Example sentences of "[adv prt] [verb] she [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 He could n't go on seeing her in the circumstances .
2 The entry of Joanna , who came in to consult her about the drugs needed to replenish their stock , put an end to her melancholy reflections , and after they had decided Joanna said , ‘ When Ian comes round this evening I thought I 'd give him coffee or a drink in our sitting-room .
3 He bent down to kiss her on the lips , and Folly felt her head start to swim again as she reached up to place her hand behind his neck , drawing him down .
4 The Princesse stepped in to defend her at every turn .
5 He came down to join her on the floor .
6 As Seb passed by he placed his hands on her shoulders and leaned over to kiss her on the cheek .
7 Janice , from her vantage point , managed to catch the eye of a boy to whom she had spoken on the boat , and terrorized , fascinated , he responded to her insinuations and oglings and came over to ask her for the pleasure of her hand .
8 He said ‘ Bitch ! ’ audibly , then sprinted off leaving her in a state of stunned surprise .
9 When he stood up to greet her in the lobby of the hotel , her heart contracted a little with love .
10 Lydia had barely set foot beyond the ashram in three years when Lorne turned up to kidnap her for a reconnaissance mission with him to Celebes island , eight hundred miles away to the north-east .
11 I ended up chasing her around the house fucking photo .
12 She thought fleetingly of the weapon he might have picked up to strike her over the head as she sat at his mercy .
13 She had told him to come back to see her in a week .
14 An RIB ( Rigid Inflatable Boat with a ninety-horsepower outboard engine , capable of nearly forty knots ) races out to meet her with the operations captain and a customs officer on board .
15 Nelson , having appointed her Anpetuwi 's own version of ‘ Dear Abby ’ , took the trouble to seek her out to consult her about a problem he was having with the chambermaid , Billie .
16 Tonight 's crowd was a good one — Rory knew it the second her fingers curled possessively round the microphone , the atmosphere reaching out to enfold her like a lover 's embrace , and she revelled in it , her eyes glowing , her whole body tingling in response .
17 The warmth in his voice reached out to enfold her like an embrace .
18 ‘ What I strongly suspect — ’ Roman had strolled back to join her in the cockpit , stretching long , hair-coarsened dark legs unnervingly close to her own slender golden thighs ‘ — is that Mathilde embroidered the local myths to suit herself !
19 Her outstretched hand disturbed a fragment of loose rock , sending it tumbling over the precipice ; for one hideous moment she fancied the entire ledge was on the move and about to hurl her into the chasm .
20 About to motion her to a seat , he spun round and looked down into her face , seeing far too much .
21 Juliet had an awful suspicion that she was about to strike her with the plastic colander , and she stepped back .
22 The actress swivelled round to face her in the doorway .
23 I thought of taking advantage , and went round to collect her from a dinner party .
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