Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] her [adv] [prep] [art] " 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 Although there was not one single reason why Harry might suddenly see her not as a sister or friend but as a woman he might fall in love with , deep down inside she still hoped that this unlikely miracle could occur .
9 He had long marked her down as a less than sociable woman who appeared to nurse some secret grievance .
10 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 .
11 Mike gently pulled her away from the sink and began washing up .
12 He gently pulled her out of the chair and , kissing her , said , ‘ Come to bed . ’
13 ‘ I think , ’ the policeman was saying , ‘ I 'd better take her in for a little talk . ’
14 The biggest mistake you could make about Juliana would be to label her ‘ Babe ’ and only take her seriously on a superficial level .
15 His brows rose , but he said nothing , merely appraising her out of a pair of shrewd eyes .
16 Suddenly , George placed a finger to his lips and , taking Elizabeth by the arm , gently pushed her down into the grass .
17 After a few minutes , he raised her to her feet , and gently pushed her back on the bed .
18 that er you 're not you know , take her back on a Sunday but you 're not picking her up on a Friday , I said she 's got a train pass make her come home
19 And then do n't , you no need take her home you see , because it 's only just picking her up on a Tuesday .
20 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 .
21 Lesley-Jane could not keep her back to the door indefinitely and turned .
22 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 .
23 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 ? ’
24 The surgeon instructed a patient not to bend her back after an operation .
25 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 .
26 ‘ Could you not take her up to the castle , sir ? ’
27 ‘ When it 's time to sleep , why not set her here on the chair to watch over you ? ’
28 He had come into the shop with her but had not followed her upstairs to the kitchen .
29 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 .
30 ‘ I 've just taken her over from a friend who is going abroad .
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