Example sentences of "her [noun] [adv prt] [adv prt] to the " in BNC.
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1 | But such was the power of those two softly spoken words that Ronni found her head jerking up to look at the speaker , barely aware of her brother 's muttered response as he hoisted her cases up on to the jetty . |
2 | ‘ Work , ’ she told herself feverishly , tipping her sketches out on to the table . |
3 | Shiona swung her legs down on to the carpet . |
4 | She glanced down at him once , then shifted her gaze back out to the Estuary and the rising tide . |
5 | Ma stretches her lips and lowers her head back on to the headrest . |
6 | She keeps giving me clothes — ; not this dear old awful thing , Mrs McPhee at home made this — and making me practise manners and the piano and I could n't tell her about last night , I could n't , I ca n't disappoint another person , not after my mother — ’ and Alexandra put her head down on to the slice of bread on her plate and burst into tears . |
7 | She smacked her hand down on to the saucer without realising she still held the cup . |
8 | Swinging her boots up on to the Indian bedspread to indicate her lack of concern . |