Example sentences of "be [verb] she [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cos she 's gone mad and they put it on her , right , and they , they 're holding her and they 're tapping out of the stage sidewards and she 's sort of like going like this , she , she , thinks all these nice men 'll love me and then like at the end of the show you see them , they 're tapping her out of the studio and putting her into a van and she 's still wearing a straight jacket and smiling at you . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm meeting her tomorrow off the boat train , ’ Harry replied , ‘ and we 're going down to Calking together . |
| 3 | However , she realised that these matters would just have to take their course , although she must also remember she did n't have unlimited time at her disposal , because her father would be expecting her back at the office . |
| 4 | ‘ Iris is all in and I 'm taking her back to the Lion d'Or for dinner . |
| 5 | Any minute and he would be inviting her through to the bedroom and urging her to call him Alexander ! |
| 6 | Its crassness repelled her but it slid inside her because she recognized it as her name and suddenly there was a dark pit , a chasm , a void , and the gravity of being dragged her down into the dark heart of weight . |
| 7 | Tessa and Mrs. Mounce , he knew , were watching her out of the corner of their eyes too , as silent and overawed as he was himself . |
| 8 | Another is to ease her gently into the awareness that your visit will be shorter than usual , doing so some time after you have greeted her affectionately on your arrival and listened patiently to her news , views or troubles . |
| 9 | ‘ He 's taking her out in the boat , ’ I thought . |
| 10 | They were in the bedroom and he was tucking her in under the quilt , stroking her forehead , pushing back the damp strands of blonde hair where her tears had soaked them . |
| 11 | I decided the only thing to do was throw her in at the deep end and go right down the village high street , where the roads were busiest and noisiest with holiday-makers , and simply stand there trying to calm her down . |
| 12 | Sharp whey-like sweat came off hum as she smelt his closeness ; he was walking her backwards into the recess of the arched double doors of a neighbour 's carriage entrance , sticking to her awkwardly , like children playing at dancing , standing on each other 's feet , and when he had her against the door , he took his hand from the underside of her breast , and fingering her nipple , made it rise , then tweaked it till it stood up higher ; twinges darted from her breast to her groin , and Rosa closed her eyes with a little gasp . |
| 13 | A few weeks after their visit to the Peristrephic Panorama , her father was rowing her slowly across the serpentine lake on the neighbouring estate of Lord F- . |
| 14 | Then , making their apologies to the professor and his wife , he was whisking her off towards the dance-floor . |
| 15 | She was confused , one of her friends was picking her up at the studios that afternoon , not M. Apéritif , but a doe-eyed Persian who was — he said — training to be an engineer . |
| 16 | Melissa was beginning to wish the conversation had never started ; the last thing she wanted was to become embroiled in a dispute between two women she hardly knew , but Rose was looking her squarely in the eye as if demanding a response to her outburst . |
| 17 | Joe , in fact , was looking her straight in the eye . |
| 18 | ‘ I was to pick her up by the Souk Al-Gadira . ’ |
| 19 | As he was speaking , he was pushing her relentlessly towards the bottom of the stairs . |
| 20 | In a flash he was pushing her away from the path they were making and into the cover of the undergrowth . |
| 21 | In a moment he had gripped her hand in his and was pulling her away from the bale on which she had been resting . |
| 22 | A moment later , with a curt ‘ Follow me ’ , he was leading her down to the end of the corridor , then along a short passageway off to the right . |
| 23 | He moved his pelvis strongly against her own until she squirmed in his arms , then somehow they were across the room and he was forcing her down among the silk cushions of the four-poster , fingers already lifting the thin wool sweater beneath her unbuttoned jacket , seeking the pulsing softness of her breasts with the mark of desire across his face . |
| 24 | For a brief moment later , he had picked her bodily up in his arms , and , as if she weighed less than nothing , was carrying her over to the bed . |
| 25 | The next thing she knew James Halden was carrying her out through the yard in strong , muscular arms . |
| 26 | Somehow I was in the boat , and Neil had cast off and was edging her out from the jetty . |
| 27 | Jenny finished her second pint with a swallow that reminded Pascoe , who was watching her surreptitiously through the bar mirror , of Jacko Roberts . |