Example sentences of "[v-ing] her on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | First pouring boiling water over the used coffee grounds , Trent led Mariana through to the living-room , seating her on the sofa . |
| 2 | Cornered , he resorted to patting her on the shoulder , while across his face flitted the craven smile of a man dealing with an unpredictable pet that yet might turn on him . |
| 3 | He rolled her over , patting her on the bottom , staring down at her , running his fingers through her hair . |
| 4 | ‘ But you do n't do this with him , do you ? ’ he demanded , straddling her on the lumpy bed and thrusting into her . |
| 5 | She finished breathlessly , and Greg refrained from enlightening her on the history of New Zealand . |
| 6 | Turning to Omi , skilfully bringing her into the conversation , and complimenting her on the way the venison had been cooked . |
| 7 | Then , after chewing and swallowing the fragrant morsel , and after a sip of the strong green Longjing ch'a — itself ‘ untasted ’ — he had looked up at Beth Shepherd and smiled broadly , complimenting her on the dish . |
| 8 | ‘ She will , ’ said the Sheikh , rising to greet his mother and kissing her on the forehead , the kiss of respect , of the younger for the elder . |
| 9 | Their eyes met , sheer delight in each other in both pairs , and then Luke was kissing her on the mouth with so much loving tenderness that she could n't speak for quite a while . |
| 10 | Her twin sister Sally , of Penarth , South Glamorgan , south Wales , begged school-friends and neighbours not to feel guilty about sending her on the venture . |
| 11 | Returning to England she was able to put her principles of movement teaching into practice with Molly accompanying her on the piano . |
| 12 | Held , dismissing the appeal , that although an adult patient was entitled to refuse consent to treatment irrespective of the wisdom of his decision , for such a refusal to be effective his doctors had to be satisfied that at the time of his refusal his capacity to decide had not been diminished by illness or medication or by false assumptions or misinformation , that his will had not been overborne by another 's influence and that his decision had been directed to the situation in which it had become relevant ; that where a patient 's refusal was not effective the doctors were free to treat him in accordance with their clinical judgment of his best interests ; that in all the circumstances , including T. 's mental and physical state when she signed the form , the pressure exerted on her by her mother and the misleading response to her inquiry as to alternative treatment , her refusal was not effective and the doctors were justified in treating her on the principle of necessity ; and that , accordingly , the judge 's order had been properly made ( post , pp. 786G–H , 795B–F , 796F–H , 797B–F , 798A–B , E–G , 799B–G , H — 800B , E–G , 803C–D , F — 804B , F–G , H — 805B , F ) . |
| 13 | In this case I am satisfied that the doctors were justified in disregarding the written instructions of Miss T. and of treating her on the basis of an emergency . |
| 14 | ‘ I love you , my darling Laura , ’ he murmured , before joining her on the bed and drawing her gently back into his arms . |
| 15 | She was barely aware of the other models joining her on the platform , followed by Rainmondo himself , something he did only for very important clients . |
| 16 | He was kissing her hungrily , then he lifted her off her feet and carried her to the water 's edge , resting her on the sand so that their bodies could feel the gentle ebb and fall of the sea against them . |
| 17 | In particular Jan had been impressed with Kylie after seeing her on The Zoo Family . |
| 18 | True , he 'd had that weird feeling in the hall , but seeing her on the landing a moment ago had been no illusion . |
| 19 | No-one seeing her on the move , rushing headlong through drear fuming tunnels , would really note the missing arms and absent tail , the sealed face , the scarlet sash . |
| 20 | She looked at him , for a moment all sarcasm wiped from his features , the eyelids calm as a corpse , arranged for a laying out , the unusual pallor of his skin like mica in the dark , but the seraphic vision lasted only a fraction of a moment , and the glint came back into his eyes and the twist to his mouth , and he said , slapping her on the side of her breast with a playful cut , ‘ Fantastic . |
| 21 | Two , three times , I had my pleasure of her before kissing her roundly on the cheeks , slapping her on the bottom and whispering a fond adieu . |
| 22 | ‘ I hardly knew whether I would find you still here , ’ Benedict had said , catching her on the gallery as she went towards the attic stairs , burdened with a small wooden box containing the contents of Lady Merchiston 's medicine cupboard , Hector at her heels . |
| 23 | Still gripping Nicola 's shirt , Goldman pulled her in and punched her , missing her face when she lurched away from the blow , but taking her on the body . |
| 24 | She started off as a journalist , and when reading her on the nauseating cult of Elizabeth David , you know you are in the hands of a mistress of rhetoric . |
| 25 | There was nothing wrong in that , except that Eleanor had little idea about the conditions awaiting her on the construction site in Alaska . |
| 26 | ‘ I hope you ate up , ’ she said , sitting her on the stairs to change the child 's shoes . |
| 27 | All these people were smacking her on the back , and touching her and congratulating her , and expressing surprise and delight . |
| 28 | He told us what sport it was to take her to the ‘ Houtsize ‘ 0use ’ in London , first putting her on the Inner Circle , getting off smartly himself , and leaving her to go round and round until his amusement wore off . |
| 29 | The one time they were encouraged to sit her on a chair , after she had scratched her sister , both parents moved over to her and fussed her , talking and explaining to her why they were putting her on the chair . |
| 30 | ‘ What now ? ’ she snapped , apprehension putting her on the attack . |