Example sentences of "[v-ing] her [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She thought she might avoid the place for a few days herself , just in case the boy had any ideas of adopting her as a protector . |
| 2 | First pouring boiling water over the used coffee grounds , Trent led Mariana through to the living-room , seating her on the sofa . |
| 3 | Courteously seating her inside the car first , he walked round to the driver 's side , and when he had settled himself behind the wheel asked unexpectedly , ‘ Have you visited one of our pubs yet ? ’ |
| 4 | She had lost a good deal of her bloom and bounce , and looked as if the sentiments of the burial service kept stabbing her to the heart . |
| 5 | She liked Robert Urquhart and was attracted to him , even trusted him , unlike Spittals who was no doubt gleefully stabbing her in the back at that moment . |
| 6 | Poor Mrs got two lots of children and they were driving her up the wall ! |
| 7 | He parted her thighs fiercely , and she moaned as his head sank , his tongue driving her to a frenzy . |
| 8 | Maggie was taking a plane to London that night and Sheila and Mona were driving her to the airport . |
| 9 | Lucenzo crushed her body closer to his , driving her into a fast , whirling quickstep , his thighs moving against hers with hard , male insistence . |
| 10 | Isabella does not know that the Duke had played the role of the Friar instructing her in the foiling of Angelo 's plots , and so , lacking any independent evidence , she realizes how feeble her case must seem ; yet she still affirms that But the Duke , behaving as Angelo had predicted , and as he would have to behave if he had no evidence , sweeps aside her complaint , leaving her with only heaven to appeal to : The evil is indeed finally ‘ unfolded ’ , not by heaven but by the Duke , although Angelo ( as if recalling that passage in Luke 's gospel ) ascribes divine omniscience to him : But the Duke has only used deception and disguise , legitimately , as Shakespeare makes him say : ‘ Craft against vice I must apply ’ ( III.ii.270 ) . |
| 11 | She cried out and , seeing how white she was , he pushed her on to the settee , following her down and crowding her against the arm . |
| 12 | Standing at the bottom of the stairs , turning up the gas , revealing her in a pool of light . |
| 13 | Her mother put her arm around Martha 's shoulders , enveloping her in a cloud of scent . |
| 14 | She was butchered at the wheel of the vehicle by her attacker who hung through the passenger window , repeatedly slicing her with the panga . |
| 15 | Do you mind not pressing her about the drowning ? |
| 16 | Alain moved until his body was half over her and as his lips explored her mouth his hand moved over her face and neck , searching her skin with increasing ardour until with a low groan he moved right over her , pressing her into the straw as his hands cupped her breasts . |
| 17 | He moved , pressing her between the shower and his hard masculine body . |
| 18 | If Duke Egeus did not ask Hermia to choose between Demetrius and life in a nunnery in Act 1 , there would be no point pressing her for an answer four acts later . |
| 19 | ‘ Damn you , Meredith ! ’ he growled savagely , pressing her against the wall . |
| 20 | Since the firm he works for won the contract for the Statue of Liberty , it has been responsible for protecting her from the ravages of harsh Atlantic weather . |
| 21 | But he let her go , only cradling her in the circle of his arm . |
| 22 | In a flash , Mait backhanded Ace across the jaw , knocking her to the ground . |
| 23 | ‘ He kicked and punched her , knocking her to the ground , shouting abuse at her , ’ said Mr Wynn , ‘ He gave her a very hard blow to the nose which caused it to bleed profusely . |
| 24 | ‘ Those who can not hear must feel the rod of correction , ’ she declaimed , raising the stick as she advanced , Martha let out a shriek , leaped to her feet and , barely aware of her action , hit the old woman as hard as she could on the side of the head , knocking her against the wall . |
| 25 | She felt she had learned nothing about him as a man , that in some secret way he was keeping her at a distance . |
| 26 | He 'd laughed at her , teased her , and succeeded in keeping her at a distance . |
| 27 | The Doc 's patented micro-organisms were beavering away inside , keeping her at the peak of perfection . |
| 28 | While she was trying to do this , he went to the apartment and beat her , wounding her in the head for which she was treated at hospital . |
| 29 | Amidst the noise of children shouting , women calling across the alley , and dogs barking , Sarah seemed to hear her father condemning her for the way she had behaved these last months , and her misery grew . |
| 30 | Bright evening sunlight glared through the windscreen , dazzling her after the gloom , and she raised a hand to shade her eyes just as Luke Calder turned the car into the road , cutting in front of a lorry so close that her stomach lurched . |