Example sentences of "[conj] [v-ing] her [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Casting an unreadable look at Isabel , the boy obeyed , taking Ellen by the arm and urging her away from the church . |
| 2 | I said , and looking her straight in the eye , I asked : ‘ Why is everybody picking on me ? |
| 3 | ‘ I have fished a poison-tongued mermaid from the sea , ’ he 'd grinned , straightening and gazing down at her as if inspecting her thoroughly for the first time . |
| 4 | For him it would simply have been a matter of bringing the girl along , telling my mother she was coming with them and paying her handsomely for the hardship occasioned . ’ |
| 5 | A TIGER snatched a five-year-old girl from a van full of tourists after smashing a window with a paw and dragging her away by the head . |
| 6 | But Rohan 's arm was like a steel band round her waist , half lifting her from her feet , and carrying her inexorably to the door . |
| 7 | ‘ Hey , relax , ’ he advised softly , putting the tiller between her nerveless fingers and flicking her lightly under the chin . |