Example sentences of "[v-ing] her [noun sg] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She pushed into the dust , banging her head on the wooden underside . |
| 2 | She jumps up , banging her head on the partition . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Unable to save herself , with a startled cry she pitched forward , tumbling down the remaining stairs and banging her head on the stone floor . |
| 5 | ‘ All right , dear ? ’ asked her mother , keeping her gaze on the television screen . |
| 6 | In the parallel line of the submissive , a pretty , dark girl of about twenty was emptying her handbag on the instructions of a uniformed harridan . |
| 7 | Among the letters published with Leapor 's second volume is one consoling her friend on the sickness of her mother [ ML , 2 , 321–324 ] . |
| 8 | Hanging her coat on the back of the door in her office , she observed the utilitarian nature of her surroundings with even more dissatisfaction than usual . |
| 9 | I would n't care if my Mandy was flashing her clout on the Old Kent Road if it meant having her back ! |
| 10 | Resting her elbow on the table , she let her head fall on to her hand , and again she thought of voices . |
| 11 | She had sat on the seat cover , resting her head on the porcelain of the washbasin , licking dry lips and bringing her breathing down . |
| 12 | She leaned against the window , resting her forehead on the glass , enjoying its cool smoothness . |
| 13 | She looked away from Anna 's enquiring face , fastening her gaze on the spread of old bracken through which this year 's green shoots thrust . |
| 14 | ‘ I do n't want to see him , ’ Anna said , remembering her inoculation on the first day back , and how it had hurt . |
| 15 | Remembering what he had taught her , she commanded her eyes to meet his yet again before replacing her glass on the table . |
| 16 | It takes time and effort for her to do this : constantly tapping her nose on the typewriter is exhausting , but then so is making her noises understood . |
| 17 | Turning her back on the distant crowd , she sat and unbuttoned her top . |
| 18 | At the same time , she felt a sense of guilt , of disloyalty , that she could even for an instant contemplate the idea of deserting her mother and turning her back on the place she called home . |
| 19 | Turning her back on the sunset , she crossed the yard to where a track , wide enough to take a vehicle , led down to the river . |
| 20 | With every thrust she gasped his name like an incantation , sensing his pleasure as the syllable burst from her love-swollen mouth , turning her head on the softness of the pillow spread with the sable blackness of her hair . |
| 21 | She sniffed back the tears , wiping her face on the sleeve of her nightgown . |
| 22 | In his hand , Catherine could see that he was holding her article on the NSPCC . |
| 23 | That day she was holding her son on the balcony of the flat and she dropped the child to the ground below . |
| 24 | ‘ I should have remembered — Monday 's wash-day , ’ said Ruth , kissing her mother on the cheek . |
| 25 | Slamming her hand on the table , cutting off the other girl in mid-sentence , she denied frantically , ‘ No ! ’ |
| 26 | It is Miss Havisham 's way of getting her revenge on the male sex as it was a man who broke her heart , all those years ago , when she was abandoned on the day of her wedding . |
| 27 | Well she 's having her party so Christmas day is the Wednesday boxing day is the Thursday and she and she having her party on the Saturday , Sunday . |
| 28 | You could tell that she was looking forward to doing her number on the wart . |
| 29 | Moving gingerly , she went over to it and lifted one corner of the cloth , shining her torch on the canvas . |
| 30 | It kept her going , especially when she was angling for the notice of the one man who , after giving her dinner on the way back from Bovington , had treated her with only a lighthearted pleasant banter whenever they met . |