Example sentences of "[v-ing] her [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Always used to a high energy level , she had found that the need over the last few months to pace herself , rest , keep calm , was driving her slowly insane . |
| 2 | She breaks through it by using her head like a pneumatic drill , pressing her hard sharp jaws on to the soil and vibrating it by trembling her wing muscles . |
| 3 | I 'm sure you ca n't be keeping her so busy that she ca n't spare me an hour or so . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ You 've been winding her up all day , ’ shouted Luke . |
| 5 | What puzzled him was her reasons for meeting all expenses , and some absurd generosities , out of her capital , never opening her legendarily replete jewel box to assuage them . |
| 6 | Quickly he led her to the saddle , pushing her face down onto its hard smooth surface , his hands caressing her intimately all the while , keeping her mind dark , her senses inflamed . |
| 7 | ‘ Aye , ’ gasped Isabel , remembering her hastily manufactured excuse and rising . |
| 8 | No , she would not want to change that … only to have it go on , with Tyler wanting her as much as she wanted him . |
| 9 | She withdrew , and Claudia opened the door , steeling herself to greet Roman without a trace of the emotion that made her want to run out of the flat , away from the two people she loved most and who were causing her so much pain that she wanted to die . |
| 10 | She might only lose her temper about once every five years , but when she lost it , boy , did she lose it , and events these last few days had been urging her dangerously near to boiling-point . |
| 11 | And I 've seen her , done up and looking her very grandest , reach into a small-feathered evening bag , take out an antique cigarette case with an M in brilliants on it and offer a surprised young queen a condom . |
| 12 | Subconsciously he was beginning to resent her ; and there were flashes of anger when he accused his staff of paying her too much attention . |
| 13 | Although billed in the contact magazines as ‘ couples only ’ , the male-female ratio here is about 25 to one ; the one is the topless woman , so everyone is paying her very special attention . |
| 14 | I made the mistake of giving in too often and paying her so much attention that eventually she felt she could do exactly as she pleased . |
| 15 | Lissa stared at him , outrage framing her mouth , rendering her momentarily speechless . |
| 16 | She was lifted against his bare chest as if she weighed no more than a feather , the shock of his warm skin and the slight roughness of short , curling hair against her palms rendering her abruptly speechless . |
| 17 | And equally unfortunately Ross 's only response had been a low , taunting laugh before ruthlessly pulling her furiously angry figure into his arms . |
| 18 | She glared at Melissa as if holding her partly responsible . |
| 19 | Then , as her quick intake of breath parted her lips , in one smooth , sweeping movement he wrapped his arms around her , holding her so close , so tight , that she could barely breathe . |
| 20 | He was ruthless , holding her so close that she could hardly breathe , and his kiss was devastating . |
| 21 | Edward danced well , guiding her with confidence , and soon he was holding her very close . |
| 22 | Angry that she had defied him and yet delighted at her little-girl behaviour , he reluctantly followed , then , holding her very close , walked her back up the stairs as they counted each step in unison . |
| 23 | Holding her very close , he kissed her gently and then rested his cheek against the top of her head . |
| 24 | Once a man she 'd never met before , a man called Peter who did n't seem to have a wife , kept dancing with her in the Godsons ' house , holding her very close , in a way that quite upset her and yet was pleasurable . |
| 25 | She shook , and Oliver drew her to him , holding her very close , his memory of Angelina assisting Sir Thomas to serve out the dish of kidneys entirely obliterated . |
| 26 | He was holding her very close , but his body was almost weak with relief against her . |
| 27 | Most memorable was Tory , haughtily holding her very intelligent head in the air , but missing her husband , who had left her for a ‘ woman officer ’ . |
| 28 | He slammed his body into hers , bending her back , kissing her so hard that she fought for breath . |
| 29 | Alice was standing working at the table , wearing her long fawn smock . |
| 30 | Rory shook her head , sending her long wheat-coloured mane rippling about her cheeks . |