Example sentences of "[v-ing] her [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She felt him naked between her thighs , felt the throb of his manhood against her slippery skin , and his long , expert fingers were still on the pulse that was taking her over , making her mad , driving her into wild darkness , and his voice said thickly , ‘ Rachel … |
| 2 | She admits there is a competitive streak in Kylie Minogue that is driving her towards live shows simply to silence the knockers . |
| 3 | Levering himself up to sit back on his heels and pulling her easily with him , he lifted her on to his lap , so that she found herself straddling him , her naked breasts pressed against the sensuous roughness of his chest , with only thin swimming costumes protecting her from ultimate intimacy . |
| 4 | Sunlight streamed through the arched windows , dusting her with pale gold as she hurried along the Aubusson carpet that stretched the length of the gallery . |
| 5 | Erm , yeah Mrs she sort of has the power over level erm if she she sort of , it 's like she 's sort of keeping her on this level in the same household as her |
| 6 | Medics are keeping her under intensive care but say she is making satisfactory progress . |
| 7 | The slide of bodies bathed in perspiration ceased as Luke shuddered and stilled momentarily before moving to kneel over her , surveying her with glittering eyes , his shadow cast over her , and Maria fell back against the pillows with a hoarse sob , wordlessly pleading with him to end the torment , aching for him , needing to feel him inside her , hating him for prolonging her agony like this and resenting the control that enabled him to do it . |
| 8 | Mutinously she flicked her gaze back to where he was surveying her in stony silence . |
| 9 | After tea she unpacked her shabby and much-mended clothes ( no chance of getting stockings for Christmas now , unless Felicity had a practical fit and sent her some ! ) and wrote two letters : a polite little note to Miss Henry , thanking her for past kindness , and a lengthy epistle to Gay , telling her the gloomy news . |
| 10 | The Clerk was to send a letter of apology to Mrs thanking her for twenty years of service and ask if she 'd reconsider the job . |
| 11 | It was as if he were touching her , physically caressing her with that dark , gold-flecked gaze . |
| 12 | His head went back and he laughed at her mutinous expression , the glint in his eyes deepening , before leaning forward again and addressing her with quiet insistence . |
| 13 | He is reduced to wooing her with honeyed words on behalf of his handsome but tongue-tied young friend . |
| 14 | Her lungs heaving , she fell against a tree , then slowly slid down the trunk to sit at its foot , her arms wrapped tight round her updrawn knees in an effort to hold in the pain and shock that was robbing her of coherent thought . |
| 15 | I stepped inside and got behind her and tried pushing her from that side . |
| 16 | He was transporting her to another world , and she responded to him with uninhibited abandon . |
| 17 | His touch lanced through her like a lightning bolt , clenching every muscle and tightening every nerve before filling her with liquid heat . |
| 18 | A sick feeling was beginning in the base of her stomach , growing , filling her with blind misery . |
| 19 | The next step , which only the most well-off men such as restaurant owners can afford , is keeping this wife in semi-purdah — in other words sentencing her to solitary confinement . |
| 20 | The other half of the club has a stage surrounded by white plastic tables and chairs , above which a blonde girl in a white body stocking was dangling from a rope , with only a ligature around her ankle saving her from crashing head first to the floor . |
| 21 | The girl was holding out a small , delicate-looking hand , eyeing her with polite curiosity . |
| 22 | Now , as she prepared to close the window , the robin returned , standing only inches from her hand and eyeing her with great deliberation , his tiny head cocked to one side and his bright eyes glinting in the sunshine . |
| 23 | ‘ Yes , I should imagine you do , ’ he said evenly , eyeing her with ill-concealed boredom . |
| 24 | Guy Sterne was eyeing her with amused curiosity . |
| 25 | Voices continued for hours , snapping her to occasional attention . |
| 26 | He had stood quietly swaying himself on his heels , an almost derisive expression in the curl of his lips as he smoked a cigarette , his very silence provoking her to further abuse . |
| 27 | ‘ He 's meeting her in seven minutes ! |
| 28 | Her inner caution was warning her against this feeling , but was finding it hard to get through to her . |
| 29 | The repeal movement 's national leadership , alarmed about Hopkins ' activities , wrote warning her against any collusion with the enemy . ’ |
| 30 | When she saw her gesture performed by a sister who had been admiring and imitating her from earliest childhood , she felt a certain unease : the adult gesture did not fit an eleven-year-old child . |