Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] to her [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The thing is , I was thinking of going to Prague myself , ’ she hung grimly on to her self-control to get started again . |
| 2 | She held on grimly to her temper . |
| 3 | Her smooth cream front became quite blotched with dampness because she made no effort to check her tears , just let them run down her face and drop wetly on to her bodice . |
| 4 | Claudia sank down on to her bed and tried to shut her ears to the sound of him in the next room . |
| 5 | Suddenly , she felt the younger man push her down on to her back , and lift her legs high . |
| 6 | Suddenly she heard the sound of an approaching car on the road running alongside the promenade , and as its headlights shone on them , she tried to pull away , turning her head so that his kisses fell on to the side of her face and down on to her shoulder . |
| 7 | Then she found that she had no breath , for all the breath went out of her body when he tossed her down on to her mattress . |
| 8 | She was startled by his deep Irish brogue , so close to her ear . |
| 9 | ‘ You give in ? ’ he murmured , his lips tantalisingly close to her face . |
| 10 | It was breathed tauntingly close to her mouth . |
| 11 | Walking thoughtfully up to her room , she sat on the bed . |
| 12 | As his eyes drifted pointedly downwards to her bosom , Shiona saw his free hand reach out towards her . |
| 13 | ‘ She 's in up to her belly , ’ he exclaimed . |
| 14 | One woman traced her like of cooking not only back to her mother but to her grandmother . |
| 15 | Catherine behaved so sweetly to her husband in the next few days that Thrushcross Grange seemed full of sunshine , and in spite of his doubts , Mr Edgar allowed Heathcliff to visit her regularly . |
| 16 | One of the boys said later there had only been a tin of cat food and a bus pass and an old purse with a pound and a key in it anyway , and that they would n't have had to hit her if she had n't clung so hard to her handbag . |
| 17 | ‘ V-very good , ’ she managed at last , desperately aware of the way his fingers were creeping from her chin , sliding down lightly to her neck , then on towards her throat — the ghost of a touch , as light and sensual as any touch could be and all the more powerful and disturbing for that . |
| 18 | With Dara once more clinging firmly and rather painfully to her arm she was walked back to the small , intimate table they had been sharing on the edge of the small dance-floor , but Ace was quickly on to his feet , side-stepping Dara 's attempt to greet him with a kiss . |
| 19 | Her massive bosom was heaving in and out and the splash of water down the front of it made a dark wet patch that had probably soaked right through to her skin . |
| 20 | As she turned over on to her back she dismissed such mundane things as guttering and went over the words on Leo 's note . |
| 21 | ‘ Now , then , let's have a look at you , ’ came fitzAlan 's voice , and she found herself flipped over on to her back to encounter a pair of hard blue eyes . |
| 22 | Both eyes opened and her breath rushed out in a small burst of relief as she rolled over on to her back — and her heart slammed to a stop . |
| 23 | Nicola sat down on the floor and slowly rolled over on to her back . |
| 24 | Still able to feel the firm sand beneath her feet , she swam quietly for a few minutes , before turning over on to her back . |
| 25 | She felt her spine curving and keeled over on to her front . |
| 26 | She turned herself over on to her stomach . |
| 27 | The woman rolled over on to her stomach , reached for a bottle of wine , handed it to the man . |
| 28 | Suddenly , like thunder following lightning after a breathless pause , it hit her ; she turned over on to her stomach and wept bitterly . |
| 29 | She turned over on to her stomach and tried to put things into perspective . |
| 30 | ‘ Damn , ’ said Camille , as the brush slipped over on to her flesh . |