Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] she [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Merely to connect her with the Battle of Trafalgar liquefied him a little further because it moved him . |
| 2 | The entry of Joanna , who came in to consult her about the drugs needed to replenish their stock , put an end to her melancholy reflections , and after they had decided Joanna said , ‘ When Ian comes round this evening I thought I 'd give him coffee or a drink in our sitting-room . |
| 3 | An hour or so was spent drafting a new outline for this second approach on the mysteries of the Coniunctio and , when she was satisfied that its thread was strong enough to guide her through the maze , she took up again the pursuit of Mercurius through the bridal-chambers of the mind . |
| 4 | She 'd imagined herself deeply in love with a man who 'd spun her impossible yarns of riches and position , only to abandon her in the end to shame and ridicule . |
| 5 | He bent down to kiss her on the lips , and Folly felt her head start to swim again as she reached up to place her hand behind his neck , drawing him down . |
| 6 | The Hispaniola was moving by herself now , the sea high enough to take her off the beach . |
| 7 | Enough to remind her of the consequences of submitting so easily to a man who despised her . |
| 8 | He came down to join her on the floor . |
| 9 | ‘ Who is to know ? ’ he countered , and , setting a firm hand to her back , he began gently to propel her towards the table . |
| 10 | Happiness , I knew , was not something she thought much of as an end : it was as if she had said , I 'm glad you do n't mind being poor , and , although when I replied to her , it was only to tell her about the baby , Thomas , and how he had put on five pounds and had cut his first tooth , I brooded over what I might have said while I stood at the sink or pushed the pram , making great , windy speeches in my mind , venting on my absent aunt the curious , unreasonable anger that seemed to rise up before me like a dark pit , bottomless and frightening . |
| 11 | The grip on her arm did n't hurt , exactly , but it was firm enough to rivet her to the spot . |
| 12 | However , the basic National Insurance retirement pension by itself is not enough to bring her above the point where tax begins to be charged , so if she has no other income apart from this , she will not be asked to pay tax . |
| 13 | She said she ‘ hollered ’ at it three times not to pull her in the water . |
| 14 | Trefusis had wished her luck , Juliet had told her to shoot straight , and the psych techs had tried not to look her in the eyes . |
| 15 | Other stories about Dic , Little Dick the Carpenter — how he never got to a rugby match because there were too many pubs on the way , how he was burnt all over in a pit explosion , wrapped in bandages so that only his eyes and nostrils showed through — and bathed slowly back to health by his daughters who poured olive oil over him all the time , how he took his daughter Cecilia ( Cis ) to eisteddfods because he loved to hear her sing but how she pleaded with him ‘ not to stop anywhere and not to leave her in the hall ’ . |
| 16 | The boy had been told unequivocally not to let her off the lead — the riding-school only used the land by grace of its owner and it was a shooting estate — but he hated keeping the dog straining at the lead and knew that she would always come to his call . |
| 17 | As Seb passed by he placed his hands on her shoulders and leaned over to kiss her on the cheek . |
| 18 | It has been a difficult day for the Queen and tonight she 's been snubbed following the decision by the municipality of Limassol not to present her with the keys to the town . |
| 19 | As it was , she had to draw on reserves of courage she had n't even known she possessed just to get her through the opening number . |
| 20 | Janice , from her vantage point , managed to catch the eye of a boy to whom she had spoken on the boat , and terrorized , fascinated , he responded to her insinuations and oglings and came over to ask her for the pleasure of her hand . |
| 21 | Well , you are unlikely ever to see her on the screen . |
| 22 | " Do you have sons and daughters , madame ? " he inquired politely to draw her into the conversation . |
| 23 | When he stood up to greet her in the lobby of the hotel , her heart contracted a little with love . |
| 24 | She thought fleetingly of the weapon he might have picked up to strike her over the head as she sat at his mercy . |
| 25 | An RIB ( Rigid Inflatable Boat with a ninety-horsepower outboard engine , capable of nearly forty knots ) races out to meet her with the operations captain and a customs officer on board . |
| 26 | ‘ What I strongly suspect — ’ Roman had strolled back to join her in the cockpit , stretching long , hair-coarsened dark legs unnervingly close to her own slender golden thighs ‘ — is that Mathilde embroidered the local myths to suit herself ! |
| 27 | Her outstretched hand disturbed a fragment of loose rock , sending it tumbling over the precipice ; for one hideous moment she fancied the entire ledge was on the move and about to hurl her into the chasm . |
| 28 | Juliet had an awful suspicion that she was about to strike her with the plastic colander , and she stepped back . |
| 29 | I try to make a joke out of what she 's driving at , and lean forward to poke her in the belly . |
| 30 | It was good enough however to set her on the way to winning vital experience — and other roles soon followed . |