Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] her [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In both of the novels a heroine is involved for committing herself to do something important enough only as itself for example , Elizabeth Bennet walks three fatiguing miles to Netherfield to pay a visit to her ill sister ; Fanny Price opposes her cousins ' attempts to include her in amateur theatricals . |
| 2 | Her lack of caution led the trackers to sting her with rubber bullets , and since the summer , she has been much more shy . |
| 3 | Suddenly , as his hands closed over her breasts , she realised that the black lace jacket of her suit was somehow unbuttoned and he was tugging down the lacy bra cups , whispering hotly against her naked throat , and as his head moved lower and his mouth closed hotly over her erect nipples she twisted beneath him , moaning , clutching his dark head as she felt his teeth graze her with agonising pleasure . |
| 4 | She was nineteen , the age Maria had been when she had first felt the power of Luke 's attraction , and Maria regarded her with ironic envy , wishing she could have reacted as insouciantly , her awe and admiration as impersonal as Penny 's , Luke confined to some remote pedestal along with other out-of-reach heroes , contact undreamed-of . |
| 5 | Beatrice was married now , with a family of her own , and because times were hard her sister helped her with surreptitious gifts of money ; and with clothes , toys , and treats for the children . |
| 6 | The hooded eyes surveyed her with frank appreciation mingled with amusement . |
| 7 | The next step , which only the most well-off men such as restaurant owners can afford , is keeping this wife in semi-purdah — in other words sentencing her to solitary confinement . |
| 8 | ‘ The king my father learned of my regard for yourself from Sir Thomas Vaughan who saw it as his duty to inform him , ’ Edward told her with notable reluctance . |
| 9 | The books transported her into new worlds and introduced her to amazing people who lived exciting lives . |
| 10 | Even before he got to her she was mesmerised , the dark eyes holding her with complete ease , and she had to bring herself quickly back to the present to do what she had planned and set matters on an even footing straight away . |
| 11 | Woolley placed her under close arrest for mutiny . |
| 12 | But Christine , 37 , insisted on going home for a snack before an ambulance took her to Royal Hallamshire hospital . |
| 13 | This decision filled her with profound gloom ; not only because her home had been so special and so very much loved , but also because the selling of Rose Cottage could do nothing but plunge her into financial disaster . |
| 14 | His gaze pierced her like cold steel . |
| 15 | Jake regarded her with superior amusement . |
| 16 | Levering himself up to sit back on his heels and pulling her easily with him , he lifted her on to his lap , so that she found herself straddling him , her naked breasts pressed against the sensuous roughness of his chest , with only thin swimming costumes protecting her from ultimate intimacy . |
| 17 | But the last unspoken question consumed her with fresh guilt . |
| 18 | ‘ Some ghastly little girl accused her of lesbian advances . ’ |
| 19 | The tranquillity and gentleness of the scene reminded her of Japanese paintings . |
| 20 | A medallion in Hughes Hall portrays her with short hair , an aquiline nose , and a determined chin . |
| 21 | Her hard work and determination set her in good stead for the confrontation she had had with the Johnson representative , Albert Buller . |
| 22 | This perfidious inner reaction drove her into ferocious silence as they headed back down the coast again , berating her stupidity as she watched the lush green hills glide by . |
| 23 | For example when Pip meets Miss Haversham for the 1st time , Dickens describes her in immense detail . |
| 24 | Lalu falls in love with mule skinner Jim ( a rather lacklustre Dennis Dun ) , who lopes off to raise the readies to buy her from slimy Hong King ( Michael Paul Chan ) leaving her in the care of his friend Charlie Bemis ( Chris Cooper ) , a compassionate but cowardly Yankee with a booze problem . |
| 25 | The Flack team restored her to pristine condition as G–FURY , and she made her first flight at Elstree in June 1980 . |
| 26 | Kurt watched her with narrowed eyes . |
| 27 | The fear that it might show on her face caused her to turn away from him and hasten towards the food hampers , and as she did so a shock revelation hit her with full force . |
| 28 | First , she contended that her husband put her under undue pressure to sign and that she finally succumbed to the pressure . |
| 29 | At last she reached Broom House and rushed into the surgery , where Helen greeted her with evident relief . |
| 30 | Her family and friends made many attempts to draw her into public life , including offering the sub-editorship of a literary magazine , but these were all rejected . |