Example sentences of "[vb past] her [adv] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 Some sense of duty remained and I visited her quite regularly .
2 Folding her against him , he gave a long sigh , then moved her back so that he could look into her face .
3 ‘ We moved her there just before lunch when she came to . ’
4 He turned over on his back and drew her up so that her head lay on his shoulder .
5 How could she fear this man who cradled her so tenderly , whose much greater strength would only be used to protect her ?
6 This work involved her in both recruitment and welfare .
7 He too wanted to talk to her about the attack , but found her far less ready to talk to him than she had been to the woman from the gipsy encampment .
8 When Ludo returned , he found her still dreamily lying on the bed .
9 He , after all , found her quite as repulsive as she found him and , as the two of them waltzed from oven to sink , from window to cutlery drawer , staring up , down , sideways , anywhere but at each other , Henry had always assumed that this was no more than the usual politesse of a failed English , suburban marriage .
10 Did you ever meet a mother who 's complained that her child phoned her too often ?
11 Our lookout man on the forecastle reported her as close to our port bow , where also the officer of the watch from the bridge clearly saw her as did our quarter-deck midshipman , who was sent forward at once to the forecastle to report back .
12 Ruth jumped to her feet , bitterly disappointed that he dismissed her so suddenly , but determined not to show it .
13 He had dark eyes , thickly lashed and they regarded her steadily almost as if he knew her .
14 He caught her up outside and snatched at her arm .
15 His response caught her completely unawares .
16 She approached her home again , and entered noisily and tearfully .
17 Nan-Nan let her down badly .
18 This country cost her too much ; indeed , she has gone so far as to refuse to discuss the topic .
19 After Leonora 's stitches were removed , painlessly , to her relief , Penry pronounced her well enough to help with his articles , since typing proved to be another of her accomplishments .
20 She half-rose at one point , but he bore her down again .
21 ‘ Had a bust-up in the late fifties when he beat her up so badly he was sent to jail . ’
22 He studied her more closely .
23 The light , mocking note in his voice was acutely disturbing , as was the gleam in those deeply hooded granite-grey eyes as they studied her so intently .
24 To cut it short , she found her mother , who rejected her yet again . ’
25 The sight of its timbered cottages , built haphazard round an oblong green , delighted her even then ; and she noticed with an inward smile that there was a duckpond — with weed on it , too !
26 He drove her sedately home .
27 Robyn wandered outside , alone with her thoughts and her anger for another hour , until hunger and a curious desire to see Luke again drove her back indoors .
28 ‘ He drove her back here this morning and she has now been seen by a doctor . ’
29 She stepped off the pavement , and a car with squealing brakes drove her back again , frightened and flustered .
30 He fended her off simply by the expedient of grasping her wrists , holding her at a distance so that she could n't even contrive to kick his shins .
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