Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] she [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd seen her once , on the street , and been terrified ; not so much of her , but of the bastard who 'd maimed him and who stalked along behind her like a shadow . |
| 2 | He ordered a pastis for himself and a pineau de Charentes for Sabine , then sat down with her at a table in the corner . |
| 3 | Maybe you can get somebody to move in with her for a couple of days . |
| 4 | The arch of the sky bore down on her like a chain , and the sounds of the camp returned , the shouts and jokes of the Englishmen , the ceaseless crash of the axe for wood and more wood to build . |
| 5 | Yussuf bore down on her in a fury . |
| 6 | just a few weeks before her death he had written fondly to her on a postcard from Florence ( where the Sadler 's Wells Ballet went for the Maggio Musicale festival ) that she ‘ would love it so . |
| 7 | The atmosphere in his office seemed to be closing in on her in an intimacy which she must avoid at all costs . |
| 8 | She had her key ready and he looked down at her for a minute . |
| 9 | He just stood looking down at her for a moment , his eyes still pleading , and then abruptly he turned and picked up the tray and carried it into the kitchen for her . |
| 10 | Nathan looked down at her for a moment , then inclined his head , the movement brief and dismissive . |
| 11 | He stared down at her for a moment , then walked across to the window and began staring outside instead . |
| 12 | And then , almost as if he had received some secret signal , he gave a slight nod of his head , grinning sardonically down at her for a moment before rolling off her body and gathering one of the twins up in his arms . |
| 13 | Hari asked softly and Edward looked down at her with a shrewdness that disconcerted her . |
| 14 | Hari knocked on the door and after a time it was opened by an elderly lady who stared down at her with a frown . |
| 15 | Dane glanced down at her with a frown . |
| 16 | ‘ I need a swim , ’ he said with a rueful grin , levering himself upright and glancing down at her with a look which sent her senses spinning into chaos again . |
| 17 | Mitch surmised , glancing down at her with a grin . |
| 18 | He paused and she pushed his hands away from her with a violence that she felt right through her . |
| 19 | He stalked away from her to a cherrywood desk in the far corner . |
| 20 | But the meanings of the words seemed to dart away from her like a shoal of minnows as she advanced upon them , and she felt more uneasy still . |
| 21 | Unlike the others , sleep did not come easily to her before a job . |
| 22 | She explained that Lazaris came through to her via a medium who went into a trance , and had been helping her for the previous eight years . |
| 23 | A BABY had lunch passed outside to her through a letterbox after bailiffs repossessed her family 's rented house . |
| 24 | In mounting dismay she peered into the gloom , the invidious nature of her position coming home to her with a vengeance . |
| 25 | He caught up with her in a couple of strides . |
| 26 | She turned angrily back to the car , but Guy caught up with her in a couple of strides , catching her shoulders , spinning her back to face him . |
| 27 | Anger bubbled up inside her like a geyser set to gush , and she made a valiant effort to hold it in check . |
| 28 | The blood raced through her , she heard herself moan hoarsely , shaking , her mouth opening hungrily , and then she felt the fear whirl up inside her like a typhoon . |
| 29 | Now , his security escort was dishing him up to her on a plate . |
| 30 | She was amazed at herself , at the weird awful feeling of triumph which was consuming her body , licking up over her like a flame . |