Example sentences of "her [noun] and [adv prt] to the " in BNC.

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1 His harsh words jerked Folly out of her fantasy and back to the real world .
2 She turned her head away , scalding tears coursing down her cheeks and on to the pillow which had absorbed her earlier grief .
3 Ariel feels the old woman flapping feebly with her legs , and though she holds on , Sycorax slides off her back and on to the ground ; she cries to Ariel again to run , run as hard as she can , and from the ground she begins to shriek , till the guard himself cries out , and drops on one knee to take aim in the pitch dark .
4 The touch of his hand on hers felt like a scorching electric current , jolting her brutally out of her trance and back to the sunlit terrace .
5 As kiss followed riotous kiss , his fingertips trailed along the smooth column of her throat and down to the silky fabric of her dress .
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