Example sentences of "[prep] her [noun] [adv prt] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Yes , ’ she said , ‘ how — how jolly , ’ and then she put her spoon suddenly into her ice cream and the whole glistening thing slid smoothly off her plate on to the shining red table . |
| 2 | As I move and start to nestle my shin against a calf whose muscles are loosened by sleep , she senses what I 'm doing , and without waking reaches up with her left hand and pulls the hair off her shoulders on to the top of her head , leaving me her bare nape to nestle in . |
| 3 | Last night she 'd tried to toss the covers off , then cried weakly , tears leaking down the sides of her nose on to the sheet . |
| 4 | She emptied the contents of her bag on to the bed , smiling ruefully at the conglomeration of articles , some of which she had carried about forever . |
| 5 | She 'd been digging for a while when she looked up to swing the stone in her hand on to the pile , and saw Clare standing there . |
| 6 | She took several deep breaths , hoping he would put the sudden bright colour in her cheeks down to the hot coffee she had just swallowed . |
| 7 | Robyn held it out at arm 's length , glanced at it and then cursed as she saw the blood that dripped from her fingers on to the black plastic . |
| 8 | Laura fell from her chair on to the dead boy on the floor . |
| 9 | Sally was standing on a table , with yards of black silk wound tightly round her from her neck down to the floor . |
| 10 | The juniors ' sports mistress , with sturdy thighs and a too tight tee-shirt , paused on her way over to the rugby field and smiled down at Clarissa who was sleepily opening her eyes . |
| 11 | So as we were going along she was just going into the paper shop and she was on her way up to the one o'clock bus , so I called in to see Jackie and had a coffee and then we come home . |
| 12 | Crossing the kitchen two days before Christmas on her way out to the dairy , Dora said , ‘ He 's back at Trelorne , Miss Alexandra . ’ |
| 13 | The dancer , on her way back to the United States , took Dana in her VW to Lisbon , Porto and Bilbao , where I met them , then we drove all the way to Paris . |
| 14 | On her way back to the pub , Ruth called at the house , which had all the curtains drawn as a sign of mourning . |
| 15 | Replete in a small guilty elation , she was on her way back to the car when she met Robert . |
| 16 | On her way back to the surgery , Sophie glanced at her watch and realised with a start that she had left Joanna on her own for nearly two hours . |