Example sentences of "she [verb] [pron] [noun pl] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She grazed her knuckles on the corner of the fusebox . |
| 2 | She laid her hands on the top of his shoulders and kneaded the base of his neck with her thumbs . |
| 3 | She wiped her lips on the paper and crumpling it up , tucked it demurely between the seat and the wall . |
| 4 | She wiped her hands on the white T-shirt she was wearing , leaving pink smears all over it . |
| 5 | She wiped her hands on the backside of her shorts . |
| 6 | When she got her hands on the bugger , that was . |
| 7 | Like all young girls , she has her favourites on the circuit . |
| 8 | She shot a look at Alain , but looked away very speedily when she found his eyes on the sudden curve of her lips . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | She fixed her eyes on the street in an attempt to calm herself . |
| 11 | She fixed her eyes on the jagged line of rocks to which she had to climb . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . ’ |
| 14 | Then she dried her eyes on the hem of her petticoat and went slowly back to the house . |
| 15 | She dried her hands on the kitchen towel , adding , ‘ I worry about Ernest . |
| 16 | She slammed her hands on the desk and papers flew in every direction . |
| 17 | She banged her fists on the back of his seat . |
| 18 | While she was waiting for the computer to do whatever it had to do , she rested her elbows on the counter with her back to it and the man next to her said in a heavy voice , ‘ Are you an actress ? ’ |
| 19 | She drummed her fingers on the Canadian maple table instead . |
| 20 | The love of Leonora 's life was sailing , and during the summer months she spent her Sundays on the water at the local reservoir , weeknights at the tennis club or the cinema , and in the winter she took part in as many activities as possible in the small town where she 'd lived all her life . |
| 21 | She arranged her cushions on the floor with the alarm clock beside them , switched out the light and slipped under the blanket . |
| 22 | She heard his footsteps on the stairs and was only aware of the thrill that coursed through her . |
| 23 | James Halden returned just as she was finishing the last frill , and she jumped up as soon as she heard his steps on the stair . |
| 24 | She watched his hands on the wheel , wanting them touching her , stroking her skin , caressing her body and making it come alive . |
| 25 | She placed her elbows on the table , resting her face between her hands , nodding approvingly as if Benjamin was some favoured pupil who had learnt a poem by rote . |
| 26 | Before that , the song 's original first line , also his , had not been ‘ Deeply dippy 'bout the curves you got ’ but ‘ She lost her knickers on the underground ’ . |
| 27 | She crossed her fingers on the lie . |
| 28 | Mentally she crossed her fingers on the lie . |
| 29 | She leant her elbows on the table , clasped her hands lightly and rested her chin on them . |
| 30 | Jessie rose from the table now , but she did n't move away from it , she leant her hands on the edge of it and , bending towards Agnes and in a mere whisper now , she said , ‘ Father 's got to understand that I have a life of my own ; I 'm not a china doll to be babied . ’ |