Example sentences of "be [adv] [v-ing] [prep] her [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 're only looking at her body ! |
| 2 | The police are still looking for her killer . |
| 3 | It seemed to be slowly creeping into her groin and up … up into her stomach . |
| 4 | Anyway , I 'm only passing on her message . |
| 5 | She had been out with her boy friend on one occasion and her parents had tried to be more accepting of her relationship with him . |
| 6 | Half the bar seemed to be indulgently waiting for her opinion . |
| 7 | They were mostly sympathising with her loss of form and her problems . |
| 8 | She did not actually remember herself as talking the whole of the time — could there have been silent passages when the words were only reeling through her mind ? |
| 9 | She had spent the evening smouldering with resentment after his callous dismissal of her father 's death , but now the biblical phrases Luke had employed earlier were suddenly hammering at her brain and heightening her agitation , although she suspected that she was playing into his hands by allowing them to do so . |
| 10 | Folly took that in , while trying to ignore the fact that Luke 's lips were now nuzzling at her ear . |
| 11 | She stared at her reflection and saw a woman whom the gods were now punishing for her temerity in declaring she would never be in the grip of uncontrollable emotion , and here she was … here she was … |
| 12 | The wait until September before she starts another novel is mostly owing to her publicity commitments . |
| 13 | She 's just pointing with her finger . |
| 14 | The victim , aged 44 , is still recovering from her ordeal which happened outside Barclays Bank in Kingsway , Dovercourt , on February 22 . |
| 15 | A baby is still fighting for her life a week after being critically injured in a road accident in Teesdale . |
| 16 | ‘ She 's always fussing about her food , ’ said Camille . |
| 17 | She 's still living with her mother . |
| 18 | Greta 's still waiting for her knight in shining armour |
| 19 | ‘ She 's really getting past her work and it 'll be a relief when she goes . |
| 20 | But the mother-of-three is now recovering at her home in Dalkey near Dublin and expects to have to wear a lightweight cast for only another five weeks . |
| 21 | Miss Godfrey , who was shocked but otherwise unharmed , is now recovering from her ordeal . |
| 22 | As yet undecided in which direction she wishes to make her future career , Emma is now studying for her Grade VIII piano exam — the highest level in the series . |
| 23 | Tom 's quick testing of her tendon reflexes revealed their characteristic briskness , and both the medical professionals realised that the condition was progressing , when they had been hoping against all the evidence that it would not . |
| 24 | She is currently looking after her mother 's dog , Rabbit , a cross between a Jack Russell and a Tibetan terrier . |
| 25 | Yesterday , as they had chatted , the model had been continually fussing with her mane of black curls , or admiring her long finger nails , or smoothing down the skirt of her grey suede suit . |
| 26 | Melanie and the dog , who had been quietly sitting beneath her chair observing all this , went to join them . |
| 27 | He was constantly interfering in her life , lecturing her , ordering her about . |
| 28 | She did n't hear what Marc said to her because she was already hearing in her mind Peter 's cry of betrayal . |
| 29 | Lindsey was already reaching for her pad . |
| 30 | She heard the man in the mask sliding down slowly and knew she should try and make a run for it but her ankle was already swelling inside her Reebok . |