Example sentences of "[prep] be [verb] her " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its crassness repelled her but it slid inside her because she recognized it as her name and suddenly there was a dark pit , a chasm , a void , and the gravity of being dragged her down into the dark heart of weight . |
| 2 | All that he could think of was to show her his work on the counter and the panelling , which was probably as good as anything that he 'd ever done . |
| 3 | All I 'm concerned with is handin' her over to her rightful parent or whoever 's goin' to take responsibility for her . ’ |
| 4 | For a second or two his eyes seemed to be searching her as he glanced at her dark , tightly fixed hair , her face , her shoulders and her long neck . |
| 5 | You 're supposed to be meeting her in Paris tomorrow , are n't you ? ’ |
| 6 | Someone from the Banco D'Oro was supposed to be meeting her , and this remote blond god certainly did n't look like a bank official — though he might have been Signor Corosini . |
| 7 | Marian was deep in thought but what she was thinking about she hardly knew : only that there was distance and stillness all around her and that the forest seemed to be watching her , and waiting for something to happen . |
| 8 | He seemed to be watching her like a hawk , waiting for some reaction . |
| 9 | Nell sat opposite Sheridan Lorrimore who seemed to be telling her that he had wrapped his Lamborgini round a tree recently and had ordered a new one . |
| 10 | Captain Goldsborough , wrapped in his thick , black fur , and with a little time to while away until the road should be clear of wedding-carriages , appeared to be telling her so . |
| 11 | The brilliant sunshine seemed to be mocking her . |
| 12 | Once launched , moreover , Mrs Baggley was not going to be denied her hypothesising . |
| 13 | The whole problem was going to be catching her off her guard . |
| 14 | He seemed to be expecting her to say something . |
| 15 | I 'm supposed to be helping her to bake bread . |
| 16 | The telephone was already ringing by the time Folly returned to the flat , and she had almost picked it up before realising that the only person likely to be ringing her was Luke . |
| 17 | Even before this he had lingered in her mind , seeming to be calling her from France after that one meeting . |
| 18 | How would he seem to be calling her now after she had been entranced in his arms ? |
| 19 | Jenna managed her usual smile , but the letter seemed to be controlling her , burning a hole in her pocket , and , for once , she wanted to get rid of Shirley fast . |
| 20 | In all of this giving away of herself ( which can be taken in two modern senses ) , this revelation of a coarser character beneath the courtly exterior she tries to sustain , Margery follows the movement of the opening stanzas of the text down from the character of the courtly dame to the level of the townswoman , a stereotyped bourgeois Vxor , " Wife " : the label that seems to be given her by the letter " " V " alongside some of her speeches in the manuscript copy of Dame Sirith . |
| 21 | The words coming from behind her sent Lindsey Blake whirling to face the speaker , a slim , dark-haired girl of about her own age , who seemed to be regarding her with some amusement . |
| 22 | Heated pain seemed to be filling her but it was a pain she clung to desperately , a feeling she had never experienced before . |
| 23 | She was so aware of him that he seemed to be touching her from a long way off . |
| 24 | Maybe that was why this picture just would n't work : she was expected to produce a suitable work in return for the fellowship that was supposed to be paying her just to paint . |
| 25 | He sounded surprised , as if it were perfectly acceptable for him to be questioning her , but not the other way round . |
| 26 | ‘ I thought he was supposed to be incarcerating her , not arranging her social life . ’ |
| 27 | He seemed to be studying her intently . |
| 28 | She knew Mandy was n't normally catty , and that her comments about Matthew 's fiancée were supposed to be making her , Charity , feel better . |
| 29 | The sow seemed to be letting her milk down , too , because there was no frantic scramble for position , just a rapt concentration . |
| 30 | He did not appear to be judging her , either . |