Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] her [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I managed to track her down and eventually got her on the telephone . |
| 2 | Dorinda only knows herself by the mirror : it has literally and figuratively provided her with a self-image . |
| 3 | She was not there and after running frantically around the garden he eventually found her beside the old hanging tree at the bottom of the path . |
| 4 | Despite the Encomiast 's tale of how Cnut 's men , searching far and wide for a suitable wife , eventually found her in Normandy , it may be , as Keynes has argued , that Emma had remained in England throughout . |
| 5 | Ever since Courtney indecently assaulted her at his Harley Street clinic in October last year , the girl known to the jury as Miss C has been having nightmares about the attack . |
| 6 | The 28-year-old woman was walking alone in the town 's Templehill area at around 12:30am when she was grabbed from behind outside a funeral parlour and indecently assaulted her before escaping on foot . |
| 7 | ‘ What happened , Fabia ? ’ he relentlessly pursued her for an answer . |
| 8 | When he slowly drew her to him she made no attempt to struggle , held by the soft beauty of that one word and the warm security of his hands at her waist . |
| 9 | He did n't answer , but slowly drew her to him until she rested her head against his broad chest . |
| 10 | He slowly drew her to him , and their lips met . |
| 11 | Just as Debbie was about to wind up the window , he suddenly asked her for a lift , saying he only lived 5 minutes down the road and could she drop him on her way ? |
| 12 | ‘ I only met her for the first time earlier this evening . ’ |
| 13 | For a second he looked exasperated and then he murmured something in his own language and suddenly drew her to her feet , his hands gripping hers , steadying her and comforting . |
| 14 | She stared up at him in puzzlement and when she blinked , he suddenly drew her to him as though she were a beloved doll . |
| 15 | I confess I meant to hurt your pride — but , oh , dear Fabia , ’ he said softly , and , his aggression all at once split asunder , he reached for her , took her in his arms , and gently cradled her to him . |
| 16 | To her astonishment , he suddenly prodded her in the ribs . |
| 17 | Such intimacy as life with my mother entailed should cease with parturition , and since Syl so resembled her in his attitude to me I could see no end to my continued childhood . |
| 18 | What was it about him that constantly stirred her into such a state of agitation ? |
| 19 | I agree that it would if I constantly compared her with my current partner , or wistfully mentioned her name from time to time . |
| 20 | She was of mature years , and he rightly guessed her to be Mrs Heatherton . |
| 21 | He suddenly swung her into his arms , his tortured breathing the only sound in the darkened barn , and instead of carrying her down the stairs he turned and lowered her to the soft hay that was spread thickly on the floor behind them . |
| 22 | The merchant 's wife was about to rise but Cranston gently touched her on the shoulder . |
| 23 | It was the last attribute which especially bound her to him . |
| 24 | Terror suddenly hit her like an iron arrow in the breastbone and her throat seized up and she choked . |
| 25 | When she opened the boot of her car to dump her shopping inside , one of the thieves suddenly grabbed her round the neck from behind . |
| 26 | JERVIS : Indeed , she told me you only pulled her on your knee and kissed her . |
| 27 | In a few moments she had finished it all while Tom All Alone watched her with obvious delight . |
| 28 | ‘ I only took her to the doctor because she had a bad nose bleed at playgroup , and I thought she looked a little pale . |
| 29 | I suddenly saw her as the shuttlecock in the game her husband is playing with his inamorata . |
| 30 | And she suddenly knew her from somewhere . |