Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] her [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bernard enveloped her in his arms . |
| 2 | Nevil drew her towards him . |
| 3 | ‘ Susan Swales hit her with her clenched right fist four times in the face and three times in the head , ’ said Mr Walker . |
| 4 | With an expression on his face that suggested he could not fight any longer , David pulled her towards him and slowly stroked her head and back . |
| 5 | Josie waved toward the refrigerator and Lucy took her at her word , beginning with a plate of leftover ham . |
| 6 | In turn , Eleanor introduced her to someone else , a young woman named Mary Hammond-Heath , who had been at Oxford with Eleanor , and who was not much interested in being married . |
| 7 | Marilla held her in her arms and they sobbed together . |
| 8 | Leaning away slightly as Ibn Fayoud enveloped her in his gowns and aftershave , Kelly found herself looking at a smiling Annie . |
| 9 | A few years later , when a Japanese professor on holiday in England visited her in our other house in Bath , Hill House in Sion Road , he said to her , in the usual Japanese joky way : ‘ I 'm sure your son will be marrying some nice Japanese lady , Mrs Kirkup . ’ |
| 10 | Susan 's eyes grew wide as Maggie told her about her ride on the telegraph pole , ending up at The Haven where she 'd been rescued by Bryce . |
| 11 | From the beginning she had been angered at having to take the girl in , for Lavender had been lovely , and Liti detested her for it . |
| 12 | Go and tell Nirvanas , Nirvana slap her in her face the other day . |
| 13 | She first represented her country when she was just 15 and only last month , Tennis Ireland selected her for her fourth international match , which was played in Italy at Easter . |
| 14 | Riven pulled her to her feet . |
| 15 | Jake gathered her to him and rolled over on his back , so that she was lying on her stomach on top of him . |
| 16 | Maggie rocked her in her arms and spoke softly . |
| 17 | Léonie left her to it and returned to the kitchen . |
| 18 | Snatching her bear out of his hand , Ellie tucked her under her arm . |
| 19 | What was important to her was sitting here , like this , with Simon telling her about his personal life . |
| 20 | Grasping her wrist , Michele stopped her in her tracks . |
| 21 | Kee told her about his life and talked for a long time about the old Haiti and the people he remembered . |
| 22 | It was not far from Moira roundabout to Aldergrove , a half an hour or so , but by the time Rory dropped her at her car , Jessica Roberts had made up her mind . |
| 23 | She yanked her seatbelt free then gave a squeak of protest as Penry pulled her into his arms to kiss her with a ferocity she fought against at first . |
| 24 | At the first touch of his lips she trembled , and Penry took her in his arms , his kiss suddenly fierce until a tactful little cough from the doorway brought an untimely end to the embrace . |
| 25 | The rest of her sentence died on her lips as Penry took her in his arms with a sound somewhere between a sigh and a groan as their lips met and their bodies flowed together in a deep , primeval need which united them almost at once in a storm of love and need as fierce as the one which raged , unheard , outside . |
| 26 | [ PAMELA dances and BELVILLE follows her with his eyes . ] |
| 27 | The last thing she wanted was for Tom to take her under his wing , to regard her in some sense as his find and his property , but that was what was happening . |
| 28 | Dexter noticed his boss did not suggest Lancaster address her by her Christian name in return : she only encouraged such informality from the victims of crime rather than its possible perpetrators . |
| 29 | Spanish police had been asked to find Ms Gibson to tell her about her daughter 's being taken into care . |
| 30 | She shook , and Oliver drew her to him , holding her very close , his memory of Angelina assisting Sir Thomas to serve out the dish of kidneys entirely obliterated . |