Example sentences of "[verb] her [adv] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 She took in breath to scream , but it had caught her up like a shred of paper .
2 The other woman had caught her completely on the raw with her mention of the man she had seen Adam with , though to be honest she could n't really have said why .
3 Last night 's bombing had caught her unawares in the West End .
4 Ianthe realised from his triumphant expression that he had caught her out in a mistake and waited with resignation to hear what it was .
5 Trainer Richard Hannon entered her yesterday for the Hambro Countrywide Fillies Stakes at Newmarket and the Daily Mail Leisure Stakes at Lingfield on Saturday .
6 We really want her out of the way for that . ’
7 Unless you want her out of the way , ’ I explained .
8 You want her out of the way ? ’
9 What , Mo asked , would tempt her back to the polling booths ?
10 Jason Page , 17 , had already punched and kicked Daisy Castle before stabbing her twice in the chest , a St Albans Crown Court jury was told .
11 She had wanted to get back to her hotel and away from him but , first , he had insisted on driving her out into the wilderness , and now he had marooned them .
12 At the same time , you wanted to grab Connie Fraser , and send her out in the country with a medical man to say she could n't talk to the law .
13 I released her hand and grasped her firmly by the buttocks , small but ripe .
14 Manescu grasped her firmly by the arm as he asked his question .
15 Ruth asked as Fernando reached down and grasped her tightly round the wrist to haul her out of the swimming-pool .
16 The teacher referred her back to the work done with connector rods and scales and then asked her what she needed to do .
17 The following week , her own doctor 's clinic referred her back to the centre because of a slight problem with her blood pressure .
18 She 's tried to tempt her back into the woods , but with little success .
19 Sharp whey-like sweat came off hum as she smelt his closeness ; he was walking her backwards into the recess of the arched double doors of a neighbour 's carriage entrance , sticking to her awkwardly , like children playing at dancing , standing on each other 's feet , and when he had her against the door , he took his hand from the underside of her breast , and fingering her nipple , made it rise , then tweaked it till it stood up higher ; twinges darted from her breast to her groin , and Rosa closed her eyes with a little gasp .
20 But long before her death my grandmother was a ghost to me , as if she was never really there , even though I visited her regularly as a child .
21 This bizarre characteristic did not disappear with the end of the war , for when I visited her home during a sugar shortage in the 1970s , I saw the dining-room mantelpiece piled high with two-pound bags — enough , surely , to satisfy the most desperate sweet-tooth for months , or even years , to come .
22 Naomi looks her straight in the eye , and demands , in a stage-whisper , ‘ Is it anything … to do with … sex ? ’
23 She lets me furl her around for a while , and makes those shammy gasps she knows I like , and gives detailed promise of all that cocked and candid talent — before she calls a halt , slithers off the bed , corrects her clothing , brushes her hair , changes her shoes , powders her nose , slides my Johnson out of her mouth and insists on lunch .
24 He moved her firmly towards the hatchway .
25 Edward moved forward , moved her back towards the bed , but Hannele sidestepped , turning him around instead .
26 Grasping her elbow , Donal moved her out of the way of the small bridesmaid who seemed to have got over-excited and was racing around with someone 's little boy .
27 Tutilo took Daalny suddenly between his hands , with grieving gentleness , and moved her aside from the doorway .
28 Shutting the door , he put his candle down on the nearest chair and drew her across to the glow that streamed in from the setting sun .
29 He caught her arm and drew her back under the cypresses .
30 ‘ Nico , ’ she 'd sigh , as he drew her down to the sand , ‘ my Nico . ’
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