Example sentences of "pin her to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ever since that morning when he 'd briefly pinned her to the mattress , gazing down at her so intently that his eyes had seemed to search her very soul , she 'd realised that she was in deep trouble . |
| 2 | The victim claimed that the Canadian bullion dealer had ‘ slapped her , pinned her to the floor and ripped off her trousers ’ . |
| 3 | The marquis pinned her to the ground by her shoulders , sitting astride her so that she could n't move . |
| 4 | She said a third man , Lee Thompson , had pinned her to the ground during the alleged incident at Mr Cowen 's flat in east London on 31 May , 1991 . |
| 5 | On the morning of 9 November , Sydney sighted Emden and pinned her to the shore of Keeling Island , one of the Cocos group , on which a German party had been landed to destroy essential cable and wireless installations connecting Australian , African and Indian telegraph systems . |
| 6 | Frantically Shannon tried to wriggle away , but he was too fast for her , his large body effectively pinning her to the mattress , and when she tried to slap him he caught her flailing wrists and held them fast on the pillow above her head . |
| 7 | Anne tried to get up , pulling on a coat , but Nina was still pinning her to the floor . |
| 8 | There seemed to be a weight on her chest , pinning her to the ground and not letting her breathe . |
| 9 | She was suffocating , it was squashing her , pinning her to the ground . |
| 10 | It is understood some of her attackers sat on her to pin her to the floor while others battered her round the head with baseball bats . |