Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [prep] her [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It sounded as though the reality of what they were doing had come home to her for the first time . |
| 2 | Even before she was finished speaking he was walking quickly from her towards the house . |
| 3 | Today , when Florrie arrived at the corner-shop and rapped on the closed front door , Aunt Emily lifted the roller-blind and peered shortsightedly at her through the glass . |
| 4 | Travis had raised himself out of his despair to quip that she and his cousin both worked for the same firm , but the message that had come across to her from the dark steely look of Naylor Massingham was that that might be true now , but , since she had chosen not to heed his warning , one of them would not be working for the same firm for very much longer ! |
| 5 | She 'd bent down to pick up the purchases at her feet , and as she rose again she 'd caught sight of a face she knew , looking straight at her through the moving mesh of people . |
| 6 | All the time those steady , golden eyes had fascinated her — and now they were looking steadily at her along the barrel of a gun . |
| 7 | Dane 's voice came softly to her through the darkness . |
| 8 | Caro 's voice came faintly to her above the noise of departure . |
| 9 | Then it began to sweep slowly over her in the deprecating manner that Jessamy remembered so clearly from four years ago . |
| 10 | He wrenched himself from her arms , leaving her suddenly chilled although the night was still very mild , and paced away from her on the veranda , then circled back to stare down at her once again , his face set in a grim , frowning mask . |
| 11 | It was only a couple coming in from the terrace , and she was about to look away again when she caught sight of a tall , stooping man standing outside and peering lugubriously at her through the glass . |
| 12 | An ugly black dog barked harshly at her from the basement patio of the house next door . |
| 13 | Frank , going ahead of her to the boat , turns for her . |
| 14 | As she knelt there , with Fand lying quietly before her on the beach , nothing else seemed to matter much . |
| 15 | Madame Gebrec gazed earnestly at her across the table . |
| 16 | My wife still knows a person born shortly after her at the same maternity hospital . |
| 17 | As the doors opened she stepped out and glanced quickly round her at the tastefully lavish five-star décor . |
| 18 | They do this by guarding the female , staying close to her during the ten days or so when she is fertile . |
| 19 | Stephen walked ahead of her on the river bank . |
| 20 | But you may get to keep the other assets from the marriage , or pay less to her over the years . |
| 21 | She stopped , aware that her tongue was running away with her in the heat of the moment . |
| 22 | She sat very still , staring ahead of her into the gathering darkness . |
| 23 | He looked thoughtfully from her to the dresser . |
| 24 | He looked mischievously at her over the top of his paper . |
| 25 | Alice looked all around her at the flowers and the trees , but she could not see anything to eat . |
| 26 | Aunt Emily looked away from her into the fire . |
| 27 | ‘ You seem to have a rather inflated idea of your own attractions , Mr Sterne , ’ she muttered , scarlet-faced , kicking her suitcase towards the door , and reaching cautiously behind her for the latch . |
| 28 | It had almost lulled her mind to blankness when she felt fitzAlan 's arms close tightly about her with the utmost care , bringing her nearer to the warmth of his body . |
| 29 | He looked across at her through the frost and rose of dawn . |
| 30 | Large spiders and segmented insects streamed ahead of her through the leaves , as if to escape attack . |