Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] her [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A storm of pain ripped through her like the indigo fingers of a tornado and carried her out on to a midnight sea . |
| 2 | That last taut exchange with Roman seemed to have whipped up some invisible energy that would n't let her relax , prickling through her like an electric storm . |
| 3 | Constance had no time to assess the bewildering exchange of tone that the lunch party had taken before Giancarlo was walking towards her with a vivacious woman by his side who was busily blowing kisses and calling ‘ Ciao ’ to the tables she passed . |
| 4 | She had dressed her hair daringly with ivory combs , sweeping it straight back from her face to emphasize her high cheekbones , then letting it fall behind her in a dark torrent that contrasted sharply with the pale silk of her gown . |
| 5 | He stood up , and he towered above her like a golden figure in one of the hospital 's many paintings . |
| 6 | He had sat with her in the long dark evenings , had made sure she ate at mealtimes . |
| 7 | Then she was giving him her mouth again so that he might swallow the choked cries of pleasure rising from her throat as the frenzy claimed her once more , and a little later she was thrashing against him , pleading hoarsely for his possession , until Luke held her down and sank into her with a harsh groan . |
| 8 | Excitement flickered inside her like a random spark that found itself landing in a pile of dry autumn leaves as she hardly dared consider the possibilities and what they might mean for her . |
| 9 | Fenella looked over her shoulder at them and saw that they were looking at her with such blind trust and with such faith that cold anger rose in her at the evil Lord who had forced them to his work . |
| 10 | Who were these people , so many of them , crowding round her in a white hedge . |
| 11 | She told herself not to let negative thoughts take over , but , night after night , her will-power dissolved into helplessness , and when at last she slept , her past life rose before her like a grotesque apparition . |
| 12 | And naturally his only means of getting in touch would be to write to her at the one address he knew : Elise 's cottage . |
| 13 | And as she pushed open the west door Miss Danziger was met by the scent of fennel , the six-foot stems of which towered over her from a huge stoneware pot , very different from the musty scent of piety that greeted her in English country churches . |
| 14 | When he proposed to her on the last night I think she took him because , having been in her room for seven days , she 'd met nobody else and could n't bear to see her investment wasted . ’ |
| 15 | When I go past , I wonder what has been happening to her in the intervening years , and that 's very odd . ’ |
| 16 | So it had come to her on the previous day , and came again now , the whiff , or stroke , of solitude , as her final hope for Patrick 's life was extinguished . |
| 17 | The word of Jesus had come to her as a great challenge . |
| 18 | Martha shook her head , feeling tiredness descend on her like the low cloud on the mountains , muffling all her emotions . |
| 19 | The reflections flickered on her like a distant storm . |
| 20 | The unremitting contempt had become unendurable , although it occurred to her for the first time that Luke might actually resent her . |
| 21 | It occurred to her for the first time that there were a couple of curious anomalies in her childhood . |
| 22 | It occurred to her for the first time that there was no sign of a car , apart from her own . |
| 23 | She riffled quickly through the pile and saw nothing of interest but an envelope addressed to her in a bold black hand that looked dimly familiar . |
| 24 | On the premise that ‘ too many cooks spoil the broth ’ , he asks us to reiterate that day to day management of the Village is in the hands of the Warden , Mrs. Pat Holmes , and any guidance , questions or advice on such matters should be addressed to her in the first instance . |
| 25 | Unless the tenant here was a statutorily protected tenant , as the premises were not let to her on an excluded tenancy she is entitled to the benefit of that protection . |
| 26 | He looked extremely unhealthy ; the anxious eyes of a child peered at her from a white mask . |
| 27 | Dierdriu had looked at her for a long moment . |
| 28 | Her friends did not think of her as a drunk and Rachel would be truly shocked if she knew about the long nights of insomnia and secret alcohol . |
| 29 | Another is a concerto written for her by the British composer Derek Bourgeois . |
| 30 | Nothing came for her by the first post . |