Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] to her [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She spoke and understood more English than had at first appeared but it seemed to be English she had got from the Kettering children , so she was easily understood by Jacqueline who would run to her , climb on to her lap , whenever the maid sat down for a moment and stay there silent and apparently overawed . |
| 2 | She saw his glance flick down to her mouth , then abruptly he was turning away . |
| 3 | Emboldened by brandy and soda , you walk over to her table . |
| 4 | Even the atmosphere was tropical , its moist , warm heaviness making Folly 's clothes cling uncomfortably to her skin . |
| 5 | ‘ I value Elsbeth 's high standing among authors and agents , ’ commented Mr Trewin , ‘ and look forward to her contribution not only to Weidenfeld but also to the Orion Group as a whole . ’ |
| 6 | So I I look forward to her input as well to our image and our presentation . |
| 7 | You can break it but the thing is that I warned her , er , you know , as long as they get through to her hold on that that 's very nicely set up if she twiddles her |
| 8 | She could go down into the town centre and look at the shops , have a cup of coffee somewhere , get back to her mother-in-law by four . |
| 9 | She then set out to her sister 's , some considerable journey away on the other side of the town . |
| 10 | The girl 's serious little face was delicate , rounded , promising that she would soon flower into at least as striking a beauty as her mother ; in an attempt to make her smile Joseph winked theatrically at her , but this made her draw closer to her mother and she continued to gaze gravely back at him with the curious , unselfconscious eyes of childhood . |
| 11 | She wasted little time in starting to eat , her quick brain turning over alternative scenarios as she debated whether to show herself to the Carlisle Flint team , or disappear quietly to her room . |
| 12 | Her original plan for the previous Wednesday had been to put in an hour or two of picket duty very early in the morning , and then go on to her appointment at Pringle 's . |
| 13 | Roman slid the zip of her black cotton dress down to her waist and she shivered as his hand gently explored her smooth shoulder and traced a line from the sensitive pulse in her throat to the valley between her breasts . |
| 14 | He let it go at that , smiling to himself as he suggested to Iris Sunderby that she go up to her room and put her things together . |
| 15 | They would draw up a ‘ batting order ’ downstairs then go up to her bedroom one at a time for sex . |
| 16 | She felt hot blood shoot straight to her head , making her temples throb . |
| 17 | A spokesman said : ‘ Our hearts go out to her family . ’ |
| 18 | After the Heath Bill and Alice go back to her place . |
| 19 | Inevitably she says , ‘ Oh dear , false alarm ’ and we go back to her room . |
| 20 | on the other hand , could leave her job and go back to her father . |
| 21 | I go around to her front and hold her arms to her side . |
| 22 | His slow smile seemed almost predatory , and Hilary felt a very odd sensation slide down her spine and curl round to her stomach , making her shiver . |
| 23 | I tiptoe over to her bed and give her a nudge . |
| 24 | A 13-YEAR-OLD girl who wants to leave foster care and return home to her father was told by a High Court judge yesterday she was too young to decide her own future . |
| 25 | She just stays in and working and the whole family come round to her house computer room |
| 26 | Bedevilled so , and moaning at her desk , she might have frozen there had not Pedro come fretfully to her side . |
| 27 | Does she procrastinate , lose things or fail to hand work in to her teacher ? |
| 28 | And eventually I convinced her — or anyway caused her to throw up her hands in rage and dismissal and stamp off to her cabin . |