Example sentences of "[pers pn] [subord] she [vb past] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They ate less and less , never venturing outside the villa , the physical aspect of their relationship consuming them both as Damian began to take her beyond her new-found sensuality , smashing barriers as he went , teaching her everything about her body and his until she thrilled to the power of knowing how to touch and kiss him to make him breathless with ecstasy , whispering incoherent , urgent words of encouragement to her until they both fell into their usual sleep of pleasurable exhaustion , completely united by the passion that raged just as highly between them now as it ever had from the very beginning . |
| 2 | Their clothes were an abrasive barrier between them , and her hands were as urgent as his as she peeled off the same black dress she seemed to have been wearing for the past century . |
| 3 | ‘ She wo n't get away from me like she did from the ‘ palookas ’ who tried to sit on her shoulder in the world championships . ’ |
| 4 | and saying , what do you think cos of all the qualified ones at least she cos she worked on the elderly side . |
| 5 | He was holding her there without duress , pinning her where she sat by the sheer magnetism of his physical presence . |
| 6 | He remained as tenant , as did his sister after him until she died in the late sixties . ’ |
| 7 | He stopped to watch her until she disappeared in the darkness . |
| 8 | The silence and emptiness of the scene did not become apparent to her until she turned into the drive of the house and realized there were no other cars parked there , no gaily clad groups tripping towards the garden , no jazz band to summon them nor hired flunkeys to greet them , no pop of champagne corks nor buzz of conversation , no bunting , no balloons , no merriment of any kind . |
| 9 | He was now leaning back in his chair , having completed his own frugal meal , contemplating her while she polished off the final remains of her own large one . |
| 10 | Knowing she had to support herself , they paid her while she trained at the Manchester school . |
| 11 | You must have decided to follow her before she went into the school grounds , because otherwise you would n't have opted out of the swimming . |
| 12 | She had to get her before she went through the gates and she was thankful for the bright moonlight . |
| 13 | A choked cry escaped her before she fell to the ground , her legs no longer able to support her . |
| 14 | Fernando caught her before she slid to the floor . |
| 15 | Manescu asked Irina Serov as he met her as she dropped to the ground from the branch of a tall fir . |
| 16 | Without looking at her as she burst into the kitchen , Chrissie said , ‘ Socks ! ’ |
| 17 | Hopefully as well as affectionately , he did so ; undressing her as she lay on the too-large hotel bed and stroking her shoulders and upper arms . |
| 18 | Her only chance to escape had been at the beginning , when Miguel had loomed above her as she lay in the garden . |
| 19 | David looked down at her as she lay against the white pillows , pale and thinner than ever , and thought how much easier it would be to keep himself in check if her husband treated her with the gentleness she deserved . |
| 20 | Elisabeth was awed by the intensity of feeling awakened in her as she walked through the primeval forest , alone . |
| 21 | The smell of wax polish hit her as she walked through the hall . |
| 22 | Her left leg almost crumpled under her as she walked into the kitchen . |
| 23 | David 's familiar deep voice called out to her as she walked into the hall and she felt herself smiling involuntarily . |
| 24 | She worked with one photographer , some of the shots he had brought back spectacular , and he was waiting for her as she walked into the office . |
| 25 | She was aware of faces staring at her as she walked along the paved streets , and she swayed over the uneven surface like a seasick sailor . |
| 26 | Fran took a deep breath then opened the door , willing her legs to support her as she walked across the weed-strewn gravel towards him . |
| 27 | The conversation was dying all around her as she looked in the direction that had been indicated . |
| 28 | But most of the time she ignored the dogs that hovered around her as she slept in the sun or beavered around the village in pursuit of this or that scent . |
| 29 | Shock flooded her as she stared at the tall , dark-haired , dark-eyed man , who seemed in those initial moments not to be believing his eyes either . |
| 30 | A tell-tale phrase came back to her as she ran over the dew-wet marsh grass : The White Girl 's Grave . |