Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] her [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Robyn turned the ignition over , realising he was gaining on her with remarkable speed , and the jeep roared into life . |
| 2 | I want my home , she thought , and was appalled by her childishness ; but the tide of emotion was irresistible , surging through her like great waves . |
| 3 | We have been looking for her for three weeks . |
| 4 | He could n't like living with her under these sort of conditions . |
| 5 | I thought she was really very nice and my opinion was formed from that one meeting with her by pure accident . |
| 6 | A vision of Colonel Beamish , listening to her with undisguised scepticism , loomed before her . |
| 7 | He was looking at her with faint amusement in his eyes , one eyebrow slightly raised , and she became aware that he was quite used to this reaction from women to his undoubted charisma . |
| 8 | He was looking at her with such tenderness and love that she thought she would faint from sheer happiness . |
| 9 | Mrs Foster had told them Matthew was a bad-tempered boy , and she 'd certainly been right about the bad-tempered part , though this was no boy standing here looking at her with such menace . |
| 10 | She could n't take any more of Naylor 's aggression , of Naylor looking at her with such dislike , of Naylor thinking she was anybody 's . |
| 11 | He was looking at her with one eyebrow cocked . |
| 12 | ‘ He does n't , eh ? ’ said the tramp , who was looking at her with great interest . |
| 13 | He was looking at her with frank enjoyment that seemed untainted by any sort of guilt . |
| 14 | ‘ If he 's dead he 's no threat , ’ Plummer said , looking at her with cold eyes . |
| 15 | At other times , mostly when he smiled in that particular way of Tyler 's , leaning his head sideways and looking at her with incredible love in his sparkling green eyes , she found it unbelievably painful . |
| 16 | Her voice trailed off when she saw Ricky looking at her in utter amazement . |
| 17 | ‘ What you told me last night , Rachel , only convinced me that this marriage could work , ’ he said softly , and walked towards her with a look of intent in his blue eyes that sent panic rushing through her in hot waves . |
| 18 | Only nothing happened the next day and Chesarynth knew she was right not to trust herself because she could n't tell waking from dreams of an endless corridor with people whispering about her behind locked doors . |
| 19 | Realizing that not only Mrs Whittaker , but twelve newly arrived first-year students , were waiting for her in expectant silence , she pulled herself together . |
| 20 | The dawn ride alone with Jacques Devraux through the breathtaking natural beauty of the tropical forest had first heightened the pleasurable feeling of pent-up excitement that had been growing within her in recent days , then eventually left her feeling tense and on edge . |
| 21 | ‘ How interesting , ’ he murmured , moving towards her with total self-assurance in every step . |
| 22 | Craig had been staying with her for some weeks now and she had grown used to seeing him there in her kitchen . |
| 23 | If it was really the case that he did not mention the power of attorney when speaking to her on that occasion and left her in ignorance of her responsibilities and status , his failure shows , in my opinion , such a want of care as to preclude him from relying , in support of his non est factum plea , on her ignorance of the power . |
| 24 | All day this shadow grew in her mind and by the time school was over and she was running along the railway line , it seemed to be running behind her like some dark , winged creature . |
| 25 | Dislike might be bubbling inside her like bitter acid , but it had n't prevented her from doing a good job . |
| 26 | ‘ I 've run away , ’ he said , staring at her with such intensity that she felt a rush of alarm . |
| 27 | Opening heavy lids , she found that he was staring at her with burning eyes , yet she was aware that he 'd imposed on himself an icy control . |
| 28 | He paused staring at her with half-closed eyes so that Emily could not read his expression . |
| 29 | He replaced the lid of the dish and came to stand beside her , staring at her with malicious eyes . |
| 30 | Damian said in a voice thick with desire , dragging air into his lungs momentarily , staring at her with glittering eyes before his mouth claimed hers again , deeper , more demanding , and Rachel 's fingers were stroking his throat , her mouth moving blindly against his , and she felt his hands on her hips , hard and shaking , pressing her against him until she felt the evidence of his own fierce excitement hard against her . |