Example sentences of "[v-ing] her [noun] [adv prt] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bringing her mind back to the keys she suggested having a photograph taken so that there would be a record of them if it was ever needed . |
| 2 | As she flopped down in a corner seat , Constance looked at the man pushing her case on to the rack opposite . |
| 3 | ‘ Stupendous — spectacular , ’ she offered distractedly , forcing her mind back to the mind-fazing wonders of the gorge running between mountains of pure marble and through thirty-eight tunnels , and even spanned at one point by a bridge of marble . |
| 4 | She blinked , pulling her mind back to the present . |
| 5 | A girl with a superheroine costume was holding her face up to the mirror , tracing a cobweb pattern on her pale cheeks . |
| 6 | She is a member of the Institute of Marketing and well versed at getting her ideas over to the public . |
| 7 | Lindsey was still breathing hard as she strode through hospital reception , with an effort managing to smile at the small group of people sitting there before going through to the consulting-room and flinging her jacket on to the nearest chair . |
| 8 | All humour had vanished as he turned to face her , dropping her key on to the stand beside the door , his features stamped with hostility . |
| 9 | The beginning , a long time ago , was quite clear : sitting up in bed at home , swinging her feet round to the floor , standing up — and a warm flood spilling down her legs so that she cried out in fright . |
| 10 | Dragging her mind back to the matter in hand , and mumbling apologies , she wormed her way to the reception desk . |
| 11 | ‘ You 'll have to excuse me , Doreen , I have work to do , ’ she tossed over her shoulder while dragging her mind back to the woman who wanted ferns dug up during the bush walk . |
| 12 | Dora was summoned ; her appearance , announcing that she was taking her protégée back to the auberge without delay , did nothing to help matters . |
| 13 | ‘ Cissie wo n't be coming up for a while , ’ she said , making her way back to the bed , ‘ do you want to wait ? |
| 14 | So she found herself staying in a single room at one of the hotels in Monaco and the following morning making her way back to the cottage with a very much subdued André , whose head was feeling all the after-effects of too much wine . |
| 15 | Making her way back to the bedrooms , she chose the biggest one with panoramic views across the surf-lapped bay . |
| 16 | There are many long established local families , one member tracing her family back to the time of Jemmy Hirst . |
| 17 | She now leant across the counter and , poking her face down to the child 's , she said , ‘ No , I did n't Bobbie , because if I had you would n't have got half as much as is in that bag . |
| 18 | I stood , thrown , watching her leap back to the firebox . |
| 19 | Taking a deep breath , and casting her eyes up to the ceiling while she slowly counted to ten , Laura decided that motherhood was a highly overrated occupation . |
| 20 | Defries continued to shoot , locking her beam on to the diminishing targets and sending light-fast bursts of energy into the shadowy interstices of metalwork high above . |
| 21 | He lifted her threadbare ratteen skirt , feeling her legs up to the knee . |