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 . |