Example sentences of "[v-ing] her in [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She liked Robert Urquhart and was attracted to him , even trusted him , unlike Spittals who was no doubt gleefully stabbing her in the back at that moment . |
| 2 | Isabella does not know that the Duke had played the role of the Friar instructing her in the foiling of Angelo 's plots , and so , lacking any independent evidence , she realizes how feeble her case must seem ; yet she still affirms that But the Duke , behaving as Angelo had predicted , and as he would have to behave if he had no evidence , sweeps aside her complaint , leaving her with only heaven to appeal to : The evil is indeed finally ‘ unfolded ’ , not by heaven but by the Duke , although Angelo ( as if recalling that passage in Luke 's gospel ) ascribes divine omniscience to him : But the Duke has only used deception and disguise , legitimately , as Shakespeare makes him say : ‘ Craft against vice I must apply ’ ( III.ii.270 ) . |
| 3 | Standing at the bottom of the stairs , turning up the gas , revealing her in a pool of light . |
| 4 | Her mother put her arm around Martha 's shoulders , enveloping her in a cloud of scent . |
| 5 | For as she turned towards him , a great fall of bright copper hair , loosened by the wild chase , came cascading about her shoulders and fell to her waist , enveloping her in a rippling sheet of flame . |
| 6 | With a shriek of delight she threw herself at Maggie , enveloping her in the warmest of embraces . |
| 7 | But he let her go , only cradling her in the circle of his arm . |
| 8 | While she was trying to do this , he went to the apartment and beat her , wounding her in the head for which she was treated at hospital . |
| 9 | Then he lay down on her , his weight sinking her in the bed as if in sand . |
| 10 | Maria 's breath came short and shallow now , perspiration sprang from her pores in an explosion of heat , and the driven sound of her reluctant pleasure and need could no longer be contained , escaping her in a low , shivering cry as she flung back her head . |
| 11 | She could feel the hard muscles of his body pressing against her side , his arm sheltering her in a way that made her trust him . |
| 12 | He paused , eyeing her in the clinical way she 'd come to recognise . |
| 13 | Then horror beyond all bearing — imagining Her in every shadow of the chamber . |
| 14 | She understood that he was imagining her in a swimsuit with sleek hair at the local pool or in a short , white dress on a tennis court . |
| 15 | Then as she stepped towards his desk , a further protest on her lips , he put to her flatly , looking her in the eye , ‘ Are you afraid that , once the eighteen months are over , I might change my mind and refuse to release you ? |
| 16 | ‘ Now that we are private , ’ he said , looking her in the eyes , ‘ you may speak out openly what for some reason you did not wish to speak out before the prince . |
| 17 | ‘ You 'll not try to keep me ? ’ he said warningly , looking her in the eyes without a smile . |
| 18 | I remember the scandal surrounding her in the Seventies , when she appeared to be just a naive young girl caught up in the trappings of fame . |
| 19 | They were half open , silently fixing her in a look so intense and piercing that she felt caught in it , as if hypnotized . |
| 20 | His other hand cupped her chin , tilting her face upwards so that there was no escape from the gaze that held her own , trapping her in a world which only the two of them knew . |
| 21 | The arm lying across her was relaxed and heavy , but Isabel knew it could become an iron band , trapping her in an instant . |
| 22 | They bundled her into the living room punched and threatened her with a knife , before spraying her in the face with Ammonia . |
| 23 | He was theatrical by nature , and he lavished it all on her , complimenting her in the most exuberant terms , telling her that her engagement had broken his heart irreparably . |
| 24 | He was still holding her in the loose circle of his arms and she instantly bridled at the teasing . |
| 25 | Surely any minute she would wake up and find Marc lying beside her , his arms holding her in the loving way of barely twelve hours ago ? |
| 26 | As he grinned and pulled her towards him , kissing her in a gentle , careful , comradely fashion on the forehead to seal their agreement , she knew that her crush on Dr Tom Russell was over , and something else — something better and more real , she hoped — had taken its place . |
| 27 | This was partly due to ‘ The Loco-Motion ’ , remixed by Stock , Aitken and Waterman and her third single on the PWL label , succeeding in breaking her in the all-important American market when it climbed to number three in the US charts . |
| 28 | She was more than a little astounded , however , that , as Naylor stood facing her in the hall of her home , she should suddenly feel breathless and find that she was extending that courtesy even further . |
| 29 | The preponderance of the Church was responsible for Spain 's decadence , laming her in the race of progress . |
| 30 | What if she does n't want to be swollen to the size of an elephant with a bleeding parasite kicking her in the guts day and night ? |