Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] [prep] her [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His eyes narrowed on her face , he put his cup down , stripped off his apron , and walked slowly to stand beside her chair so that she was forced to look up at him . |
| 2 | Someone lent us a carrycot and Tanith slept in that to start with , until she was big enough to go into her cot . |
| 3 | Close to , she discovered , Pete smelled of carbolic soap , a dreadful turn-off , and when he kissed her in the dark it was so wet and sloppy she longed only to search for her handkerchief and wipe her mouth dry . |
| 4 | She 'll need me some day and then she 'll be quick enough to write to her mother . |
| 5 | But a stray recollection of a golliwog Maurice had given her for her fifth birthday undid the effect in an instant and she reached Swans ' Meadow with her eyes red and face blotchy from tears , only to find to her surprise that Ursula was in a similar condition . |
| 6 | Her father , Stefano , who had listed himself as joint coach , is now once more directing her training on court , while Laurie Schuett , a trainer from the Palm Beach Sports Institute , Florida , has been drafted in to work on her fitness . |
| 7 | Her poetry indicates that Leapor did have some friends before meeting Freemantle ; Octavia , for example , respected her enough to listen to her advice , even if she probably did not accept it . |
| 8 | It was as Ling had said — she had only to look in her heart to see Silas . |
| 9 | For a time DeVore simply watched her , following her every movement with the hidden cameras , switching from screen to screen , zooming in to focus on her face or watching her from the far side of the room . |
| 10 | But he was n't in to hear of her failure . |
| 11 | Moving with a superb masculine grace which suggested the muscular co-ordination of a regular sportsman , Rune side-stepped her , blocking her way , his hand moving swiftly to fasten on her arm . |
| 12 | Sally Ward moved in to live with her daughter 's family , on the opposite side of Egremont Street , and Peggy Burns went to live with her daughter Meg and her husband . |
| 13 | Jasper had complained , had got chilblains , but even he had put up with it ; yet that was one of the reasons why he had been pleased to move in to live with her mother 's warmth , after a cold winter . |
| 14 | Niall took his eyes from the road long enough to glance in her direction . |
| 15 | Gilly finds an excuse for going back to Mr Randolph 's house and she manages to steal the rest of his money , but there is still not enough to pay for her ticket to San Francisco . |
| 16 | It did n't take her long to change into her jade swimsuit and moments later she walked on to the poolside . |
| 17 | The ‘ friend ’ then made contact and took the new recruit along to join in her activity . |
| 18 | You seem to forget that I 'll be leaving this place as soon as Stella is well enough to return to her job . |
| 19 | She saw the utter concentration on his face as he watched his hand move , tracing a line from her frantically beating pulse to the V of her shirt , slipping inside to close about her breast . |
| 20 | But what Miss Blagden had sought her out for was not only to ask after her welfare or bring news from Lucca but to offer her two lady-boarders for three months . |
| 21 | She was determined that it was n't he who had affected her appetite either , and went down to dinner that night and ate quite a substantial meal , only to return to her room and spend the next hour again having trouble ousting the wretched man . |
| 22 | On 3 January , Eliza sat down to reply to her mother : |
| 23 | Something small enough to fold inside her palm . |
| 24 | Yasmin is expecting another child in the autumn and , although she will have to make some difficult decisions about whether or not to continue with her career after the baby is born , she is still determined to carry on working for as long as she can . |
| 25 | If he nagged , she would beg him not to rummage in her past . |
| 26 | In the time that followed , Auntie was very careful indeed not to talk about her sight , long sight , or foresight . |
| 27 | ‘ The view is , she 's gone over to look for her brother . |
| 28 | Next morning , as soon as Polly was washed and dressed , she rushed outside to look at her privet bird . |
| 29 | She was warned not to sleep with her sister who was dying of decline … |
| 30 | As it seemed , if she were not to die of her love she had to poison it ; and even , over its death agonies , to exult . |