Example sentences of "she [verb] [pron] [noun pl] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He scrutinised her closely as she lowered her legs to the floor and his hand went out as she stood . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | She described her studies to the AAAS meeting . |
| 4 | 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 ’ . |
| 5 | She dropped her eyes to the mug , unable to face his withering scorn . |
| 6 | She dropped her eyes to the tablecloth , suddenly confused and deeply ashamed of herself . |
| 7 | She dropped her eyes to the desk , staring unseeingly at the ledger lying on the polished wooden surface . |
| 8 | She ripped her clothes to the floor . |
| 9 | She raises her eyes to the wonder of its beauty , sometimes tilting her head as if listening to the music echoing round her . |
| 10 | She swivelled her eyes to the potatoes Léonie was fetching from their earthy resting-place on the larder floor . |
| 11 | She opened her eyes to the darkness , a darkness too often populated before sleep by those familiar , reproachful , childish faces , brown , black and white , bending over her , asking why she had deserted them when they loved her and thought that she had loved them . |
| 12 | Then she clasped her hands to the seat of her breeches and both hands got covered in the muck . |
| 13 | With a small sigh of exasperation she thrust her feet to the floor . |
| 14 | She raised her eyes to the sky . |
| 15 | She raised her eyes to the weightless tons stacked above their heads . |
| 16 | It was only as she was heading out into the road that she raised her eyes to the rear-view mirror . |
| 17 | Turmoil raged within her as she battled to find an answer to the seemingly insurmountable dilemma , and she raised her eyes to the grey skies as though a solution could be found there . |
| 18 | Hastily averting her eyes from the strong arched column of his tanned throat as he emptied his glass , she retraced her steps to the kitchen . |
| 19 | She returned her thoughts to the Danbys . |
| 20 | She swung her feet to the floor . |
| 21 | Worse still , he was ungrateful : everyone told him that his mother had had a hard life , that she worked her fingers to the bone , but it meant nothing to him . |
| 22 | Her face was still sulky and she still sniffed occasionally as she put her feet to the ground . |
| 23 | She put her fingers to the top of his brow and traced a three inch scar downwards to the back of his ear , thinking as she did so , and not for the first time , that he had nearly paid dearly for his happiness . |
| 24 | I ca n't stay long , ’ he warned her as she carried their drinks to the table where he was sitting . |
| 25 | She closed her eyes to the image , waiting to hear only the words and shut out the pain . |
| 26 | She makes her vows to the goddess . |