Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] her [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When she had said that before she had meant it , but now she realised she was lying ; she was wanting to make him feel better and she was also hanging on to her old life to feel safe . |
| 2 | ‘ I hope to spend the rest of my life convincing you , every day , how very much I love you , ’ he said thickly , gazing down into her lovely face . |
| 3 | ‘ Nor are you , ’ he taunted softly , lifting his head and gazing down into her flushed face . |
| 4 | She 'd already found out much more about Puddephat than she 'd hoped — she 'd even got a promising suspect in the shape of Theo Sykes — and there was no point in banging on about her non-existent book outline . |
| 5 | She pushed her hands against his chest but he held her effortlessly , laughing down into her upturned face . |
| 6 | She and Keith moved into a cold , damp flat together when she was pregnant , from which they were moved into a hotel before ending up in her present home , on the outskirts of a sprawling town . |
| 7 | Alexandra prised herself reluctantly out of the chair and stood looking down at her Great Aunt . |
| 8 | ‘ Oh dear , ’ murmured Julia , looking down at her baggy tweed coat and skimpy straight skirt . |
| 9 | But that was n't necessary , for , looking down into her earnest face , ‘ Of course , ’ he replied , good-humouredly . |
| 10 | At her first move to get up he leaned over and lifted the bike from her , but before she could get to her feet he was beside her , sitting on the grass and looking down into her flushed face . |
| 11 | ‘ New scum , I suppose , ’ Hortensia said to them , looking down from her great height . |
| 12 | She stood up , hating her own weakness , and he stepped forward so that he was directly in front of her , frowning down at her troubled face . |
| 13 | as if sensing that she had given up fighting him for the present , fitzAlan released her immediately , frowning down at her distraught face . |
| 14 | She was back again , wriggling out of her wet swimsuit in the bedroom when Rodney came in . |
| 15 | Looking back to her first encounter with Balbinder a year ago , when she had visited him at his previous school , she said that she had been shocked . |
| 16 | She was looking back over her own life . |
| 17 | Partly because the Happy Housewife beamed at the world from countless advertisements , looking out of her gadget-lined nest . |
| 18 | SAMANTHA FOX : For trying to make out that there 's no harm in Page Three and going on to her pre-destined role as a bimbo rock chick exhorting her listeners to touch her and feel her body , helping another generation of idiot males think that women are there purely for their own gratification . |
| 19 | She eyed Mr Brown meaningfully over her hot cauldron of cabbage before going on with her set piece . |
| 20 | For a second or two he said nothing further , then , apparently going along with her unspoken wish to change the subject , he asked , tongue in cheek , ‘ And what did you think of our transport ? ’ |
| 21 | Posh Porky seemed to be torn between going along with her old man to the synagogue and staying put at the shop , where she 'd sit by the window and start scoffing cream buns the moment he was out of sight . |
| 22 | Going over to her parked Jaguar , he had opened the driver 's door , bent down and felt under the seat . |
| 23 | ‘ How dare you come barging into my room without knocking ? ’ she gasped , scrambling up on to the rumpled counterpane , two hands going up to her blonde hair as she felt his gaze take a rapid inventory of her voluptuous disarray . |
| 24 | She had stayed at work up to the proper time to get the full benefits and she had felt important enough , leaving to have a baby , for the loneliness to be kept at bay for the time leading up to her last day . |
| 25 | And so it was that she did n't hear Andrew come in and enter the sitting-room , there to see his daughter dressed for going out in her wide-skirted jersey dress , her black hair hanging loose about her shoulders , and wearing , of all things , green-lobed earrings . |
| 26 | And so she settled down quietly into our family life for over a year , until one of the aunts , Aunt Kate , came to see us , and after that there was talk between our parents — children always know these things , having good ears — about it perhaps being best now for Grandma to be going back to her little house in Hampshire . |
| 27 | Going back to her old love was impossible because of his drinking habits . |
| 28 | She had let her guard down to an enormous extent and the idea of going back to her old life was actually frightening . |
| 29 | A damp heat was building up in her lower body , unbearably tantalising . |
| 30 | Clinging on to her big picture hat with one hand and holding up her white parasol with the other , there was nothing left to prevent the hot wind from the Andes blowing her dress over her head , to reveal a white suspender belt and French knickers . |