Example sentences of "[verb] and [vb past] her [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Roman caught her before she could fall and carried her to the small settee . |
| 2 | There was a noticeable hesitation before Tamar rose and kissed her on the cheek . |
| 3 | I rose and faced her across the table . |
| 4 | He finished dressing , then came and held her by the shoulders , kissing her lightly on the mouth . |
| 5 | Roman took her arm in a grip she could n't break and marched her down the path . |
| 6 | He was supported by a most devoted wife who looked after him for many years until , late in his life , he rejected and abandoned her for a younger woman . |
| 7 | He winked and waved her to a chair , then turned his attention back to the caller . |
| 8 | Father bought the cheeses on a counter-account with Mrs Thomas : he took the cheeses she made and supplied her with the equivalent value of goods and animal foods . |
| 9 | He suddenly swung her into his arms , his tortured breathing the only sound in the darkened barn , and instead of carrying her down the stairs he turned and lowered her to the soft hay that was spread thickly on the floor behind them . |
| 10 | When he turned and saw her on the ground he strode back , hunkering down beside her . |
| 11 | The old cow turned and licked her with a huge , wet tongue until her blouse was damp all over the right shoulder , but it was not comforting . |
| 12 | It twisted and turned and bore her into an ominous and derelict suburb , stark in the orange street lights . |
| 13 | He looked surprised at her request for a word in private , but readily agreed and led her across the hotel reception hall , out through a door at the rear of the building and into the garden . |
| 14 | He sighed and took her by the arm . |
| 15 | He nodded and followed her through the back door into the kitchen . |
| 16 | Peter nodded and drew her to the rail of the river-walk to look over the side . |
| 17 | She let the stranger touch her for a minute , and then the woman bent and kissed her on the cheek . |
| 18 | A fine fool she 'd look if Silas returned and found her in a state of emotional upset . |
| 19 | He thanked her for coming and saw her off the premises , but he was left wondering at her distress which seemed to arise more from fear than from grief . |
| 20 | Frantically she tried to escape from his tightening grip , but he merely laughed and trapped her against the hatch with his body . |
| 21 | White peace descended and surrounded her like a tent of cool white gauze . |
| 22 | He looked momentarily surprised and then , after throwing Luke a somewhat triumphant look , he smiled and took her by the hand , and led her through into the living-room . |
| 23 | They bundled her into the living room punched and threatened her with a knife , before spraying her in the face with Ammonia . |
| 24 | Dreamer came up to Tallis and tugged and twisted her from the frozen ground . |
| 25 | Laura gave Jacqui a clear brief about the sort of dresses and blouses she wanted and sent her to the Victoria and Albert Museum to research styles . |
| 26 | It is not nearly so intriguing for this writer as is the closed book of Vincent 's intimate life in this unlikely household , with a woman who allowed him to clean her up , who tended and fed her like a mother , rocked the cradle of her newborn baby , and shared his food and his room with her . |
| 27 | He and Fonda retired to their trailer , smoked some marijuana and then came out and told the crowd of local youths that they should imagine that the two of them had just arrived in town , and , on the way , they had picked up a local girl of fifteen , and raped and left her in the bushes . |