Example sentences of "[prep] she [coord] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Graham took a step towards her but the English-speaking Arab levelled the pistol menacingly at him and ordered him to remain where he was . |
| 2 | Her entire body was shaking , yet the sight of his brown arm reaching out towards her and the confident ring in his voice gave her courage . |
| 3 | The success you have in rehabilitating Chloe Joe depends on your sensitivity towards her and the infinite time an patience you are prepared to spend — remember , one lapse of patience could set her back by weeks . |
| 4 | Meanwhile , a famous singer , much loved in the film world , who had kissed Dubcek , found a paste-up photograph of her and the former leader circulating around Prague . |
| 5 | I was downwind of her and the strong perfume nearly knocked me over . |
| 6 | As you can imagine , I talked knitting for hours with her and the other knitters who were kind enough to look after me . |
| 7 | I had me tea with her and the two boys and she did n't press me any further . ’ |
| 8 | As the head snuggled into her and the thin arm came round her waist , Aggie drew in a long tight breath ; then when her own arm automatically went around the child , she closed her eyes tightly , because for the first time in her life she was feeling flesh close to her own . |
| 9 | And your mother thought to herself , honey , of the short life ahead of her , of all the worth and power within her and the little use it would be , and she felt such a weeping bitterness that she cursed humankind . |
| 10 | The immense sky opened before her and the warm sun lifted her spirit . |
| 11 | The Captain moved deliberately between her and the frail hope of escape . |
| 12 | The difference between her and the other girls was that she actively wanted the job . |
| 13 | The chasm between her and the other writers is most apparent in comments she made at the ‘ Nouveau roman : hier , aujourd'hui ’ conference at Cerisy in 1972 , in which she clung resolutely to her conviction of the existence of a pre-verbal , extra-textual reality in mental life . |
| 14 | The house loomed undefined , a large bulk between her and the milky sky . |
| 15 | There were vast , sun-reflecting gaps between her and the Regency-white mansions on her left and the insistently moving sea on her right . |
| 16 | She took up her child and clutched him to her , for his frail , warm , sleeping form seemed to put up a shield between her and the falling ashes around them . |
| 17 | First , she made a free gift of Scotland , and her claim to England , to the French king , should she die without issue ; second , she put her country in pawn , for the money spent by France in defending it and educating her ; and third , she negated in advance any agreement between her and the Scottish Estates which ran counter to her disposal of Scotland in the interests of France . |
| 18 | She put her hand down and called Much , who came and pressed his body , trembling and filthy , against her legs , between her and the sinking fire . |
| 19 | She gave a deep sigh and felt the silver threads spin filaments of pure light about her and the soft folds of slumber enveloping her … like a soft light veil , like a warm , wine-dark sea , like hazy afternoon sunlight … |
| 20 | It was too large for her and the wide sleeves of limp cotton hung from her freckled arms like rags thrown over a stick . |
| 21 | Since a residence order was in substance what the foster mother sought , it was agreed between counsel for her and the local authority : ( a ) that the local authority would not object to the foster mother 's application for a residence order being made before the expiry of the six months period ; ( b ) that the hearing before the judge should be treated as the hearing of that application ; ( c ) that if , in the event , the foster mother were to be given leave to apply for a residence order she would agree to the formal dismissal of her application for judicial review without any penalty as to costs ; but ( d ) that , if leave under the Act were to be refused , it would be open to the foster mother to continue the judical review proceedings . |
| 22 | But little Sylvia had no thoughts of money ; she was delighted with the cake and jelly and with the child-sized table and chair her father had made for her and the knitted doll from her mother . |
| 23 | The might before in the hotel lounge , with his wife , Lonnie , beside him , bemusedly aghast , he grilled a pleasant waitress until he knew how many tips she got each week , how many children she had , the frequency of men hitting on her and the general contour of her reality . |
| 24 | ‘ He likes all women , ’ Kylie giggled as she recalled his masculine effect on her and the other girls in the show . |
| 25 | Because she was so tall and slim all the clothes looked marvellous on her and the other girls would groan their envy . |
| 26 | They really did pick on her and the only reason was that she would n't stick up for herself . |
| 27 | He also points out the song 's crucial omission , astonishing in a work of the protest movement : Dylan never says that Zantzinger is white and Hattie Carroll black , and forces the listener to assume that she was because of everything we are told about her : her name , that she had ten children , her position as a maid who ‘ did n't even talk to the people at the table ’ and , more tendentiously , because of what was done to her and the mild punishment meted out to her murderer who ‘ at 24 years/Owns a tobacco farm of 600 acres ’ . |
| 28 | The realisation , which came to her and the unmistakable clarity of truth , was quite a shock . |
| 29 | When Aggie climbed into bed , such was her weight that the child rolled towards her , and her head seemed to fall naturally between her breasts , and when the small face peered up at her and the small whisper said , ‘ You 're very big , ’ Aggie said , ‘ Aye , I 'm very big . |
| 30 | She was well aware that she purred inside like a cat if he even looked at her and the whole thing filled her with amazement . |