Example sentences of "[verb] her [noun] [adv prt] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Travis 's query drew her thoughts back to the present . |
| 2 | Black jeans encased his tautly muscled legs , a black sweater outlined the breadth of his shoulders and drew her eyes down to the firmly tapering waist . |
| 3 | She drew her chair in to the table , and nodded to either side . |
| 4 | She zipped up her anorak and began to work her way around to the sergeant 's face . |
| 5 | Finally , she grabbed hold of the dispenser 's cooling fin whilst it was waving a krill doughnut around in a vain attempt to attract custom , pulled it close and , in a casual and unremarkable manner , moved her hand down to the dispenser 's access plate and ran her fingers around the seam until she felt a magnetic bolt buzzing beneath her fingers . |
| 6 | Lucy crawled out of bed around lunchtime , found her way up to the shower while Josie could be heard moving around in the kitchen , and could n't resist leaving aside her own hard soap and supermarket shampoo in order to freeload a few squirts and squeezes of the gels , mousses and lotions that stood on the tiled windowsill . |
| 7 | She helped her mother back to the warmth of the kitchen and sat her in a chair . |
| 8 | If she could make her way along to the right ladder , she would be able to climb up to the painted clouds high overhead . |
| 9 | ‘ And none o' them knows the secret o' the tunnel , ’ thought Aunt Clarabel happily as she led her followers back to the Jolly Jailer and handed out free drinks to all . |
| 10 | Rising slowly like an automaton , she made her way over to the counter and picked up the receiver . |
| 11 | She had to run the barrage of more glances as she made her way over to the new extension , but she knew then that people looking at her was not on account of her being half an hour late , but on account of everyone , it seemed , knowing of her engagement . |
| 12 | She made her way up to the hotel bedroom and was let in by one of the porters . |
| 13 | Later , she made her way up to the stage wings , driven by a sheer need to see him . |
| 14 | To avoid running the gauntlet of the machine shop again , Robyn made her way back to the car park by going round the outside of the building , but the paths were covered with drifting snow and the going was difficult . |
| 15 | For her life 's sake Chesarynth turned reluctantly and made her way back to the tutorial room . |
| 16 | She sensed their disappointment as she closed her book , and without looking at them , left the garden and made her way back to the beach . |
| 17 | But as she made her way back to the table , Polly 's fierce satisfaction at having the last word in what had been a nerve-shattering encounter quickly faded . |
| 18 | Reluctantly she made her way back to the house , then gave a gasp of dismay as Penry erupted from it like a rocket . |
| 19 | Somehow she made her way down to the library , picked out the Dietrich films and forced herself to watch them until the early hours . |
| 20 | Mildly cheered by this glimmer of light in the midst of nightmare , she made her way down to the library . |
| 21 | Antelope made her way down to the Falklands to guard HMS Invincible , the troop carrier . |
| 22 | Bringing her mind back to the keys she suggested having a photograph taken so that there would be a record of them if it was ever needed . |
| 23 | As she flopped down in a corner seat , Constance looked at the man pushing her case on to the rack opposite . |
| 24 | There was a slight clatter as Aggie dropped her trotter on to the plate , demanding , ‘ Who says she 's goin' to stay here ? |
| 25 | As he brushed past her , she dropped her head on to the cold stone of the tomb . |
| 26 | She dropped her robe on to the stool near by and stepped into the water , sinking slowly down into the warmth . |
| 27 | She dropped her eyes back to the pile of letters . |
| 28 | Robyn banged her hand on to the steering-wheel , cursing violently as she did so , and then slumped despondently with her head on her arms for a moment and lived her only recurring nightmare — that one day she would be stranded in some unknown place in the pouring rain in this damned broken-down wreck of a jeep with no one to help her . |
| 29 | She twisted her gaze back to the man opposite her . |
| 30 | She lifted her arms up to the warmth of the sun , filled with a sudden wild joy . |