her back against the padded headboard . |
| 27 | He took her by the shoulders and pulled her back against him sharply . |
| 28 | Johnny , disregarding his promise that they should talk , pushed her back against the cushions and slipped his hand inside her dress once more . |
| 29 | Then she closed the door again and stood with her back against it . |
| 30 | Merlyn froze , then turned to lean with her back against the door . |