Example sentences of "[verb] she [adv prt] against " in BNC.
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| 1 | With a groan , Vitor drew her up against him and pinioned her in his arms . |
| 2 | He drew her back against him and pressed a kiss to the top of her head . |
| 3 | He would have joined Melissa on the great bed , pressing her down against the coverlet and ravishing her long white neck with passionate kisses . |
| 4 | ‘ Oh , do n't be boring , Robyn ! ’ he mumbled , and then , before she could get up , do anything , he was pushing all his weight against her , pressing her back against the bed , half lying across her , holding her wrists so that she had no way of fighting him off . |
| 5 | ‘ Do n't go , ’ Fernando grated , clutching at her hips to pull her back against his body . |
| 6 | A deep-voiced character with five o'clock shadow all over his face and fists like Popeye the Sailor grabbed the girl by her Indian beads and slammed her up against the mantelpiece . |
| 7 | His lips came down again and his hands slid down her back , urging her up against him . |
| 8 | ‘ Too right it is ! ’ he agreed , reaching for her with masterly precision and pulling her up against him , ignoring her small cry of outrage . |
| 9 | He gasped and reached up to her , pulling her down against his chest , and then with a swift movement he turned her beneath him . |
| 10 | He was much closer than she had anticipated and his arms came round her from behind , circling her waist and pulling her back against him . |
| 11 | He pushed aside the pan and went to her by the sink , wrapping his arms around her waist and pulling her back against him . |
| 12 | She went to sit on the floor where the rush matting was covered by a rug and rested her back against the sofa . |
| 13 | She pressed her back against the door , grateful for the support of its solid carved oak . |
| 14 | She pressed her back against the wall and shuffled on the seat of her jeans to the aperture , her eyes continually flickering towards the open door to ensure she was still out of sight of the shed . |
| 15 | Hannele closed the door behind her and pressed her back against it . |
| 16 | Baptiste gripped her by the lapels , steered her off the path , shouldered her up against a tree . |
| 17 | In a corner of the Salon Imperial of the Hotel Intercontinental , Paris , Harriet Varna braced her back against a statuesque pillar and looked steadily into the viewfinder of her camera , concentrating on her subjects so fiercely that she was almost oblivious to the electric atmosphere that surrounded her , bouncing off the Viennese décor and the sumptuous rococo ceiling along with the heat and the light as the models of the House of Saint Laurent moved gracefully along the hundred yards of catwalk to display the new season 's couture collection . |
| 18 | He pulled her down against him , feeling her eagerness and longing as their lips met again . |
| 19 | He took her by the shoulders and pulled her back against him sharply . |
| 20 | She settled her back against the stone . |
| 21 | Carol sat up , resting her back against the padded headboard . |
| 22 | And then , so gently that she was hardly aware of what was happening — as if she was merely swaying with the tide — he gradually pulled her towards the shore , slowly drawing her up against the bare , damp skin of his broad chest . |
| 23 | She had been just past Luke when he had caught at her , and now his arms came round her from behind , drawing her back against him , and the response she dreaded was already weakening her as the warmth of him transmitted itself to her . |
| 24 | His arm snaked out , pinioning her round her waist , drawing her back against his body , holding her firmly so that she could feel the thunder of his heart against her back . |
| 25 | She sought his mouth again , wrapping her arms around his neck , offering and receiving a kiss so fierce , impatient and demanding that she clung to him and she lost her balance , fell against him , felt him gather her up against the inflammatory hardness of his body and lift her on to the bed . |
| 26 | But two cars took her out against and they believe that she 's gone to the airport and they did n't know where where she was excised . |
| 27 | He had forced her back against a closed door , literally and metaphorically . |
| 28 | After a while , Jay could no longer pick her out against the distant sand , and she lay on the bed , under a sheet , downed the last of her drink , and slept . |
| 29 | He moved closer , pinning her up against the door . |
| 30 | She turned away , unable to talk any more , and felt Mick 's warm hands pull her back against his chest . |