Example sentences of "[vb past] her [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Christine fought for her balance as he grasped her with hooked fingers . |
| 2 | His evidence was to help place Mrs Dyer on the scaffold , as was his wife Polly 's , who testified that her mother had at times visited her with various small children who seemed to disappear overnight . |
| 3 | HE WOOED her with skew-whiff quotes from Shakespeare , pranced about in Chelsea football kit — minus the shorts — then bedded her on a futon with all the stamina of an 18-year-old . |
| 4 | It was fortunate , Isabel decided , that the screen shielded her from curious eyes as she changed her shift . |
| 5 | It was almost lunch-time , but the sun on her face stroked her into lingering , into staying still . |
| 6 | The local authority provided her with temporary accommodation . |
| 7 | He 'd lied about Tara , lied about Nicola Schreider … assured her she was n't his type then pursued her with consummate skill until his ego was satisfied that she was ripe for seduction … |
| 8 | Violette had set up as a paper restorer , an arcane occupation which took precise scientific skill but involved her in outlandish escapades with police and businessmen or lawyers . |
| 9 | Anything which involved her in unnecessary enmeshment with Vitor d'Arcos would be sturdily fended off . |
| 10 | Beatrice was married now , with a family of her own , and because times were hard her sister helped her with surreptitious gifts of money ; and with clothes , toys , and treats for the children . |
| 11 | He regarded her with lazy , sleepy eyes and said : |
| 12 | Luke regarded her with narrowed watchfulness . |
| 13 | He regarded her with total disbelief . |
| 14 | She was nineteen , the age Maria had been when she had first felt the power of Luke 's attraction , and Maria regarded her with ironic envy , wishing she could have reacted as insouciantly , her awe and admiration as impersonal as Penny 's , Luke confined to some remote pedestal along with other out-of-reach heroes , contact undreamed-of . |
| 15 | He regarded her with ironic eyes , his lips a little pursed . |
| 16 | He regarded her with calculated interest . |
| 17 | While he regarded her with evident interest , she searched her mind . |
| 18 | Jake regarded her with superior amusement . |
| 19 | He regarded her with undisguised affection . |
| 20 | He stuffed his hands in his trouser-pockets and regarded her with enigmatic eyes . |
| 21 | Along a route taking in the castles of Niddry , Cadzow and Craignethan she rallied sympathizers who still regarded her as rightful queen . |
| 22 | She would make Hari Morgan interested in her scheme for an emporium however much it cost her in lost pride for in . |
| 23 | They subjected her to verbal abuse . |
| 24 | ‘ He 's not that far gone , ’ Gus assured her with unexpected shrewdness . |
| 25 | ‘ You are looking at a genuinely reformed character , ’ he assured her with soft intensity , his gaze darkening as his eyes roved hungrily over her flushed cheeks , then down to the open neck of her checked blouse where her breasts were crushed against his chest . |
| 26 | He studied her with narrowed eyes , then brushed a cool palm across her forehead to smooth the frown imprinted there . |
| 27 | He studied her with narrowed eyes . |
| 28 | He studied her with hooded blue eyes . |
| 29 | Damian studied her with loving amusement and murmured , ‘ You do n't really believe I would have knelt to you ? |
| 30 | She broke off , feeling a rush of heat and cold all at the same time as Niall studied her with penetrating intensity . |