Example sentences of "[v-ing] her at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Faye had started painting her at eleven and was supposed to have had a blood glucose test at noon . |
| 2 | Father Abbot , here is a strange saying , for she came to me when I was not seeking her at all , when I knew nothing of her . |
| 3 | But I knew what was really worrying her at that moment . |
| 4 | Her father pressed a kiss to her forehead , and smiled , releasing her at last . |
| 5 | Releasing her at last , he stepped back . |
| 6 | Sarah would not take a flying run , but with John and Nora running and holding her at each side , just catching the fringes of the grass , she had her stately share , too . |
| 7 | She glanced at her watch ; already it was well past four and Iris would be expecting her at five . |
| 8 | Luke had n't mentioned company , she thought , but then he was n't expecting her at this ungodly hour — it was nearly eight already . |
| 9 | And then , even while she was making valiant efforts to control herself , because for certain he was going to set about strangling her at any moment , after some seconds of looking at her as if staggered , suddenly , and to her amazement , he was seeing the funny side of it also — and he was laughing too ! |
| 10 | No doubt he was getting a great deal of macho satisfaction at finding her at such a disadvantage . |
| 11 | He runs away along with Lydia with no idea of marrying her at all and is forced to marry Lydia by Mr. Darcy becoming between them . |
| 12 | If he 'd picked her up and laid her on the bed and taken her with all the passion and strength his virile body was promising her at that moment , she would n't have raised a finger to stop him , so when he swung her around in his arms and deposited her nearer to the bathroom door before removing his arms from her she was left gasping with surprise and a sinking feeling of disappointment mixed with humiliation which shook her with its intensity . |