Example sentences of "[v-ing] her [noun] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ms Siobhan Fahey ( see below ) has been explaining her emigration to the south of France . |
| 2 | She was not grief-stricken the way she had been when her father died , but sorrow was a weight which kept her from opening her eyes on a world where she would sorely miss his company . |
| 3 | Trish , who has been representing her country for the last twelve years with such good horses as Manifesto and Michelangelo , only allows her horses to compete on decent surfaces . |
| 4 | She found herself hurrying unnecessarily , weaving her way through the groups of people that drifted along the narrow paths , side-stepping the large and opulent prams that were moored to benches where smug mothers sat knitting and staring , dodging the children who chased each other in and out of the grown-ups ' legs . |
| 5 | Fran hurried across the street , weaving her way between the busy traffic towards the underground car park favoured by the staff at the radio station . |
| 6 | Sapphire is murdered after consummating her relationship with a White student ; in A Taste of Honey , Jimmy is despatched once he has had sexual relations with Jo , never to be seen again ; in Flame in the Streets Gaby Gomez is badly burned ; in the same film Peter Lincoln manages to escape ‘ punishment ’ , other than a humiliating first encounter with his White fiancèe 's father , Jacko , but then the progression of the narrative is frozen before closure . |
| 7 | Lucenzo was beside her in an instant , his hands cradling her face with the tenderness of a lover . |
| 8 | Although speakers stressed the importance of welcoming Quebec into a reformed federal structure , the party failed to address detailed constitutional change , and one of the party 's Quebec MPs denounced the resolution as a cosmetic exercise , announcing her resignation from the PCP . |
| 9 | But Tilda had taught herself to produce , by widening her mouth into the shape of an oblong , a most unpleasant imitation of a bosun 's whistle , which could be heard almost as far as Lord Jim . |
| 10 | ‘ That 's what I thought , ’ Dana said , mopping her eyes with a corner of the towel . |
| 11 | She stood up , mopping her brow with the back of a skeleton wrist . |
| 12 | She flipped the panel up and keyed in the code , banging her elbow against the wall as the executive transporter pressed close . |
| 13 | As she dried herself , banging her elbows against the sides of the small compartment , she started to giggle . |
| 14 | ‘ Eat ! ’ she shouted , banging her thigh with the riding-crop . |
| 15 | Swept on the flood of her own excitement , she simply changed course , banging her fist against the side of her chair in her eagerness to make him understand . |
| 16 | She pushed into the dust , banging her head on the wooden underside . |
| 17 | She jumps up , banging her head on the partition . |
| 18 | Carol was bounced backwards into her seat and then sideways on the floor of the van , banging her head on the side in the process . |
| 19 | Unable to save herself , with a startled cry she pitched forward , tumbling down the remaining stairs and banging her head on the stone floor . |
| 20 | Although she was terribly fond of the children she found that working with them was like banging her head against a brick wall . |
| 21 | The man had his fingers around the woman 's throat and was banging her head against the back of the seat . |
| 22 | Then Rose made a grab for Evelyn 's hair and started banging her head against the floor with both hands . |
| 23 | Replacing the plate , she stood up and went back inside the house , banging her slippers on the step to get rid of the snow . |
| 24 | ‘ All right , dear ? ’ asked her mother , keeping her gaze on the television screen . |
| 25 | Shannon started to shake , hearing again the playground taunts , seeing the looks in the eyes of the children as they danced about her , holding hands and chanting , keeping her captive in the middle of the circle . |
| 26 | ‘ No , ’ she whispered stubbornly , keeping her head to the side . |
| 27 | For another team , more dangerous company appeared when the local fishing fleet came out , and the paddlers bent over , face down in the canoe , keeping her stern-on to the newcomers by deft tweaks of the paddles as they drifted less than 30 yards from two boats . |
| 28 | Everything I 've said about the training of Dawn might lead you to think it 's just a question of patience and keeping her weight at the right level , but there really is much more to it than that . |
| 29 | Folly struggled against it , clutching at the thread of normality his explanation offered and resolutely keeping her face towards the centre of the tub . |
| 30 | Rose ignored her , keeping her eyes on the rattling carriage , holding herself in a permanent half crouch , like a sprinter at the starting post . |