Example sentences of "and [v-ing] her [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A whole exciting new scene was being born all about her and pushing her out of the way . |
| 2 | Casting an unreadable look at Isabel , the boy obeyed , taking Ellen by the arm and urging her away from the church . |
| 3 | I said , and looking her straight in the eye , I asked : ‘ Why is everybody picking on me ? |
| 4 | ‘ We 'd better go and see the doctor , ’ he said heavily , taking her hand and leading her back down the corridor . |
| 5 | For him it would simply have been a matter of bringing the girl along , telling my mother she was coming with them and paying her handsomely for the hardship occasioned . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Sit down again , pray , ’ pleaded her hostess , reaching for her hand and pulling her back to the sofa . |
| 7 | ‘ Take the cases ! ’ said Damian bitingly , his hand gripping Rachel 's arm and marching her out through the sliding doors to the limousine . |
| 8 | She 'd hoped , thought , it would be nice if he had taken her to lunch sometimes , or let her stay to breakfast in his room at the Franz Joseph instead of pushing her out early and sending her back to the Gasthaus . |
| 9 | ‘ However , I 'm afraid that it is you who are mistaken , regarding your future marriage plans , ’ he added , taking her arm and issuing her out of the front door . |
| 10 | A TIGER snatched a five-year-old girl from a van full of tourists after smashing a window with a paw and dragging her away by the head . |
| 11 | But Rohan 's arm was like a steel band round her waist , half lifting her from her feet , and carrying her inexorably to the door . |
| 12 | ‘ Hey , relax , ’ he advised softly , putting the tiller between her nerveless fingers and flicking her lightly under the chin . |
| 13 | Their common lot was fierce parental discipline , even a man of a warm and kindly nature such as Samuel Pepys thought nothing of beating his 15-year-old maid with a broomstick , and locking her up for the night in his cellar , or whipping his boy-servant , or even boxing his clerk 's ears . |
| 14 | This strange , remote , eagle creature , whose body was bathed in incandescence from the fire , except that it was not quite the fire ; whose eyes were dark with passion , and whose arms , strong and safe , were enveloping her , and laying her down on the thick fur rugs before the fire … |