Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] to her [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Luckily , however , I managed to hold on and we got on to her bed , which I seem to remember was covered with a plastic sheet . |
| 2 | The lesser bag she slung on to her shoulder . |
| 3 | Felicity turns on to her stomach . |
| 4 | The rope of her orange-grey plait tumbled on to her shoulder . |
| 5 | She was wearing a tight sort of dress in shiny , slippery silk , which looked as if it had been painted on to her body . |
| 6 | Hanging on to her temper , and , it had to be admitted , her rioting feelings , with an effort , she retorted , ‘ To someone like you , perhaps . |
| 7 | ‘ I have n't any serious plans to marry him , if that 's what you 're asking , ’ she told him as levelly as she could , and had the hardest work in the world in hanging on to her temper when his glance flicked from her through the open door into her sitting-room . |
| 8 | They glanced at Tabitha encumbered with Perks , forcing their claws from her arms , standing on one foot trying to shake one that was hanging on to her leg . |
| 9 | Sister explained to me , ‘ The poor old dear 's in a fine twitter as she thought the bus was stopping , not starting — ’ Sister shot off to meet an anxious young woman with a baby in her arms and a small tearful boy hanging on to her skirt . |
| 10 | Stripped down to her petticoat , she felt too tired to undress further . |
| 11 | Turning , she beheld Araminta at the head of the stairs , and remembered that Miss Merchiston had instructed her to go down to her parlour when she had left her mother . |
| 12 | She wanted to erase forever the faint concern etched into the darkness of his brow as he watched her , his gaze unrelenting , seeming to see in to her soul . |
| 13 | After a bit she got up again and crept down to her mother 's room . |
| 14 | Samantha sank on to her bed to show the helpless state she expected to be in by the evening . |
| 15 | Her head sank on to her chin and a kind of blank look misted over her eyes . |
| 16 | She was wearing a turquoise string-and-patch bikini bottom and had a technique , when she moved on to her back , of cupping the discarded bra to her breasts and nipping its sides with her upper arms as she turned , in order to cover herself . |
| 17 | Does it throw a light your story needs on to her character ? |
| 18 | Climbing on to her back , he used the halter shank to whip her into a lumbering unaccustomed trot , as he made his way back to the stable-yard . |
| 19 | The Arab girl rolled on to her back to balance on her shoulders , her legs spread wide with her feet pointing towards the ceiling . |
| 20 | She clutched again and again at her stomach with her crossed arms , then rolled on to her side and lay moaning , her face contorted with pain . |
| 21 | All of a sudden several unpleasant consequences of spending a large amount of time alone with fitzAlan , without so much as a spit-boy for chaperon , rose forcibly to her mind . |
| 22 | She was fastened to a nylon tape , which we stuck to the vehicle ; we filmed her close up and , wherever possible , I would hang on to her leg . |
| 23 | The straw ‘ hat ’ was put on the tray once again , a maid was called and the tray lifted on to her head . |
| 24 | As his footsteps receded down the passage , Polly 's hand rose slowly to her mouth . |
| 25 | Made awkward by his amused scrutiny , she tilted the roll too much and a blob of jam dropped on to her chest between her breasts . |
| 26 | His head dropped on to her breast . |
| 27 | He tossed a single crimson rose on to her oak coffin . |
| 28 | She felt the cord fall on to her throat and tighten . |
| 29 | Resting her elbow on the table , she let her head fall on to her hand , and again she thought of voices . |
| 30 | Clara was the more traditional Nubile Nun , who would doubtless strip down to her wimple for the amusement of some City whizzkid . |