Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] her [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Francie grinned , and joined in with her after the first few phrases . |
| 2 | A neighbour suggested I go along with her to the local WI and , despite my reservations , I had a wonderful time . |
| 3 | ‘ What 's wrong , Laura ? ’ he asked , coming to sit down beside her on the black leather sofa . |
| 4 | He followed his plan , eased himself down beside her on the cushioned sofa and slid his arm along the back behind her . |
| 5 | She did not get up and come towards him as he got out , but waited until he had crossed the grass to sit down beside her on the wooden seat . |
| 6 | She pulled him down beside her in the long grass , and smiled shyly at him as she undressed . |
| 7 | She stirred against him , and he mistook it for something like the small movements of a child asleep , and smiled down at her through the slow current of perfume rising from her black , turmoiled hair ; but she was awake and brought her head up , drawing away from him a little , looking at him , so that he had to hide his smile quickly , because it was n't something he had meant her to see . |
| 8 | She eventually got through to her in the early evening . |
| 9 | He caught up with her on the far side of the teahouse , in an area that was roped off for the staff 's use only . |
| 10 | His admirable Swiss detectives had checked up on her with the central police register of foreigners , and then elicited the information from the police in Jersey . |
| 11 | Holmes , enthusiastic and friendly as ever , bounded up to her with the allotted amount of lead a fraction longer than I anticipated . |
| 12 | She went over to the shelf where she had left her drink , and stared down in dismay at the overturned glass , the shards of crystal glinting wickedly up at her in the dim light . |
| 13 | Her reflection looked up at her from the dark water . |
| 14 | Both made from remnants of terylene bought by Madeleine at a sale in Le Havre and run up by her on the black and gold sewing-machine you had to pedal like a toy car . |
| 15 | She held her breath for a moment and then the tears and the breath burst out of her at the same time . |
| 16 | There , spread out below her in the late afternoon sun , was Florence . |
| 17 | When at last they began to come out to her in the sun-drenched quadrangle on the Castle 's south side , where she liked to sit , she was patient and cautious . |
| 18 | All I had to do was to ferry myself out to her in the inflatable dinghy , with a jerrican of water and a bag of fresh vegetables , eggs , and some rashers of bacon . |
| 19 | And when Cadfael came slowly back to her across the empty court , she stood in his way great-eyed , fronting him gravely as if she would penetrate into the most remote recesses of his mind . |
| 20 | He was clever at finding bargains , reporting back to her about the special offers , the cheaper lines . |
| 21 | He gazed back at her across the stained table with appalled eyes , linked to her by that bloodstained gurgle of water which was gushing through both their minds , sharing the same dreadful imagining of that silently emerging figure , the raised and bloody knife . |
| 22 | When a few minutes later , amid the oohs and aahs from the three women , she stood and looked at the person staring back at her from the long mirror , she could n't believe it was herself . |