Example sentences of "[noun] and [verb] she [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | At the point where in her first aria the prima donna expected from him an angry gesture , he exaggerated his anger so much that he looked as if he was about to box her ears and strike her on the nose with his fist . |
2 | They 'd thrown her into a Jeep and driven her into the Heide , through the woods , to a large wooden building hidden in the trees . |
3 | He led her back into the bedroom and sat her on the chair while he rummaged in the chest . |
4 | The retiring president , Mrs Beryl Abbott , welcomed Mrs Archer as the new president and presented her with the badge of office . |
5 | Jessica turned in her seat and touched her on the arm . |
6 | The man then grabbed her around the neck and forced her to the ground . |
7 | She barged past police , threw her arms around Diana 's neck and kissed her on the cheek . |
8 | Cleo ran to Lucy and hit her around the knees with the balloon shouting ‘ Doon … doon . ’ |
9 | One of the assistants took Ruth into a fitting-room and helped her into the dress , then stood back to admire the effect . |
10 | He threw the luggage into the boot of her hired car and helped her into the front seat . |
11 | It was still daylight as Rune , having parked the car and guided her across the road , stood back to let her precede him through the Tivoli turnstiles . |
12 | The boy carried her out into the snow and pushed her into the ground , turning her so that she faced the tent and the cluster of trees that formed their crude and failing shelter . |
13 | She signalled that they should lower their voices and follow her round the building to a new window smashed through the wall of the cottage . |
14 | Mamma put her ample arm round Noreen 's shaking shoulders and brought her to the kitchen table and made her sit down . |
15 | He moved with incredible speed , seizing her by the shoulders and propelling her towards the closed door , a hard violence etching the bones of his face into a mask that would have just done justice to a Viking warrior at his most rapacious . |
16 | Still holding her , he locked the door behind them , then released her wrist to take her by the shoulders and pin her against the wall . |
17 | Sharpe said grimly , then he put an arm round Lucille 's shoulders and steered her towards the ballroom where , because the orchestra had been engaged till dawn , the music still played and a few last couples still danced . |
18 | Then he was smiling and laying a soft kiss against her lips before slipping one strong arm around her shoulders and leading her across the beach back to the house . |
19 | Fired by an intensely feminine and creative energy , she was spotted as a teenager by her first impresario , who snapped her up off the streets where she had been making her living and introduced her to the torrid cabaret life of the French capital . |
20 | She stretched Thérèse on the rack until her bones cracked , tore off her breasts with red-hot pincers , then flogged her with twigs and broke her on the wheel . |
21 | Craig came to her side and relieved her of the bowl . |
22 | Bunny noticed Stella 's distress and patted her on the shoulder . |
23 | He picked up the tray and followed her from the room . |
24 | Mrs Lennox threw an arm around Maggie and drew her into the kitchen . |
25 | He was trying to win her back from the greedy black hole — to release her from its iron grip and return her to the safety of the study . |
26 | She went to the Labour Bureau and the clerk there told her that she would be passed fit for clerical work and sent her to the Ministry of Defence Office . |
27 | After the meeting a lot of people wanted to talk to Karen and ask her about the last few days . |
28 | Bella was very old now and would probably be glad of a rest , George considered , so he drew the pony to a halt and walked her off the road and on to the quarry floor . |
29 | Ruth Michaelis felt betrayed from the time her mother brought her over to England and left her with the Reverend Stead and his family . |
30 | He was kissing her hungrily , then he lifted her off her feet and carried her to the water 's edge , resting her on the sand so that their bodies could feel the gentle ebb and fall of the sea against them . |