Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] she [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | And then , so gently that she was hardly aware of what was happening — as if she was merely swaying with the tide — he gradually pulled her towards the shore , slowly drawing her up against the bare , damp skin of his broad chest . |
2 | Through the Lousadas Minton was to an extent drawn into a Hammersmith circle of artists which included Victor Pasmore , Julian Trevelyan and Mary Fedden who once danced with Minton at a New Year 's Eve party until she literally dropped , whereupon he gently laid her down on the floor . |
3 | Ross had taken her home , gently helping her out of the taxi and escorting her to the front door . |
4 | Six o'clock found her downstairs at the kitchen grate , readying the little house for the day . |
5 | ‘ It 's absurd — I look on Margaret as my best friend , but I 've only seen her once in the last six months — I do feel guilty about it . ’ |
6 | She felt the fence give a little and then it literally threw her back into the arms of the man with the mask . |
7 | With her mind muzzy from sleep and cold , instinct alone turned her away from the Welsh Back . |
8 | This time he did n't throw her down with a fury but gently laid her down among the downy pillows and started to strip off his shirt . |
9 | Mike gently pulled her away from the sink and began washing up . |
10 | He gently pulled her out of the chair and , kissing her , said , ‘ Come to bed . ’ |
11 | Suddenly , George placed a finger to his lips and , taking Elizabeth by the arm , gently pushed her down into the grass . |
12 | After a few minutes , he raised her to her feet , and gently pushed her back on the bed . |
13 | Holding her notes like a fan , she walked slowly out into the open , but the heavy heat from the leaden sky soon drove her back into the shade . |
14 | Lesley-Jane could not keep her back to the door indefinitely and turned . |
15 | The first leg of the voyage was from the Tyne to Bergen in Norway , where a second group of trainees , from England took over to sail her back across the North Sea . |
16 | How can I just ring her out of the blue and tell her that her daughter has married the first Italian she 's met , without telling any of us ? ’ |
17 | I mean if it , if it I mean originally he said to me it was part time so I thought to myself well that 'll be perfect , just get her back into the flow again . |
18 | ‘ Could you not take her up to the castle , sir ? ’ |
19 | ‘ When it 's time to sleep , why not set her here on the chair to watch over you ? ’ |
20 | He had come into the shop with her but had not followed her upstairs to the kitchen . |
21 | Seeing the mist that deepened the dark grey of her eyes , the pale translucent cheeks , both so beautiful now in their glowing copper setting , it was all Benedict could do not to snatch her back into the heat of his embrace , and force his way to that intimate deep caress , the thought of which now fired him with passionate yearning . |
22 | After a while , Jay could no longer pick her out against the distant sand , and she lay on the bed , under a sheet , downed the last of her drink , and slept . |
23 | The Bradfords would soon put her out of the door when they heard she was having a baby , but she did n't know where she would go . |
24 | so if I get , put some of them in it will not wake her up in the morning |
25 | It was seven and the night nurse had already begun her round at the other side of the house when he slipped downstairs . |
26 | He did not visit her again until the following evening and his first words on entering the room were , ‘ What on earth have you done with Harry ? ’ |
27 | Her hearers found it difficult to believe that this screaming was involuntary ; some thought she was drunk , or ill , or possessed by an evil spirit , but most of them just wanted her out of the way : ‘ some wished she was on the sea in a bottomless boat ’ . |
28 | They promptly chucked her out of the bed and breakfast hotel and she and the baby are sleeping on a relative 's floor . |
29 | The Colonel always sought her out on the Thursday of her visit , and in the past few years he had , in the most circumspect manner , pressed his suit . |
30 | Until now he had always picked her up from the hospital . |