Example sentences of "[noun] [v-ing] her [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was aware of a prickly sensation along the back of her neck warning her of danger . |
| 2 | At around two years , there is another driving force pushing her towards independence : the desire to be like everyone else . |
| 3 | For a long moment all she could do was stare back at him , his dark fathomless eyes holding her in thrall . |
| 4 | His glance had never left her as she 'd tapped towards him across the mirror-like floor , dark eyes sweeping her from head to toe to take in her black high-heeled shoes , black stockings and the stark simplicity of the black wool dress skimming her knees , with a sardonic half-smile . |
| 5 | He would have preferred a showdown with Gina , but it was fun to watch Eleanor fighting her by stealth . |
| 6 | She was aware of those sapphire-hued eyes following her from time to time , resting on her , evaluating her . |
| 7 | You have to take what you want in this world , ’ he husked , his eyes reducing her to weakness . |
| 8 | Mandy did n't come to the meeting , Mrs. Maddison keeping her at home as a punishment for her disobedience in going into the swamp . |
| 9 | The nightmare had once been real and the spectres visiting her in sleep were always the same . |
| 10 | No , it was not discomfort keeping her from sleep . |
| 11 | For a second she stood alone , livid weals striping her from head to foot . |
| 12 | ‘ And if I wo n't stay ? ’ she managed to croak , the prospect of being imprisoned in this fortress of suspicion with a man like Marc Alexander Vila filling her with horror . |
| 13 | The first she knew of the assault was a motion glimpsed from the corner of her eye : a blurred form approaching her at speed through the thickening sleet . |
| 14 | The scandal-mongering press represented the unmarried Brown as indeed worse : Victoria 's lover , husband , or handsome , kilted medium putting her in touch with Albert . |
| 15 | No black faces , only white ones watching her without greeting . |
| 16 | Leaves protected her , their broad faces covering her like skin . |
| 17 | Jay remembered the sun in the garden , the paddling pool , her mother meeting her after school , face lighting up with love and joy as her little girl pelted out of school like a tornado , seized her mother 's hand and dragged her home down the street , read to her , played with her , woke her with a kiss , read her a bedtime story . |
| 18 | There was no other description for this slow , bleeding pain draining her of emotion . |