Example sentences of "[pers pn] [prep] [art] lift " in BNC.
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| 1 | She came over to me one night and she asked me for a lift . |
| 2 | She smiled at me as the lift doors opened , then mouthed a silent farewell and fluttered her fingers at me till the lift doors closed . |
| 3 | No I was gon na ask you for a lift down town , but er |
| 4 | ‘ Thank you for the lift . |
| 5 | I suspected it last night , and you confirmed it for me when I touched you in the lift on the way up to the restaurant tonight . |
| 6 | kisses bringing you to the lift 's black button , |
| 7 | A few steps past the skips brings you to the lift , an aluminium cell sticky with spit and sweets and smelling of disinfectant . |
| 8 | He showed them into the lift , shaking hands with them both , and as Catherine turned away from him to press the lift button , he suddenly raised his eyebrows at McLeish in amusement at his own response to her . |
| 9 | These were being lowered to the roof-top , where Repo Men guided them on to powered sleds and steered them into the lift . |
| 10 | They were incapable of experiencing any emotions , their bloodstreams devoid of blood yet flowing with drugs to sustain their pitiful physical states until he received the call , the dreaded call to wheel them into the lift and press the green button . |
| 11 | Miss Butler said : ‘ He stood next to me in the lift and did not look at all shifty . |
| 12 | I had to make love to both of them in the lift . |
| 13 | He and the policeman took me to a lift and we went down many floors . |
| 14 | Suddenly the official got up and took me to the lift . |
| 15 | They rose to go , Giles Hawick with the politician 's automatic competence escorting them to the lift and warmly asking Catherine Crane where she had trained and how she liked her job . |
| 16 | " I hope you were n't depending on him for a lift , were you ? " he asked Graham . |
| 17 | Just as Debbie was about to wind up the window , he suddenly asked her for a lift , saying he only lived 5 minutes down the road and could she drop him on her way ? |
| 18 | He motions her towards the lift . |
| 19 | Adam smiled , shook his head to signify he wanted nothing , took Billie 's arm and pushed her towards the lift . |
| 20 | ‘ We 're on the top floor , ’ he said , urging her into the lift . |
| 21 | He followed her into the lift and she counted the floors , wanting only to close her bedroom door behind her . |
| 22 | At the hotel , Damian guided her into the lift , towered over her and said thickly , ‘ May I suggest a nightcap in my room ? ’ |
| 23 | As she moved to push him away , he stepped with her into the lift , pressed the button for her floor , and , as the lift doors closed , he pulled her closer and aimed a kiss at her mouth . |
| 24 | She steered him into a lift . |
| 25 | Father-of-three Russell Telford , 29 , forced the pit-cage operator to let him into the lift . |
| 26 | Whitlock shot Kolchinsky a knowing look then ushered him into the lift . |
| 27 | ‘ How — er — how did you know that I lived here ? ’ she muttered as he led her inside the lift , reaching across to push the correct floor button . |
| 28 | ‘ We 're ready for you , now , ’ Bloxham said , indicating that Dowd should join him in the lift . |
| 29 | An oilman offered me fifty petrodollars to blow him in the lift . " |
| 30 | A couple of minutes later he was snapping his fingers at her , inviting her to follow him to the lift . |