Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] her [adv] [prep] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was easing her back with her hands , happy with the shoes near to completion , when young Will returned . |
| 2 | Leith broke off , suddenly appalled that he must think that his cousin Travis was helping her out with her mortgage repayments . |
| 3 | Then , before she could answer , he had reached down to take hold of her and was drawing her firmly to her feet . |
| 4 | Conscious of a ripping sound , she heard her zip go , then her taffeta skirt was rustling to the floor and he was pulling her down among its glossy folds , his lips marauding over hers so that it was the way it was in the unrequited dreams of the empty nights when everything came down to the touch of him like the still centre of the entire world . |
| 5 | Luke 's hands were cradling her head and he was kissing her all over her face with an adoring tenderness she would never have dreamed was possible . |
| 6 | She was also clutching his knee and he was swinging her up on his foot at every step and she was screaming and laughing . |
| 7 | Those moments did not last for long , however , because she was soon hearing again his silky , and infuriating , declaration that he was taking her over as his girlfriend . |