Example sentences of "she [verb] [pron] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 Daalny stood tense and at a loss for one moment , before she flung herself bodily into the open doorway , as though she feared the door might be slammed again before she could prevent , though Cadfael made no move .
2 Jamie 's prophetic words floated back to her and she flung herself on to the bed , staring at nothing , her body rigid with the tension of a woman in the grip of violent , unsated desire .
3 She flung herself out of the kitchen and along the passage .
4 After they had told her Wexford and Burden sat helplessly while she flung herself face-downwards on the sofa and sobbed into the cushions .
5 Breathlessly she flung herself down on the window seat .
6 Then suddenly she flung herself down on the bed and closed her eyes .
7 Sobbing for breath , she lowered herself on to the ladder .
8 Feeling less athletic , in fact weak and drained all over , she lowered herself slowly into the cool water .
9 She read it out from the printed page .
10 She had brought things to make their evening meal and she emptied them on to the work-counter : wine , cheese , spinach , onions , bread , the pink-white tines of a rack of lamb , as if all the promise of their future lay in the guarantee of such ordinariness being possible .
11 Returning to the settle , she seated herself again by the child and said kindly , ‘ Come on now , come on .
12 He was looking across at her as she seated herself gingerly in the armchair opposite him .
13 She pinned them bravely to the shoulder of her dress , touched the blooms lightly with her fingers and said to the room at large ,
14 On shore , she rubs her down with the exotically striped blanket , waits until she stirs again , and helps her back into the clothes .
15 But her eyes were fail of pain as she led me through to the lounge .
16 She led her out through the door .
17 She led them slowly through the graveyard to the burial site .
18 She led him stealthily up the path Rodomonte had taken to the summit .
19 She led him over to the Fashion desk where Felicity was sitting , a vision of crystalline beauty and sparkling efficiency .
20 With Endill 's help , she led him back to the sick bay .
21 She led us out of the church , round the back and through a wood .
22 Taking the menu out of the nearest gentleman 's hand , she laid it flat on the table , and with her pencil pointed to the first item , then mimed drinking .
23 She made it through to the final and an eventual 6th place overall showed just how much she had learned and improved that year .
24 ‘ One more thing ! ’ his voice stopped her before she made it through to the other side .
25 She never knew how she made it through to the end of the song .
26 She made it down into the long drawing-room with a sort of grim look on her face that Alain noted with a frown .
27 There were two , but she knotted one out of the way .
28 She lathered herself languidly beneath the refreshing jets of water , letting the spray caress every hot , sticky part of her with a glorious wave of sensual awareness .
29 She wiped them away with the back of one trembling hand .
30 Did she bail herself out in the end with over her money situation .
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