Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] to her [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her fingers were gentle but firm , and he sprawled back on his elbows and watched her as she lifted his foot on to her lap and massaged all the tired muscles . |
| 2 | But the woods were dank and damp , and every icy , unexpected drip on to her hair or down the back of her neck made her regret having left her umbrella behind long before she reached the tower . |
| 3 | Erika dressed soberly , too , although , in an uncharacteristic act of defiance , she pinned her F.G.Y. badge on to her lapel . |
| 4 | Robyn threw her napkin on to her plate , scraped back her chair and stood up . |
| 5 | The female entices the male on to her territory with a wing-whirring display flight to advertise her presence . |
| 6 | Yes , yeah , cos now , that , see she 's not here really for , for me to come and pay her so I have to take the money down to her house now . |
| 7 | For Lili , whose skin was nearly as white as Adam Verne-Smith 's , was more Indian than true Indians , wore the sari , grew her curly brown Austrian hair down to her waist and took language lessons from a Bengali neighbour of theirs . |
| 8 | What could she possibly say to a beauty with thick hair down to her waist , wearing bright clothes , and gold bracelets up her arm ? |
| 9 | She put the little silver-paper boat on to her fingertip like a hat and wiggled it . |
| 10 | Resignedly she slid the tray on to her arm . |
| 11 | She took two sips , then the water ran out of her mouth on to her chin . |
| 12 | The older nurse came up to her as she put salad , chicken with vegetables and a cup of tea on to her tray in the cafeteria-style serving area . |
| 13 | She was married to a man who believed her to be a traitor and a spy , a man who had stood beside her during a ceremony that bound them for life and had not once looked at her , nor touched her except to push a heavy , engraved ring on to her finger . |
| 14 | Then he brought his blazing eyes unhurriedly to her face and for a long moment she found herself wishing time would stand still ; when he looked at her like that … she swallowed , felt her pulse beating wildly ; his eyes were devouring hers . |
| 15 | Her face stung ; she scrubbed handfuls of wind-blown snow on to her skin , knuckling at her eyelids where the enzymes still clung in crunchy clusters . |
| 16 | For this task she was required to sign the Official Secrets Act — in case , I was told , confidential papers from the National Physical Laboratory in Bushey Park were borne by the wind on to her marigold patch . |
| 17 | It had survived the squeezing and pushing and pulling , the drugs and the pain , protected by its ignorance , it had survived to blink its grey eyes and wave its underwater hands , and turn its small blind mouth instinctively to her nipple , seeking food with the determined accuracy of an animal that intended to live . |
| 18 | ‘ I want to make love to you forever , ’ he grated , moving his lips down to her throat . |
| 19 | A gentleman strolled casually past the carriage , staring at Emily with bold eyes much to her father 's mixture of chagrin and pride . |
| 20 | Words of warning were lurking somewhere in the darkest recesses of her mind , but the physical longing was n't so easy to abruptly cancel out , and besides Guy was already peeling the rest of the gold swimsuit down to her waist , then straddling her to place strategic kisses along the path of exposed skin as he lifted her hips to ease the costume down to her thighs . |
| 21 | Julia put the desolation that suddenly thrust itself into her mind down to her cold and said that she thought she ought to go bed . |
| 22 | And she sent the er kids over to her house with an Easter egg each , you know ? |
| 23 | Rome , for instance , was sited on the first crossing of the River Tiber , controlling the route from Latium to Etruria ; Corinth was a colonial power in the archaic period thanks largely to her position on the Isthmus ( p. 95 ) ; and explanations of the greatness of Byzantium , from Polybius book iv to Gibbon , have begun with geography . |
| 24 | This committee set about establishing a small residential home for old people , the second of its kind in the country , and , by July 1942 , thanks largely to her drive , West Town House in Bristol was opened . |
| 25 | ‘ Not silly , just compassionate , ’ he murmured , his mouth close to her ear . |
| 26 | ‘ I told you we 'd make it , ’ he said , lips close to her ear . |
| 27 | Lips close to her ear , he said , ‘ I 'm sorry , but I have to try it . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ The Women have come , ’ Fand whispered , lips close to her ear . |
| 29 | Over the sea bass , Angus leaned across the white linen tablecloth , his lips close to her ear . |
| 30 | Bending , he put his lips close to her ear and added in a threatening whisper , ‘ Or join you . |