Example sentences of "she [verb] for breath " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her face now against a tweed back , she fought for breath , struggled and pushed , moaning as another icy drop flowed down her body and set off the pain . |
| 2 | He slammed his body into hers , bending her back , kissing her so hard that she fought for breath . |
| 3 | Theda held her while she fought for breath , taking in great gasps of air . |
| 4 | She stopped for breath and a laugh and I said , ‘ Nell , if Bill Baudelaire asks you if I 'm here , just say yes , do n't say where . ’ |
| 5 | She gulped for breath , as though she could hardly bear what she was saying . |
| 6 | She gulped for breath , her eyes only inches from his . |
| 7 | And there 's these hills where it 's hot and rains all the time , and in the rain forests there are these very tall trees and right in the top branches of the trees there are these like great big flowers called bromeliads and water gets into the flowers and makes little pools and there 's a type of frog that lays eggs in the pools and tadpoles hatch and grow into new frogs and these little frogs live their whole lives in the flowers right at the top of the trees and do n't even know about the ground and the world is full of things like that and now I know about them and I 'm never ever going to be able to see them and then you , ’ she gulped for breath , ‘ want me to come and live with you in a hole and wash your socks ! ’ |
| 8 | She glared at him fiercely , her breasts rising and falling rapidly as she struggled for breath . |
| 9 | He kissed the damp pulse at her throat as she gasped for breath , exhausted with pleasure . |
| 10 | She paused for breath . |
| 11 | Finding she could n't unseat him , she paused for breath , anticipating her next devilry . |
| 12 | She paused for breath , her heart thudding painfully against her ribs . |
| 13 | ‘ No — I do n't think — I could n't — I really do n't want — ’ She paused for breath . |
| 14 | Sally-Anne was by now in full flow , and when she paused for breath Dr Neil said , as drily as he could , ‘ I will only say to you what I told you on the day when you arrived here : it is useless to take the world 's burdens on your shoulders . |
| 15 | She paused for breath as a sudden thought occurred to her , then leaned forward in her seat , her eyes accusing . |
| 16 | She paused for breath and his laser-blue eyes narrowed , sending tiny ripples of shock running through her as she took in the dark eyebrows , a strong nose and firmly sculpted mouth . |
| 17 | She paused for breath then raced on . |
| 18 | She paused for breath and Giles took up the tale . |