Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [conj] [verb] her " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Estella was leading me along the dark passages , she stopped suddenly and put her face close to mine . |
| 2 | He moved suddenly and grabbed her arm , just above the wrist . |
| 3 | Jay melted , knelt upright and kissed her neck . |
| 4 | His house was broken into , his fiancee was attacked while walking home and had her handbag snatched , and then his car window was smashed . |
| 5 | Luce moved restlessly and thumped her pillow , her doubts and uncertainties back in full force ; and all because she 'd met a man who had captured her interest and set her imagination winging . |
| 6 | Before she had managed it , she heard Glyn 's voice , and it seemed of the utmost importance that he did not begin to get to know the man who had come here and turned her small world upside-down so quickly . |
| 7 | As he spoke he moved closer and lifted her high in his arms , smiling down into her face as if he enjoyed the feel of her slender body lying against his . |
| 8 | She pushed it closer , laughing again and lowering her head as though shy , " Here , smell , if you can stand it . " |
| 9 | In the early months of her grief , you and her other helpers may need to listen endlessly and give her quiet comfort during her episodes of extreme anguish and emotional excursions into the past . |
| 10 | Benedict came away and grasped her hand , pulling her towards the door . |
| 11 | And obviously she had done more than hold her own . |
| 12 | She could almost feel the electrical impulse of them , some challenge there that made her feel threatened … and yet made her heart beat a fearful tattoo inside her chest , recognising that danger was a roller-coaster ride and that fear was often closely followed by exhilaration . |
| 13 | ‘ That was for you ; this is for us , ’ he murmured indistinctly and took her mouth , exploring it with a passion that Paige returned twofold , arousing a mutual need for satisfaction . |
| 14 | Then one of them , the driver , came forward and grabbed her dress at the front , just under the neck . |
| 15 | So the women got Anna to open her door and the prince was pushed forward and asked her pardon and promised never to see the French girl again and they had a great drama and Anna consented to be reconciled . |
| 16 | By 5.15 she 's in the canteen where she works until 7.15 when she clocks off to go home and get her children to school . |
| 17 | Well , she would have to go home and get her dad to run her to the rave . |
| 18 | Britta turned away and continued her slow progress across the chamber , murmuring encouragement to the bowed figure in her embrace . |
| 19 | Josie turned away and finished her minicab booking , and then hung up and faced Lucy again . |
| 20 | She turned away and rubbed her eyes wearily . |
| 21 | Cleo turned away and rubbed her nose , sniffling loudly . |
| 22 | She turned away and covered her face with trembling hands . |
| 23 | She turned away and hid her tears . |
| 24 | She turned away and placed her watch on the shelf above the sink , then , bending , began stuffing her clothes into the washing-machine . |
| 25 | But when Angela arrived home and changed her baby 's nappy all was revealed . |
| 26 | The Great Dane barked once and sank her teeth into the boy 's dangling hand . |
| 27 | As Emily nodded enthusiastically and kissed her mother 's cheek Alexander glanced quickly at his watch . |
| 28 | She sighed now and wrapped her hands around her cocoa mug , letting her eyes drift to the framed photograph on top of the bookshelves . |
| 29 | Firelight came up and licked his outstretched hand , snorted sharply and tossed her head . |
| 30 | Lina sighed again and closed her eyes . |