Example sentences of "she [verb] her [noun pl] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She made a little rite of soaking her feet in a corn cure called ‘ Reudel ’ , and as she lowered her feet into the bowl of steaming water there was again that little look , that narrowing of the eyes and pursing of the lips , which said so much with so little disturbance of her features . |
| 2 | He scrutinised her closely as she lowered her legs to the floor and his hand went out as she stood . |
| 3 | She grazed her knuckles on the corner of the fusebox . |
| 4 | She laid her hands on the top of his shoulders and kneaded the base of his neck with her thumbs . |
| 5 | She wiped her eyes with the back of her hand , knowing in her heart that it was an excuse to curtail the physical contact with him . |
| 6 | She wiped her eyes with the back of her hand . |
| 7 | She wiped her eyes with the back of a grubby forefinger and added more practically , ‘ You do n't have to worry about them , I 'm sure . |
| 8 | She wiped her lips on the paper and crumpling it up , tucked it demurely between the seat and the wall . |
| 9 | She wiped her hands on the white T-shirt she was wearing , leaving pink smears all over it . |
| 10 | She wiped her hands on the backside of her shorts . |
| 11 | When she got her hands on the bugger , that was . |
| 12 | She ground her teeth with the effort of keeping her strained lungs in check , using all four limbs for propulsion through water which echoed hollowly with the slap of bullets seeking her . |
| 13 | She strained her eyes into the broken circle of darkness , and a breath of ancient tension and fear seemed to issue chillingly from the hole the river had torn in history . |
| 14 | It was still early , as she could tell from the light filtering through her curtains , and she narrowed her eyes at the sight of a cross Dana , who was obviously prepared to shake her again . |
| 15 | Despairingly she moved her hands along the slender curves of her body , naked between the sheets . |
| 16 | She moved her hands among the leaves of the tomato plants , liking their roughness and hairiness , their harsh earthy smell , a bit sour , like that of geraniums . |
| 17 | She moved her toes in the orange dust at the edge of the road . |
| 18 | As she moved her thumbs to the sensitive muscles where his neck and shoulders joined , she exerted gentle pressure , and warmth flooded through her when he groaned . |
| 19 | Like all young girls , she has her favourites on the circuit . |
| 20 | She described her studies to the AAAS meeting . |
| 21 | She retained her faculties until the day she died . |
| 22 | Lucy 's hand moved through her hair and she clenched her teeth against the tantalising sensation . |
| 23 | As she clenched her hands on the rail until they hurt , she fought to hate him , to make herself angry , not to give in to the terrible despair that kept threatening to overwhelm her . |
| 24 | She fixed her eyes on the street in an attempt to calm herself . |
| 25 | She fixed her eyes on the jagged line of rocks to which she had to climb . |
| 26 | Bracing her feet against the Angharad 's deck , she fixed her eyes on the grey smudge of land in the distance , willing it to come nearer . |
| 27 | " What about my poor old Ducky , " she changed her demands from the pigeons to her pony . |
| 28 | One of them 's old and one of them 's young , but I do n't think the young one could be the one you 're looking for , not unless she changed her trousers on the way down . ’ |
| 29 | In the course of a second visit , 1790–1 , she composed her Voyages to the Madeira , and Leeward Caribbean Isles : with Sketches of the Natural History of these Islands ( Edinburgh , 1792 ; Salem , 1802 ) , published with the help of William Smellie [ q.v. ] , who praised its ‘ science , minute observation , [ and ] accurate description ’ . |
| 30 | Then she dried her eyes on the hem of her petticoat and went slowly back to the house . |