Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] her [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And then , so gently that she was hardly aware of what was happening — as if she was merely swaying with the tide — he gradually pulled her towards the shore , slowly drawing her up against the bare , damp skin of his broad chest . |
| 2 | Through the Lousadas Minton was to an extent drawn into a Hammersmith circle of artists which included Victor Pasmore , Julian Trevelyan and Mary Fedden who once danced with Minton at a New Year 's Eve party until she literally dropped , whereupon he gently laid her down on the floor . |
| 3 | Ross had taken her home , gently helping her out of the taxi and escorting her to the front door . |
| 4 | She felt the fence give a little and then it literally threw her back into the arms of the man with the mask . |
| 5 | This time he did n't throw her down with a fury but gently laid her down among the downy pillows and started to strip off his shirt . |
| 6 | He gently pulled her out of the chair and , kissing her , said , ‘ Come to bed . ’ |
| 7 | Suddenly , George placed a finger to his lips and , taking Elizabeth by the arm , gently pushed her down into the grass . |
| 8 | After a few minutes , he raised her to her feet , and gently pushed her back on the bed . |
| 9 | Holding her notes like a fan , she walked slowly out into the open , but the heavy heat from the leaden sky soon drove her back into the shade . |
| 10 | How can I just ring her out of the blue and tell her that her daughter has married the first Italian she 's met , without telling any of us ? ’ |
| 11 | I mean if it , if it I mean originally he said to me it was part time so I thought to myself well that 'll be perfect , just get her back into the flow again . |
| 12 | After a while , Jay could no longer pick her out against the distant sand , and she lay on the bed , under a sheet , downed the last of her drink , and slept . |
| 13 | The Bradfords would soon put her out of the door when they heard she was having a baby , but she did n't know where she would go . |
| 14 | It was seven and the night nurse had already begun her round at the other side of the house when he slipped downstairs . |
| 15 | Her hearers found it difficult to believe that this screaming was involuntary ; some thought she was drunk , or ill , or possessed by an evil spirit , but most of them just wanted her out of the way : ‘ some wished she was on the sea in a bottomless boat ’ . |
| 16 | They promptly chucked her out of the bed and breakfast hotel and she and the baby are sleeping on a relative 's floor . |
| 17 | The Colonel always sought her out on the Thursday of her visit , and in the past few years he had , in the most circumspect manner , pressed his suit . |
| 18 | Until now he had always picked her up from the hospital . |
| 19 | The strange , wild feeling that usually drove her down to the sea was beginning to thump in her bosom . |
| 20 | I was still holding her back from the window , and wondering what to do next , when Mr Edgar entered . |
| 21 | He could hardly order her out of the flat . |
| 22 | Josie said that she did n't usually get in until around six , but that there were a few extra jobs that she wanted to finish off ; Lucy had the feeling , but did n't say so , that the main point of the exercise was probably to get her out of the way before the slender red-haired woman arrived home . |
| 23 | Out of the kindness of their enormous hearts , the giants had lifted her out of her icy misery and carefully put her down in the warmer waters where she was to be found today . |
| 24 | Nearly pushed her out of the door . |
| 25 | We really want her out of the way for that . ’ |
| 26 | She was glad to see Alice , began talking in a heavy tired voice about how the old woman had her running up and down the stairs , even got her up in the middle of the night . |
| 27 | Both of them realised that he had abandoned all pretence that Sally-Anne was an ordinary young woman come to work in Vetch Street , but neither of them pursued the matter , Dr Neil from delicacy , and Sally-Anne because she could not tell him the real truth about herself — he would undoubtedly immediately send her back to the embassy , and she did not want that at all — it would be failure . |
| 28 | Sister Cecilia held out a hand towards her , saying , ‘ Come child , come , ’ then led her out of the room , through the corridor , upstairs , and into her cubicle . |
| 29 | With one firm hand on her arm he solicitously helped her back into the chair . |
| 30 | She was in the cafeteria a short while later , steadfastly keeping her back to the huge windows with their wonderful view of the skiers outside , when a hand descended on to her shoulder , making her start in alarm . |