Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] her [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If whatever happened to Summerchild that year had n't happened — if he had n't been found lying with the garbage in Spring Gardens — if Millie had n't stopped playing in the orchestra — if I 'd gone on seeing her week by week — grown up with her — become easy with her — married her — then Timmy would still have a mother at home . |
| 2 | Suzie looked from one to the other , obviously enjoying her moment of glory . |
| 3 | Soeur Dosithée , perhaps breaking her vow of poverty , kept all the letters that her sister sent her charting the progress of her little niece . |
| 4 | Obviously taking her silence for agreement , he gave a little snort of disgust . |
| 5 | Abraham talked on , not noticing her lack of attention . |
| 6 | After her outburst , she was already regretting her lack of control . |
| 7 | Perdita felt too tired to eat , but when she tried her steak it was pure poetry , tender as velvet , juicy as an orange , and so exploding with flavour that she was soon piling her plate with potato purée , tomato salad and geranium-red barbecue sauce . |
| 8 | Aged 11 , and already showing her strength of character , Billie Bart in the Bristol pantomime ‘ Dick Whittington ’ , 1900 . |
| 9 | Her father , Stefano , who had listed himself as joint coach , is now once more directing her training on court , while Laurie Schuett , a trainer from the Palm Beach Sports Institute , Florida , has been drafted in to work on her fitness . |
| 10 | She 'd stood up too , still holding her cup of tea . |
| 11 | And , quickly taking her name on board , ‘ You are here in Czechoslovakia on business and holiday , Fabia , I think ? ’ |
| 12 | You ca n't let him act like that ! ’ continued the other woman , and Agnes noticed that as she spoke she kept rapidly shaking her head from left to right and right to left , at the same time lifting her shoulders and eyebrows expressing indignant astonishment that someone had refused to respect her friend 's human rights . |
| 13 | She was still shaking her head from side to side and laughing softly when she shooed him from the kitchen and returned her attention to her magazine . |
| 14 | ‘ I thought you might ask me to stay , ’ Tracey said hopefully , instantly dispelling her feeling of gratitude . |
| 15 | After a while she emerged , quite unchastened , and went on running her House of Music more successfully than ever . |
| 16 | Like a lot of the French women , she was dressed to perfection , her straight dark hair coiled into an immaculate chignon at the back of her neck , her nail varnish perfectly matching her shade of lipstick . |
| 17 | Robyn swallowed nervously , immediately regretting her spurt of defiance . |
| 18 | Scarlet , when aware that she was consciously asking her friend for advice and support , felt guilty , for she had come to believe that advice and support were commodities for which you paid professionals , rather as you paid prostitutes for love and bought your vegetables instead of growing them yourself . |
| 19 | Gazing into grey eyes that seemed incredibly gentle and soft , she forgot all about his reasons for being there , forgot everything except this infuriating giant who was slowly but surely destroying her peace of mind , ‘ Why ? ’ she whispered . |
| 20 | And they put it on back to front and so she keeps on putting her watch on upside down , she goes and I was feeling dead sick and then it realised it was the stupid cow at the shop with |
| 21 | In Haworth Shed restoration projects were dearly making progress , especially 80002 the Standard class 4MT 264 tank while , at the other extreme 43924 the sole surviving Midland Railway 4F 260 was silently waiting her turn for overhaul . |
| 22 | Mrs Thatcher was particularly prone , as opposition leader and early in her premiership , to ‘ make policy ’ in television and other interviews , almost committing her Cabinet in advance . |
| 23 | Her shoulders were hunched up high and her lips were pressed together tight and she sat there gripping her mug of tea in both hands and staring down into it as though searching for a way to answer these not-quite-so-innocent questions . |
| 24 | ‘ A guest , Colonel Merrick 's wife , was in one of the rooms upstairs brushing her hair by candlelight in front of the mirror , when she saw this face peering over her shoulder . |
| 25 | Flavia went on following her train of thought , ‘ I can not see him doing even a disinterested thing if it went against a rule . ’ |