Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] her [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sharp whey-like sweat came off hum as she smelt his closeness ; he was walking her backwards into the recess of the arched double doors of a neighbour 's carriage entrance , sticking to her awkwardly , like children playing at dancing , standing on each other 's feet , and when he had her against the door , he took his hand from the underside of her breast , and fingering her nipple , made it rise , then tweaked it till it stood up higher ; twinges darted from her breast to her groin , and Rosa closed her eyes with a little gasp . |
| 2 | A few weeks after their visit to the Peristrephic Panorama , her father was rowing her slowly across the serpentine lake on the neighbouring estate of Lord F- . |
| 3 | Melissa was beginning to wish the conversation had never started ; the last thing she wanted was to become embroiled in a dispute between two women she hardly knew , but Rose was looking her squarely in the eye as if demanding a response to her outburst . |
| 4 | Joe , in fact , was looking her straight in the eye . |
| 5 | As he was speaking , he was pushing her relentlessly towards the bottom of the stairs . |
| 6 | In a flash he was pushing her away from the path they were making and into the cover of the undergrowth . |
| 7 | In a moment he had gripped her hand in his and was pulling her away from the bale on which she had been resting . |
| 8 | Jenny finished her second pint with a swallow that reminded Pascoe , who was watching her surreptitiously through the bar mirror , of Jacko Roberts . |