Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] she [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The animal began to gnaw at the ropes binding her to the altar . |
| 2 | Bernie Scholtz passed her on the iron stairs as she was hurrying out . |
| 3 | The web tangled and clung mawkishly around her reasoning as Fernando lowered her to the bed . |
| 4 | She confessed that the bitter jibes and over-exposure led her to the precipice . |
| 5 | Victoria met her in the hall , saying , ‘ You look frozen . |
| 6 | The blow caught her on the cheek and she fell against Gilbert . |
| 7 | The blow caught her on the right side of her face , high on the cheek bone , beneath the eye . |
| 8 | In the morning , Punch brought a letter from Trelorne , whose contents Aunt Emily did not reveal , but Alexandra found her in the drawing-room after luncheon . |
| 9 | ‘ The middle sister found her by the pool in their garden . |
| 10 | He smiled encouragingly , and Juliet was gratified by his attempt to include her in the conversation . |
| 11 | Oddly , thoughts of the stranger haunted her for the rest of that day . |
| 12 | The blue eyes regarded her across the stretch of mahogany desk . |
| 13 | Teodor chucked her under the chin suddenly , affectionately , and as suddenly Sophie threw an arm about her . |
| 14 | Though sometimes , the gentlemen chucked her beneath the chin absently , or gave her a sixpence , and one , even , pushed her for a whole quarter-hour on the swing . |
| 15 | A man in rags asked her for the price of a cup of tea . |
| 16 | She did n't care about anything ; she just wanted Meredith to see her on the back of the Prince 's white charger . |
| 17 | Deep-set eyes quizzed her in the candlelight . |
| 18 | Her General Practitioner referred her to the surgical Outpatients Clinic where the surgeon examined her and placed her on the waiting list for stripping ( removal ) of varicose veins . |
| 19 | She was still deep in thought when the sound of a car drew her to the window . |
| 20 | Relieved that he had apparently not betrayed himself and yet wishing that she had not moved away from him , David told her about the history of the old Jewish quarter of Venice . |
| 21 | He had been about to open the door into the kitchen , but now he turned and looked at her , and his next words cut her to the bone as they were apt to do when they spat the truth at her . |
| 22 | Then he lay down on her , his weight sinking her in the bed as if in sand . |
| 23 | His weight toppled her to the air-bed that shushed and bounced beneath them . |
| 24 | Brownie Owl was very sympathetic when Penny told her about the lost budgie . |
| 25 | Linda recognised her from the previous day at school . |
| 26 | Gregory sees her as the prime mover in this , while allowing for the importance of divine intervention in Clovis 's victory against the Alamans . |
| 27 | Markby joined her on the further side and they both stopped to watch as their bovine companions lumbered up and stood in a row staring at them expectantly , tossing muddy heads . |
| 28 | He touched her breasts , briefly , as if her nakedness confirmed her as the victim . |
| 29 | Returning to England she was able to put her principles of movement teaching into practice with Molly accompanying her on the piano . |
| 30 | She saw his glance rake her from the top of her shining chestnut hair over her make-up-free face , and down over her pretty cotton wrap to the tips of her toes . |