Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [prep] her [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Did she imagine it or did a head of bronze curls pop round the door , and were a pair of peacock-blue eyes gazing at her with implacable hatred ? |
| 2 | His eyes clung to her like thirsty leeches , watching for any movement , the revolver trained on her back . |
| 3 | Even now he had learnt that Pete Foster , the man being investigated for murder and fraud in the Docks , a hard man , was terrified of his old mother and had kept his successful career in crime hidden from her for sixteen years . |
| 4 | The near-black eyes moved over her with open distaste . |
| 5 | She walked back into the house , and Piers glanced at her with one raised eyebrow . |
| 6 | Charity was very aware of two things : that Matthew made no attempt to define his relationship with her , and that Sandra Bamfield 's golden , cat-like eyes narrowed on her with vague suspicion . |
| 7 | The air was charged with tension coming at her from all directions . |
| 8 | Visiting players , Raimundo , the grooms and Alejandro looked at her with ill-concealed lust , but her dead-pan hauteur and Señor Gracias ' large , looming presence kept them at bay . |
| 9 | The quietly spoken words fell on her like stinging blows . |
| 10 | He sat back on his heels , his eyes raking over her with hostile curiosity . |
| 11 | Morley looked at her with genuine concern . |
| 12 | Large dark eyes looked at her without any expression and all he said was : ‘ Sir ? ’ in a voice both deep and guarded . |
| 13 | Mr Edgar looked at her in angry surprise . |
| 14 | Edward looked at her with grey eyes like Tilda 's , but without much expectation from life . |
| 15 | The blue eyes pierced through her with that cold , callous look that once was capable of breaking her heart . |
| 16 | His eyes ran up her with casual assessment , and then stopped on her face , lazily scanning it . |
| 17 | After about half an hour a girl came out of the gate , her tartan shawl held round her with rough , reddened hands . |
| 18 | She could n't take any more of Naylor 's aggression , of Naylor looking at her with such dislike , of Naylor thinking she was anybody 's . |
| 19 | The most vivid memory I have of that Christmas Day is of Shanti , now almost two years old , walking round and round the long dining-room table , pulling a little toy engine given to her by one of the boys , round and round , smiling and smiling . |
| 20 | How sickening of Miss Potts to pounce on her like that . |
| 21 | Meanwhile Sue has recently accepted a series of temporary secretarial posts offered to her by other companies . |
| 22 | ‘ What you told me last night , Rachel , only convinced me that this marriage could work , ’ he said softly , and walked towards her with a look of intent in his blue eyes that sent panic rushing through her in hot waves . |
| 23 | He rose above her and looked at her , his gaze moving over her with slow , lingering care , tasting her with his eyes as his hands and mouth had tasted her parted lips , her upthrust breasts , her parted thighs . |
| 24 | Hope broke over her in tumultuous waves . |
| 25 | Ruth looked at her after all . |
| 26 | Katherine looked round her in some confusion . |
| 27 | Ryker looked at her with sheer hatred . |
| 28 | For a moment Theda looked at her with hurt in her eyes , a little puzzled . |
| 29 | One career wife spoke about her exasperation when her husband listened to her with half an ear as he watched television . |
| 30 | She might even , he suggested , as they went to the stairs , benefit from a quiet winter with her sister to help and think what joy lay ahead with Oreste brought to her at last . |