Example sentences of "[verb] her [noun pl] [art] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | ‘ No doubt , ’ said Viola , opening her eyes a fraction to peer malevolently from under the slits . |
| 2 | Three floors up , on the top floor of the large house , Sally Headleand sat on her bedroom floor painting her toe-nails a pale silvery green and listening to her stepbrother Alan trying to explain about inflation and unemployment and monetarism and the economic implications of the new rhetoric praising the Victorian values of family life . |
| 3 | But it was the frustrated libido seeking spiritual orgasm … if I could have copulated with Clare , or merely stroked her breasts a bit … ’ |
| 4 | But she had lifted her skirts a full six inches above the ground as she entered the water , and he was captivated . |
| 5 | On their first date she had shown Preston , with nonchalant pride , the scars where she had slashed her wrists a few days after her nineteenth birthday . |
| 6 | Staring through the streaming window , Nell gritted her teeth every time the bows pushed out over the top of a big wave , only to hang in space before dropping away into the sixty-odd feet of the following trough that seemed to her a mile deep . |
| 7 | Sarella murmured sleepily , allowing her lips the luxury of pressing against the muscles of his bronzed shoulder in a banquet of sensation . |
| 8 | When she asked her pupils the name of one of the disciples quick as a flash came the answer , " Matthew … cap'n . " |
| 9 | And well Miss Clark might remember I mean she is as you say probably one of the oldest people and perhaps Miss could rattle her brains a little . |
| 10 | With a tiny shrug she started working shampoo into his hair , but fear of the same thing happening again made her fingers a little more tentative than usual . |
| 11 | At least Kathleen 's cooking meant she could manage a passable display of unconcerned eating , time to gather her wits a little … |
| 12 | But she later told her parents the boys had raped her and they were quizzed by police for several days before the girl confessed to lying . |
| 13 | She told her parents the next day . |
| 14 | She hunched her shoulders a little . |
| 15 | Isabel lifted her chin , pride and defiance turning her eyes a stormy grey as she stared back at fitzAlan coldly . |
| 16 | Maggie had no idea what it was and no notion of the time but as she opened her eyes every sense was alert . |
| 17 | But Belle heard the footsteps coming towards her and opened her eyes a crack to see the huge leather shoes next to her . |
| 18 | The next time the girl opened her eyes the young officer was staring straight into them , his face strained and anxious . |
| 19 | When she opened her eyes the cowboys were no longer crouched by the boulder . |
| 20 | As she opened her lips a little to defend herself he went on , ‘ Peter has n't told me much . |
| 21 | You know , the one I told you about — She asked me to cut her toenails and give her feet a wash . ’ |
| 22 | So too does Rosalind Russell ; perhaps she sounds a little old for the part , but her dry tones give her numbers a splendidly acerbic edge . |
| 23 | He had only to suggest she lift her hips a fraction higher or arch her back rather more sharply for her to comply at once . |
| 24 | The extra journey will cost her 25-pounds a shot , which a pensioner ca n't afford . |
| 25 | Alexandra drooped her eyes a little . |
| 26 | Kandinskaya raised her eyebrows a little and scrolled through the data cube on her desk-tank . |
| 27 | The Queen for her own part will have to face up to the fact that , however perfect her public role , she has dismally failed in private to give her children the guidance they needed for stable marriages . |
| 28 | When she first developed her symptoms the doctors had told her it was ‘ neuritis ’ , and she discovered the diagnosis herself by picking up a magazine article in a cafe . |
| 29 | Not only was I indulging a harmless pleasure , I was also doing her kids a favour . |
| 30 | Tears stung her eyes a moment at the thought of her sister losing her identity ; Jezrael asked herself if the grief was for Ches or selfishly for her own loss . |