Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] her [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now , as she crossed into Farringdon Street and saw familiar landmarks , she stopped and put down her bag , gazing about her with the pleasure of someone who has come home after a long absence . |
| 2 | As Sara leaned over the gate , a slight figure who had been obscured behind them began walking towards her along the hedge . |
| 3 | And then , the enormous figure with rust-coloured moustaches walking towards her in the hall . |
| 4 | One day I 'm walking with her beside the river , and I 've got my arm round her shoulders , and she 's put her arm round my waist , and we laugh at everything , and stop every few yards to kiss , and think , this is fantastic ! |
| 5 | Slowly , he put down the silver pen he had been toying with and stood up , walking to her at the windows . |
| 6 | I can remember only walking beside her in the dusk towards Regent 's Park , because we both wanted darkness and to be alone . |
| 7 | When I go past , I wonder what has been happening to her in the intervening years , and that 's very odd . ’ |
| 8 | She is going about her business , while he is writing about her to the world , and we are seeing her through his eyes . |
| 9 | He found himself looking for her in the street , in the trains that took him down to his busking . |
| 10 | She turned , looking about her at the stables . |
| 11 | Tallis said , amazed , looking about her at the dark , snow-striped land . |
| 12 | Obviously she is very upset being left alone in a strange country and we are looking after her at the police station . |
| 13 | As she finished her breathing was ragged , her eyes darting from the newsprint to stare unseeingly at the people pushing past her into the Metro and back to the newsprint again . |
| 14 | She stared at the book-filled wall above the desk , then turned back , seeing how he was looking past her at the same spot . |
| 15 | ‘ What do you want ? ’ he demanded , looking past her at the paladin , who was brandishing his sword . |
| 16 | Mexicans in the moonlight , surging towards her over the stubble , old wrinkled women , kids with the bulbous stomachs , things to be honest she did n't see because they drove past too quickly on the motorway . |
| 17 | His hand slid up her spine , barely brushing against her through the towelling , yet she could feel the heat of it flowing over her skin , and she panicked . |
| 18 | So the Bangles disbanded and Hoffs walked into the sunset , a thousand corporate cheque books glinting behind her in the sun 's twilight glow . |
| 19 | Arrested with Mrs Dyer was her son-in-law , a Mr Arthur Palmer , who happened to be living with her at the time . |
| 20 | And Theodora recounted her meeting with her in the drive at the Julians ' house . |
| 21 | Looking round her at the cushions , Ellie spotted one with a Regency man and woman on it . |
| 22 | And : ‘ I hear people are always writing to her about the deaths of their hearts . ’ |
| 23 | Her father was frowning at her over the rim of his glass . |
| 24 | His mouth was open and drooling and his tongue lolling between his lips and his eyes staring as if he did n't see her and everything about him red , and his hands bruised her skin where he tugged at her to move her where he wanted her , and he was making awful noises and pushing at her and pushing at her without the slightest gentleness almost as if he did n't realise it was her . |
| 25 | Looking at her across the table , it was hard to imagine that once he had thought her the most exotic extraordinary thing in the entire world . |
| 26 | He again knew what it was to feel embarrassed when , on the Monday dinner time , he went into the NAAM , and looking at her over the counter , he said , ‘ Hello there , ’ and she answered , ‘ Hello , yourself . ’ |
| 27 | Mary turned her head , and noticed Ben Weatherstaff 's angry face looking at her over the garden wall . |
| 28 | She demurred a little when he said , picking up his teacup , and looking at her over the top of it , ‘ You never answered my question , Miss McAllister . |
| 29 | As she turned to wait for me at the end of the path , I felt I was looking at her for the first time : her face paler than her arms , a blonde shadow on her upper lip , no lipstick . |
| 30 | She longed , oh , she burned to be able to tell him the truth , but Ace 's threats held ; also by the way Mike was looking at her at the moment he probably would n't believe her if she told him the truth about their relationship . |