Example sentences of "was [v-ing] her [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 They were in the bedroom and he was tucking her in under the quilt , stroking her forehead , pushing back the damp strands of blonde hair where her tears had soaked them .
2 Sharp whey-like sweat came off hum as she smelt his closeness ; he was walking her backwards into the recess of the arched double doors of a neighbour 's carriage entrance , sticking to her awkwardly , like children playing at dancing , standing on each other 's feet , and when he had her against the door , he took his hand from the underside of her breast , and fingering her nipple , made it rise , then tweaked it till it stood up higher ; twinges darted from her breast to her groin , and Rosa closed her eyes with a little gasp .
3 A few weeks after their visit to the Peristrephic Panorama , her father was rowing her slowly across the serpentine lake on the neighbouring estate of Lord F- .
4 Then , making their apologies to the professor and his wife , he was whisking her off towards the dance-floor .
5 She was confused , one of her friends was picking her up at the studios that afternoon , not M. Apéritif , but a doe-eyed Persian who was — he said — training to be an engineer .
6 Melissa was beginning to wish the conversation had never started ; the last thing she wanted was to become embroiled in a dispute between two women she hardly knew , but Rose was looking her squarely in the eye as if demanding a response to her outburst .
7 Joe , in fact , was looking her straight in the eye .
8 As he was speaking , he was pushing her relentlessly towards the bottom of the stairs .
9 In a flash he was pushing her away from the path they were making and into the cover of the undergrowth .
10 In a moment he had gripped her hand in his and was pulling her away from the bale on which she had been resting .
11 A moment later , with a curt ‘ Follow me ’ , he was leading her down to the end of the corridor , then along a short passageway off to the right .
12 He moved his pelvis strongly against her own until she squirmed in his arms , then somehow they were across the room and he was forcing her down among the silk cushions of the four-poster , fingers already lifting the thin wool sweater beneath her unbuttoned jacket , seeking the pulsing softness of her breasts with the mark of desire across his face .
13 For a brief moment later , he had picked her bodily up in his arms , and , as if she weighed less than nothing , was carrying her over to the bed .
14 The next thing she knew James Halden was carrying her out through the yard in strong , muscular arms .
15 Somehow I was in the boat , and Neil had cast off and was edging her out from the jetty .
16 Jenny finished her second pint with a swallow that reminded Pascoe , who was watching her surreptitiously through the bar mirror , of Jacko Roberts .
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