Example sentences of "[noun prp] [v-ing] her [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No — she did n't want to be locked away to die , yet as she rushed across the square she escaped death by inches from a dog-cart without noticing it , the magnet that was Christie Goldsborough drawing her in a straight line , through brick walls if need be , to get at him . |
| 2 | Returning to England she was able to put her principles of movement teaching into practice with Molly accompanying her on the piano . |
| 3 | He would have preferred a showdown with Gina , but it was fun to watch Eleanor fighting her by stealth . |
| 4 | Mandy did n't come to the meeting , Mrs. Maddison keeping her at home as a punishment for her disobedience in going into the swamp . |
| 5 | Dorothea 's distress at her distance from that other nation is thus in advance of her time , but the absence of scenes in Middlemarch showing her within the houses of the poor is quite appropriate to the period in which it is set . |
| 6 | She had the sensation that if she looked over her shoulder she would find Rohan Saint Yves watching her from the shadows … |
| 7 | Seeing Thérèse and Léonie watching her from an upstairs window she straightened up , smiled , waved . |
| 8 | What was important to her was sitting here , like this , with Simon telling her about his personal life . |
| 9 | She was vaguely aware of Curtis covering her with a travelling rug , then she was fast asleep , lulled by the steady drone of the engine and the comfortable warmth of the car 's interior . |
| 10 | With Roy holding her by the arms she walked up his body until , reaching his shoulders , she flipped over and landed on her feet , screeching with laughter . |
| 11 | Yelena Prokina skilfully using Mussorgsky 's rapid melodic fragments to suggest her terror as she is about to succumb to rape , Andrey Khovansky pursuing her with the exaggeration of the weak man who is over-asserting himself . |
| 12 | The Clerk was to send a letter of apology to Mrs thanking her for twenty years of service and ask if she 'd reconsider the job . |
| 13 | For one wild moment she thought it was Adam fighting her for the cup ; but it was a more powerful arm that pinned her . |
| 14 | Her parents travelled home in the first week of October leaving her with fields enriched by the presence of a few dozen sheep and enough advice to see her through the cow 's first calving and the sow 's first litter . |
| 15 | They passed two landings , Gordon following her with majestic tread , but faster than one might expect , since although he had lost time in hanging up his raincoat in the hall , he reached the door first , and opened it without any kind of announcement , and Edward was standing , with his back to them at first , thinner and smaller than she remembered , but then she always made the mistake when she had n't seen him for a bit — he turned round , protesting , and it was Edward . |
| 16 | Having always taken great pains over her appearance , the thought of Brian seeing her in such hideous circumstances appalled her . |
| 17 | This appalled Mrs Browning , who said at once that it was God using her as an instrument and that Wilson should have had more faith . |
| 18 | After the Anglo-French reconciliation of 1303 , Edward wrote to Marie of France thanking her for her letters in which she expressed her desire for a meeting and conversation between him and her stepson , Philip the Fair . |
| 19 | ‘ And if I wo n't stay ? ’ she managed to croak , the prospect of being imprisoned in this fortress of suspicion with a man like Marc Alexander Vila filling her with horror . |
| 20 | They parted at the front entrance , Silas favouring her with a brief nod before striding away . |
| 21 | A cry escaped her as her face became scratched by the sharp ends of broken fern fronds , and the next instant she felt Silas lifting her from the damp ground . |
| 22 | She was heart-stoppingly aware of Niall watching her from the doorway , a glimmer of something she could n't fathom in his blue eyes . |
| 23 | She could sense Guy watching her with narrowed attention , and clenched her hands inside the pockets of her suede waistcoat , battling to get her reactions under control . |
| 24 | The year before the Baptists had sent a telegram to Queen Victoria congratulating her on completing the longest reign in British history . |
| 25 | He could understand Edwin entrusting her with his business . |
| 26 | She had to squat down to dodge the ancient fly-paper dangling from the light-flex , but it was better than Babs seeing her in her vest and school knickers , or anyone else for that matter ; Babs insisted on keeping the dressing-room door open . |
| 27 | As they moved around the room , Luke introducing her to the people with whom she would be working , Maria struggled to put his threats out of her mind and minimise her own reaction to him , both six years ago and now . |
| 28 | John wrapping her in a scarlet cashmere dressing gown , which she considered madly extravagant but adorable of him . |
| 29 | Half convinced , she shrugged philosophically and turned to leave the apartment 's square entrance hall in which they were standing , aware of Luke following her into the luxuriously appointed lounge , a long elegant room which ended in sliding glass doors opening on to a balcony with a view she had spent part of the afternoon enjoying , pretty green parkland dotted with ornamental ponds linked by a winding , deeply cut stream that was spanned by the occasional arched stone bridge . |