Example sentences of "[noun pl] and [vb past] her [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mamma put her ample arm round Noreen 's shaking shoulders and brought her to the kitchen table and made her sit down . |
| 2 | Sharpe said grimly , then he put an arm round Lucille 's shoulders and steered her towards the ballroom where , because the orchestra had been engaged till dawn , the music still played and a few last couples still danced . |
| 3 | She stretched Thérèse on the rack until her bones cracked , tore off her breasts with red-hot pincers , then flogged her with twigs and broke her on the wheel . |
| 4 | He was kissing her hungrily , then he lifted her off her feet and carried her to the water 's edge , resting her on the sand so that their bodies could feel the gentle ebb and fall of the sea against them . |
| 5 | Seizing her wrist , he hauled her to her feet and dragged her through the small hall and into a side-room with a wide , specially designed window on the north wall . |
| 6 | They had grasped her by the wrists and feet and dragged her to the neighbouring room . |
| 7 | Salt shook her shoulder and when that made no difference , dragged her to her feet and propelled her to the small book-lined room known as the study . |
| 8 | Daniel got down , put an arm round her thick middle , hoisted her silently to her feet and pulled her towards the bedroom . |
| 9 | Jumping in after her , Perdita pulled off Enid s wig to reveal scant grey wisps and pushed her under the water , where the aquamarine hostess gown billowed up to display fawn pop socks at the end of fat , purple legs . |
| 10 | I know that in Beirut I simply took my child through the checkpoints and delivered her at the school gates . |
| 11 | Her nanny had other ideas and took her by the hand . |
| 12 | ‘ My pleasure , ’ he murmured , and , lifting her easily into his arms , he carried her up the stairs and lowered her into the middle of the huge old bed . |
| 13 | It was Friday morning , cold and clear after the night rain , and Annie brought Rachel down the stairs and settled her in the pram which was kept in the passageway beside the kitchen . |
| 14 | She arched against him , unable to control the flames of desire leaping within her , then a gasp escaped her as he swept her into his arms and carried her to the double bed in her aunt 's room . |
| 15 | He swung her up into his arms and carried her over the threshold into the shadowy interior and beyond to the shuttered darkness of the bedroom . |
| 16 | Lifting her bodily from it , he scooped her up into his arms and carried her into the cottage . |
| 17 | What does it matter ? she thought , as Luke scooped her into his arms and moved her round the room . |
| 18 | Then they talked about ‘ red-petticoat day ’ , and the children showed Mother their watches and told her about the people at the station . |
| 19 | The night Ellie first wore the gown to the opera , her three eldest brothers all wolf-whistled her to the door and Patsy , his eyes like saucers , gave her a corsage of orchids and escorted her to the limousine which had come to collect her . |
| 20 | Then he picked up the two bags and led her into the terminal . |
| 21 | Giles leaned forward ; he took her face between his hands and kissed her on the mouth . |
| 22 | Ruth nodded and before she could ask him if he was too he clasped her hands and hauled her from the water into his arms . |
| 23 | Yet they may have made no effort to give her anywhere she can go to , having allocated a large bedroom to one of their small children and relegated her to the tiniest bedroom in the house , to which she can never withdraw unless she actually gets into bed . |
| 24 | In her child 's understanding it seemed that it was her own liberation that was the cause of the celebration , and the arrival of the princess , the flags which appeared on all the buildings and the succession of functions for which her mother and Denzil put on their beautiful evening clothes and left her with the maid . |
| 25 | Their wings ushered her into her clothes and flew her down the stairs for breakfast . |
| 26 | Anyway , after I 'd introduced her to a few different locations and got her over the initial newness of the experience , she seemed perfectly willing to come to me . |
| 27 | Benjamin and I hid our exasperation , took our cloaks and followed her into the snow-covered grounds . |
| 28 | I followed her up to one of the other floors and caught her by the elbow . |