Example sentences of "[prep] her on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | As she sat down on the couch , Ben sat opposite her on the settle , his big body and large head topping the back of it while his short legs hardly touched the floor . |
| 2 | She watched as he sat opposite her on the worn old sofa and proceeded to pour the brandy into the glasses . |
| 3 | Below her on the lawn she could see the sculpted form of a stone fountain with water spilling from its lips into a fish- and lily-filled pond . |
| 4 | Occasionally she half hoped to see him again , she would find herself watching faces rising towards her on the escalator of the Tube and wonder what she would feel if one of those faces were suddenly to be his . |
| 5 | ‘ Kerry was in front of me at the start and I went past her on the second mile , ’ she said . |
| 6 | Pebbles had to snatch up briefly to avoid scrimmaging in front of her on the tight final bend , and for a second it looked as though she might be shut in . |
| 7 | Such was Kylie 's hatred of what she called ‘ pirate ’ pictures of her that she instructed her lawyers to look into ways of suing those who published unofficial photographs of her on the myriad items of memorabilia that filled shops all over the world . |
| 8 | It was the same question he had asked of her on the Ridgery , a question that put the burden of leadership on her . |
| 9 | Frightening , really , when you think of her on the goggle-box , laying down the law . ’ |
| 10 | However , the Daily Mail — which had made a strong point about not naming rape victims , even in civil cases ( see Chapter 7 ) named the woman on successive days with a large photograph of her on the second day : I 'm jetting away from it all . |
| 11 | ‘ You must think of her on the toilet , ’ Aline said , and giggled . |
| 12 | She was telling them a story , and they were sitting on either side of her on the sofa with their mouths hanging slightly open , Gawain meditatively fingering a lock of her long , dark hair , Damian staring at her and absently scratching his balls . |
| 13 | He thought of her on the night train to Newcastle ( where he knew of a kindly , broadminded landlady who would see her through her trouble– , and shuddered sympathetically . |
| 14 | Stephen walked ahead of her on the river bank . |
| 15 | Sometimes he was even prevailed upon to stay for dinner , which was usually a casual meal with everyone grouped around Faye and the wheeled tray that was placed in front of her on the padded lounge seat where she spent so much of her time . |
| 16 | When being questioned by magistrates about her teaching ( they were suspicious of her on the grounds of her sex and lack of social position ) she is confident that a greater Lord will answer for her . |
| 17 | ‘ I did n't know you were such a strong swimmer , ’ he huffed , trapping her at the side of the pool with his arms each side of her on the bar . |
| 18 | Then she saw that beneath her on the sacred site of Callanish all of the men and the eagles who had fought had disappeared . |
| 19 | He shook his head , leaning back slightly , watching as she drew one shapely leg up beneath her on the chair . |
| 20 | Her body was drenched with sweat ; it was glistening on her legs and she felt moisture beneath her on the seat . |
| 21 | The metal body jumped and bucketed beneath her on the ruts . |
| 22 | Soon she saw a little glass box near her on the floor . |
| 23 | sit near her on the bus-bench |
| 24 | Sally sat down hard on them , forcing her legs together , but as usual in the end he won and she retrieved the panties from the floor , pushing them behind her on the seat before they were trampled underfoot . |
| 25 | She heard a large vehicle draw to a halt behind her on the main road . |
| 26 | Now it sat behind her on the sideboard . |
| 27 | Behind her on the altar was a reliquary in which Frederica could see through glass a bone or two — a shin , a forearm ? |
| 28 | His weight against her on the bed was a savage joy . |
| 29 | Renko takes his pleasure with her on the floor of a very small cabin — his only good break in a grim round of murders and chilblains . |
| 30 | Rosen was introduced to Katharine Hamnett by John May , a Face journalist who worked with her on the ill-fated Tomorrow , a magazine that was to be , bravely , ‘ a mix of fashion and politics ’ . |