Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] [v-ing] her [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The blue eyes were studying her with an intentness she found exceedingly disconcerting . |
| 2 | Sue was beckoning her from the till . |
| 3 | Gaynor Wynne was filming her with a camcorder during a champagne reception at the Imperial Hotel . |
| 4 | Maggie was taking a plane to London that night and Sheila and Mona were driving her to the airport . |
| 5 | Araminta was appraising her in a considering way . |
| 6 | But Michele was urging her down the steps , and the gondolier had reached up to assist her into the gently rocking craft . |
| 7 | His pole was impaling her to the absolute limit , and she began panting as if she 'd just run the four-minute mile . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | All these people were smacking her on the back , and touching her and congratulating her , and expressing surprise and delight . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | But by then , Nicolo was hurrying her down the steps , out of the building , and into a black Mercedes limousine . |
| 12 | The young man was asking her about the room , about his chances of getting it , she suddenly heard . |
| 13 | Félix was regarding her with a look of amused tenderness . |
| 14 | She had guessed Robert and others were manipulating her as a chess piece in a game whose rules and ultimate aim were a mystery . |
| 15 | Carolyn was ignoring her like a sulky child . |
| 16 | Josey was watching her from the other side of the fireplace . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Lazy-lidded grey eyes in a dark , chisel-chinned face were regarding her with an insulting trace of laughter somewhere in their depths . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |