Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] her [noun pl] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Margaret was encouraged to continue pursuing her enquiries with the solicitor . |
| 2 | CAGNEY and Lacey actress Sharon Gless , who is currently in London starring in Misery at the Criterion , has treated her colleagues at the theatre to her favourite Haagen-Dazs ice cream . |
| 3 | Shelley promises to lunch with them once she has got her things from the car . |
| 4 | She sit down on the chair but she 'll want to stand up a little bit cause we got bins underneath and she wants to put her feet on the bins |
| 5 | Claudia sank down on to her bed and tried to shut her ears to the sound of him in the next room . |
| 6 | Avoiding their curious glances , she walked round to the hardware section and tried to shut her ears to the whispered conversations that suddenly broke out as soon as she was out of sight . |
| 7 | The vile weather had emptied the streets , and made them particularly frightening ; She tried to forget her fears of the unknown in hearty cursing of the rain . |
| 8 | How difficult it was to try to keep her feet on the ground , when inside she felt as if she were poised on the brink of a wild and wonderful adventure . |
| 9 | She could see the three robed figures , watching impassively as she tried to force her hands through the gold-flecked cloud that surrounded her . |
| 10 | Beryl 's ordeal began when she phoned the police , who promised to fax her details to the motoring organisation . |
| 11 | Anne tried to get her fingers into the jamb , but could not . |
| 12 | Stuart , who plans to see an acupuncturist tomorrow in an attempt to cure the problem , may compete for the North in a representative match this weekend before endeavouring to raise her spirits for the Olympic trials meeting . |
| 13 | ‘ She wants to get her hands on the boy in the bistro . ’ |
| 14 | It leaves this to eventually crawl ashore and pupate among the roots of trees , to emerge as the adults — shown in this case mating to complete the cycle , the female returning to lay her eggs on the water . |
| 15 | Fear sliced through her and she tried to close her ears to the sound , but as if to mock her it was joined by another and another until the air was filled with a shaking roar . |
| 16 | She tried hooking her fingers round the door and pulling , but he only laughed and grabbing her , dragged her to him , kissing the part nearest his face , which happened to be the base of her neck . |
| 17 | And Grainne , who had her own might-have-beens , understood , and tried to make her stories of the Bright Palace interesting and amusing , and tried to minimise the rigours and the heartaches of exile on Innisfree . |
| 18 | Two men so different in appearance and manner , yet both prepared to sacrifice her feelings on the altar of their ambition . |
| 19 | This second misfortune seemed to revive her memories of the earlier time when she had been carrying his child and had been given to understand that her husband had been simultaneously carrying on an affair with some young army chauffeuse . |
| 20 | The chill air cooled her face and seemed to sweep her problems into the distance . |
| 21 | I waited until she 'd swung her hips down the road before I went in . |
| 22 | Amber is said to have her eyes on the plum part of Beatrice in the screen version of Dante 's Divine Comedy– . |
| 23 | " Devraux told me today he is going to Canton again soon , " he said in an excited whisper when his wife came to plunge her arms in the suds beside him . |
| 24 | She prefers to engage her readers at the coal-face , as it were ; that of the formation of moral intuitions , or the making of decisions . |
| 25 | Polly did n't dare take her eyes off the compass . |
| 26 | In the daily group sessions Amy had said little , preferring to fix her eyes on the blank wall above the heads of her fellows … |
| 27 | She began to slide her feet off the bed , then stopped . |
| 28 | Walks across the moors she thought , beginning to plan her activities for the week . |
| 29 | She finished scribbling her details on the back of the old envelope that she had extricated from her bag . |
| 30 | She turned away and placed her watch on the shelf above the sink , then , bending , began stuffing her clothes into the washing-machine . |