Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] her [noun sg] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | No — each lady had personally placed her cake on the long table — without assistance . |
| 2 | It takes time and effort for her to do this : constantly tapping her nose on the typewriter is exhausting , but then so is making her noises understood . |
| 3 | He gently held her hand on the table . |
| 4 | The ballerina here is cleverly perched on a matchbox so that she looks as if she is standing up , but you might find it easier to omit her feet and just stand her flat on the cake board . |
| 5 | That her novels are not better known is due largely to her extreme modesty about her literary abilities ; but there is no doubt that her concise , deceptively light prose style , reliance on dialogue to carry the plot , and delight in satirical exaggeration influenced both Firbank and Evelyn Waugh [ q.v. ] , and that she has thus left her mark on the development of the twentieth-century novel . |
| 6 | Robyn desperately tightened her grip on the statue . |
| 7 | That evening , when Tabitha Jute finally set her hand on the battered aluminium doorknob , it was still a cheerfully disreputable establishment , catering to the social needs of those who felt more comfortable doing business in an environment with a degree of sleaze to it . |
| 8 | Tatum , who has always followed her husband on the tennis circuit , last week stayed in New York while McEnroe took two of the children to Fort Worth , Texas , for the Davis Cup tournament . |
| 9 | Jennie Appleby is still concentrating her time on the Cleveland area . |
| 10 | The only obstacle was Watkin the dung-collector whose own ample wife also had her eye on the role . |
| 11 | Hot , sticky and uncomfortable , she let a particularly easy shot past and angrily threw her racket on the ground . |
| 12 | ‘ And how 's your mother , Shirley ? ’ asked Mrs Harper , carefully and conspicuously laying her clove on the side of her plate ; taking the offensive . |
| 13 | Ada Neumann shook her head in resignation and once again concentrated her attention on the speaker . |
| 14 | Adam firmly replaced her arm on the pillow . |
| 15 | Even when she later encountered more difficulties , she tried all sorts of positions , but never changed her grip on the hammer . |
| 16 | But she could never keep her mind on the job . |