Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] her [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rosa had been crying then , with the pieces of the plate her mother had tried to smash over her head in front of her at the table , and her mother had put the back of her hand to her daughter 's cheek , as if to test her for fever . |
| 2 | Once more the blue eyes moved over her body with appreciation , confusing yet exciting her at the same time . |
| 3 | She then attached a long lunging rein which she had brought coiled over her shoulder to Midnight 's noseband . |
| 4 | She did n't know why her lack of experience had thrown him so utterly , and she thought now that perhaps she did n't want to know . |
| 5 | Then a bomb blast devastated the theatre and wiped away her smile of anticipation . |
| 6 | ‘ Come on , ’ Annie drawls , glinting over her glass of beer , ‘ stop avoiding the issue , will you ? |
| 7 | Susan was tempted to remodel her dream image as ‘ Phyllis Dietrichsen ’ from Double Indemnity , flashing her jewelled anklet and casting off her used-up men like old cleanses , or ‘ Vivian Sternwood ’ from The Big Sleep , brushing aside her curtain of hair and trading innuendoes over cigarettes with Philip Marlowe . |
| 8 | At last she stepped over it and went down , half thinking it might snap off her leg in passing . |
| 9 | She sniffed them , wrinkled up her nose in disgust . |
| 10 | Chaman wrinkled up her nose in disgust . |
| 11 | Picking up her cup of cocoa , Rosie said , ‘ It was just an idea . |
| 12 | She wandered round the aisles , filling up her trolley with cheese , sliced ham and wedges of terrine , lingering over the huge butchery section , where the cuts of meat looked so different from those she was used to . |
| 13 | One scene involved her wandering round her house in vest and pants , but Roberts refused to shoot it unless the crew took their trousers off too . |
| 14 | Kāli threw down her bunch of ragwort and it landed , splayed out limply , on the top . |
| 15 | Leith threw over her shoulder in passing , and without pausing to knock she opened the door on her stride and went ‘ straight in ’ . |
| 16 | Mary handed over her parcel of food and treats which Kitty took with a happy nod , grateful for the saving kindness . |
| 17 | His name flowed off her tongue without effort or pain . |
| 18 | Above , the sculptor shows off her creation to zoo manager John Stronge and Corry Group 's Roger Corry . |
| 19 | Christina screwed up her face in distaste . |
| 20 | Iris screwed up her face in amusement and disbelief . |
| 21 | I am a woman , and also a writer who has used up her allotment of renown during her own lifetime ; and on those two grounds I do not expect much pity , or much understanding , from posterity . |
| 22 | Instead she threw back her head in laughter and said , " Next time he tries , open your mouth . " |
| 23 | He remembered what she was wearing at the disco on Saturday : a slippery , silver sort of dress that flowed around her body like oil . |
| 24 | ‘ That wo n't help , ’ a voice said gently as the back door slowly opened , and she flung up her head in shock . |
| 25 | Cindy Gallop has given up her career in theatre marketing and gone into advertising . |
| 26 | After another fond peep at his sleeping face , she crept out of the room , softly closed the door , and gathering up her skirt in order not to trip over the hem on the way down the stairs , swiftly retraced her steps back to the kitchen and Cissie . |
| 27 | Heat crept up her neck in spite of her rigid composure . |
| 28 | His mouth played on her face , brushing her throat , her eyes , moving over her skin like fire , back to her mouth again . |
| 29 | At that moment Sally knocked over her glass of wine . |
| 30 | Even in our short journey the taxi driver had spoken of the soukoyant , the witch who takes off her skin at night and flies about like a bat . |