Example sentences of "[verb] her in [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had caught her in his arms , and there had been a soaring delight , an exchange of joy , wordless , mindless , stronger and infinitely sweeter than anything he had ever known . |
| 2 | For swiftly , and with such adroitness that Fabia felt he must have done it many times before , in no time , and before she could blink , Lubor had caught her in his arms . |
| 3 | A few years later , when a Japanese professor on holiday in England visited her in our other house in Bath , Hill House in Sion Road , he said to her , in the usual Japanese joky way : ‘ I 'm sure your son will be marrying some nice Japanese lady , Mrs Kirkup . ’ |
| 4 | She felt a cold disgust as physical as nausea and with it there swept over her a weakness which shrivelled her in her chair . |
| 5 | He had forgotten her in his efforts to catch up with her twin . |
| 6 | The fine mist at the edges of the room seemed to be drifting closer , enveloping her in its clinging tendrils . |
| 7 | This time he turned her to face him , enveloping her in his arms . |
| 8 | The role enables the researcher to gain the confidence of the group that accepts her in her false role . |
| 9 | ‘ So what you reckon is , she had her boyfriend in , and after he left someone climbed in the window and smothered her in her sleep ? ’ |
| 10 | Rohan cradled her in his arms , murmuring to her , soothing her , praising her . |
| 11 | Now , he was more than slightly taken aback to find her in his room . |
| 12 | I grab her in my arms and hug her like I thought she 'd run away , and when I come out of that obliterating kiss I find the kitchen is full of blacks , and though they 're grinning like the sun 's out , I demand what the hell 's been going on ? |
| 13 | If a male , for example , is constantly harassing his mate , keeping her in her cave or in a corner of the tank , often with serious damage being inflicted , this shows that he is ready to breed but she is not . |
| 14 | Moreover , by simply keeping her in their power they were holding all their options open and preventing Philip from marrying her to someone else and so forging a new alliance . |
| 15 | But he woke in the small hours and found her in his arms , just like that first time in the studio at Westfield Manor . |
| 16 | Roger , overtaking her in his ramshackle car , pulled up and opened the door . |
| 17 | He had carried her in his arms as naturally as if he had been doing so for years , and she had felt right there . |
| 18 | He caught her in his arms , swinging her high against his chest , his mouth seeking hers . |
| 19 | " This morning I caught her in my cell . |
| 20 | He had rescued her in his own way , he had swept away the bitterness and the hurt , but he had added a hurt of his own too . |
| 21 | That stopped her in her tracks . |
| 22 | Deborah turned away from the signpost and began wading back through the deep undergrowth to the main path , intending to break into a run when she reached it ; but just as she turned off she heard a faint , distant , reedy cry , which stopped her in her tracks . |
| 23 | His words stopped her in her tracks . |
| 24 | Those words stopped her in her tracks . |
| 25 | One thing stopped her in her tracks . |
| 26 | But before she could decide whether or not finally to deny it he stopped her in her tracks with another accusation — one that she had definitely not seen coming . |
| 27 | She was halfway to the door when Rune 's authoritative command stopped her in her tracks . |
| 28 | He could n't be much further from the truth — but , even as she opened her mouth to tell him so , some deep-down instinct stopped her in her tracks . |
| 29 | It was the sight of the stranger , the professor , that stopped her in her tracks . |
| 30 | Grasping her wrist , Michele stopped her in her tracks . |