Example sentences of "[adv] to her [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | just a few weeks before her death he had written fondly to her on a postcard from Florence ( where the Sadler 's Wells Ballet went for the Maggio Musicale festival ) that she ‘ would love it so . |
| 2 | But you may get to keep the other assets from the marriage , or pay less to her over the years . |
| 3 | They would chat away to her about their day until they got down to the schoolwork . |
| 4 | Unlike the others , sleep did not come easily to her before a job . |
| 5 | A BABY had lunch passed outside to her through a letterbox after bailiffs repossessed her family 's rented house . |
| 6 | They do this by guarding the female , staying close to her during the ten days or so when she is fertile . |
| 7 | He had made no attempt to kiss her again — in fact , he seemed deliberately to avoid getting too close to her at all . |
| 8 | In my 14 years of support I finally got to come close to her in 1991 at Wimbledon when she took time out to meet her fans . |
| 9 | He could n't get close to her in any way , unless she let him — and she had absolutely no intention of doing that . |
| 10 | But they had made her feel restless with their talk and it was in that mood that she 'd let the landlord get close to her by the open landing window as he was bringing up some more beer . |
| 11 | To feel gratefully to her for those first baths , |
| 12 | But it had also been brought home to her with chilling clarity how easily he might have snatched her . |
| 13 | In mounting dismay she peered into the gloom , the invidious nature of her position coming home to her with a vengeance . |
| 14 | It sounded as though the reality of what they were doing had come home to her for the first time . |
| 15 | It was through this most improbable passage of Scripture , taken home to her by the Spirit , that she in due course became a Christian . |
| 16 | While a few policemen tried to the bitter end to avoid conversation with the field-worker , sufficient rapport was established over time for the majority to talk quite openly to her about what are highly sensitive and controversial topics in a Northern Ireland context . |
| 17 | He 'd come straight to her after leaving the theatre , and his impatience thrilled her to the core . |
| 18 | Sara stood by the open window and the scent of tobacco plant was wafted strongly to her on the warm evening air . |
| 19 | ‘ So I 've already gathered from your own choice of decorating gear , ’ he murmured , once again letting his eyes roam freely over the leotard and leggings clinging lovingly to her like a second skin . |
| 20 | Hearing the sound of his footsteps at the bottom of the stairs , she quickly pulled on the first things that came to hand — a pair of well-worn jeans that clung lovingly to her like a second skin , and a sweatshirt . |
| 21 | He 'd bent to kiss the girl , warmly , said a laughing farewell , and weaved his way across to her through the crowd , his eyes faintly amused but cool as he assessed her contortions with the unruly material . |
| 22 | Travis had raised himself out of his despair to quip that she and his cousin both worked for the same firm , but the message that had come across to her from the dark steely look of Naylor Massingham was that that might be true now , but , since she had chosen not to heed his warning , one of them would not be working for the same firm for very much longer ! |
| 23 | She gave a laugh and he pressed himself closer to her beneath the cover . |
| 24 | Dane 's voice came softly to her through the darkness . |
| 25 | She did not reply , but her arms pulled him tight to her with surprising strength and she kissed him fiercely on the lips . |
| 26 | He would chatter away egotistically to her for hours . |
| 27 | Caro 's voice came faintly to her above the noise of departure . |