Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] [verb] her [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | The blue eyes were studying her with an intentness she found exceedingly disconcerting . |
2 | His partner had suddenly remembered her brothers were to meet her at the door and take her home ( an old trick , this ) . |
3 | The only way he knew to heal the pain of his humiliation was to punish her for the crime of leaving him . |
4 | Sue was beckoning her from the till . |
5 | Gaynor Wynne was filming her with a camcorder during a champagne reception at the Imperial Hotel . |
6 | Maggie was taking a plane to London that night and Sheila and Mona were driving her to the airport . |
7 | She also reveals how the actor who tried to make the world a better place was to rescue her from the brink again . |
8 | My sister 's job was to meet her at the bus stop with the wheel basket so she did n't have to carry it up the road . |
9 | It would n't be the first time that a man had lovingly supported a woman through crisis only to discover that when she was strong again his own need was to confine her in a dependent role . |
10 | Araminta was appraising her in a considering way . |
11 | But Michele was urging her down the steps , and the gondolier had reached up to assist her into the gently rocking craft . |
12 | His pole was impaling her to the absolute limit , and she began panting as if she 'd just run the four-minute mile . |
13 | Erika was not too sure about the girl in Pankow , half suspecting that Fräulein Silber was using her as a means of putting pressure on herself . |
14 | All these people were smacking her on the back , and touching her and congratulating her , and expressing surprise and delight . |
15 | At that same time in New Zealand , Billy Keith and his sister Roberta were playing war games in the back paddock and nine-year-old Billy was shooting her with a walking stick , but seven-year-old Berta would not lie down . |
16 | A Norwegian freedom fighter who knew the area was to take her to the nearby village , after which she was on her own . |
17 | But by then , Nicolo was hurrying her down the steps , out of the building , and into a black Mercedes limousine . |
18 | When , in the summer of 1983 , she went to England for a few weeks , she took a French companion whose role was to instruct her during every spare moment . |
19 | The young man was asking her about the room , about his chances of getting it , she suddenly heard . |
20 | Félix was regarding her with a look of amused tenderness . |
21 | She had guessed Robert and others were manipulating her as a chess piece in a game whose rules and ultimate aim were a mystery . |
22 | She had stayed at Thomas a while and now this officer was to put her on a stage for home . |
23 | Carolyn was ignoring her like a sulky child . |
24 | Josey was watching her from the other side of the fireplace . |
25 | Fabia got out , then found that before she could say a word , Ven was escorting her inside the hotel and waiting with her while she collected her room key . |
26 | ( c ) When she raised the question of blood transfusions the only response was to lull her into a sense of false security , both the staff nurse , in her express words , and Dr. F. in his demeanour and the obstetrics staff nurse explicitly , all sought to indicate that it did not much matter since there appeared to them to be no prospect of a blood transfusion becoming necessary . |
27 | Lazy-lidded grey eyes in a dark , chisel-chinned face were regarding her with an insulting trace of laughter somewhere in their depths . |
28 | Guido was inviting her with a wave of his hand to take a seat on one of the sofas — there were four , all in soft pastel colours and piled with cushions . |
29 | Their eyes met , sheer delight in each other in both pairs , and then Luke was kissing her on the mouth with so much loving tenderness that she could n't speak for quite a while . |
30 | Niall Grant was the most disturbingly sexually arousing man she had ever met , and his nearness was affecting her in a way she had n't dreamed possible . |