Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] her [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was aware of nothing else but his compelling , mesmeric eyes , which were rooting her to the spot , setting a torch to her , the shooting flames searing her insides . |
| 2 | She was staring at herself in the mirror in the curtained dressing-room , wondering what a certain gentleman might do and say if he were to see her in it , when she became aware of hushed voices in the salon outside . |
| 3 | Maggie was taking a plane to London that night and Sheila and Mona were driving her to the airport . |
| 4 | Poor Mrs got two lots of children and they were driving her up the wall ! |
| 5 | The police were driving her around Soweto , wanting her to identify key activists . |
| 6 | And it would be nice if you were to provide her with a little brother or sister . ’ |
| 7 | His partner had suddenly remembered her brothers were to meet her at the door and take her home ( an old trick , this ) . |
| 8 | ‘ That was only because you were tearing her to pieces . |
| 9 | Susan had no clothes on , and the two men were showering her from head to foot — in her eyes , inside her ears , everywhere . |
| 10 | And luck , a commodity the spirited teenager had never been short of , played a crucial part in the events that were to set her on the path to millions . |
| 11 | Johnny 's words had left her feeling inadequate , as though he were presenting her with some enormous challenge which she did not feel equal to meet . |
| 12 | There was strength and an inner confidence reflected in those steady grey eyes that she suddenly realised were subjecting her to a thorough appraisal . |
| 13 | The thorns were cutting her to pieces . |
| 14 | She had charm , a way of making you feel that you were joining her in some harmless conspiracy . |
| 15 | And then when they were taking her in the ambulance , the nerves , I was sitting fucking laughing |
| 16 | She was unshackled and they were dragging her from the only remaining hut . |
| 17 | Lazy-lidded grey eyes in a dark , chisel-chinned face were regarding her with an insulting trace of laughter somewhere in their depths . |
| 18 | The dark eyes were raking her from head to toe , appraising her — from the long , tousled russet hair to the bare feet protruding from beneath the hem of her wrap . |
| 19 | He made love to her with a driving desperation that matched the excesses which were to shock her in retrospect , and if his flesh bore the imprint of her nails and teeth afterwards , there were faint reciprocal marks on her body , mostly the legacy of an erotically suckling mouth . |
| 20 | ‘ I have n't worked it out in detail , ’ Melissa admitted , ‘ but I was thinking about it while you were putting her through your puff-and-blow routine … ’ |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | She had guessed Robert and others were manipulating her as a chess piece in a game whose rules and ultimate aim were a mystery . |
| 23 | The blue eyes were studying her with an intentness she found exceedingly disconcerting . |
| 24 | All these people were smacking her on the back , and touching her and congratulating her , and expressing surprise and delight . |
| 25 | The people of the Beastline were ranged directly ahead , facing her , as she had asked , and they were watching her with animal stillness . |
| 26 | There was no readable expression on her face , but Marjorie felt an unease as she looked at her , as though the woman were watching her through narrowed lids . |
| 27 | To her horror Benny realised that there were tears pouring down her face , and that a small circle of people were watching her in concern . |
| 28 | Such a touching story , Miss Sally-Anne Tunstall — ’ and he spoke her name as though he were striking her with it ‘ — and all a lie . |
| 29 | Presumably he believed that though his wife might join in a little family intrigue against him , she would not want to carry her opposition to the point of war — particularly if that were to involve her in an alliance with her ex-husband . |
| 30 | Julia knew that it could not be real because it brought with it even more horrible visions , in one of which Comfort and Anthony had her pinned to the ground and were hitting her with garden rakes with specially sharpened tines . |