Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] to her [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Luckily , however , I managed to hold on and we got on to her bed , which I seem to remember was covered with a plastic sheet . |
| 2 | The lesser bag she slung on to her shoulder . |
| 3 | The rope of her orange-grey plait tumbled on to her shoulder . |
| 4 | After a bit she got up again and crept down to her mother 's room . |
| 5 | Samantha sank on to her bed to show the helpless state she expected to be in by the evening . |
| 6 | Her head sank on to her chin and a kind of blank look misted over her eyes . |
| 7 | She was wearing a turquoise string-and-patch bikini bottom and had a technique , when she moved on to her back , of cupping the discarded bra to her breasts and nipping its sides with her upper arms as she turned , in order to cover herself . |
| 8 | All of a sudden several unpleasant consequences of spending a large amount of time alone with fitzAlan , without so much as a spit-boy for chaperon , rose forcibly to her mind . |
| 9 | As his footsteps receded down the passage , Polly 's hand rose slowly to her mouth . |
| 10 | He tossed a single crimson rose on to her oak coffin . |
| 11 | Tommaso bent down to her cheek and placed his lips against her ear . |
| 12 | Her gaze rose shrewdly to her friend 's face . |
| 13 | On her return , Ashraf reported directly to her brother and did not even send the foreign minister a copy of her conclusions . |
| 14 | What remained of her hair had been clipped and plastered close to her head in a most unflattering style . |
| 15 | Then she sank back to her morphine dream . |
| 16 | She got the old lop-sided grin and sank back to her seat , pleased with a daring deed well done . |
| 17 | Blindly she moved back to her desk again , to the neat pages she had been stacking when Rob had come into the room . |
| 18 | He felt the surrender and his hand moved back to her throat , his long fingers exploring again before plunging down to invade the neck of her dressing-gown and slide inside the thin cotton of her nightdress and find the eager tilt of her breast . |
| 19 | His eyes moved back to her face , a brief puzzlement darkening them . |
| 20 | Among these forty women , none referred spontaneously to her husband 's comments as a source of personal reward for doing housework . |
| 21 | Robbie fled back to her cabin . |
| 22 | The Fen country around Coton was very flat , with water-filled dykes instead of hedges , and few trees , so that one could see long distances without the view being obstructed — ‘ right to the horizon , ’ Cheryl reported excitedly to her mummy in one of her letters home . |
| 23 | Jehana moved silently to her side , likewise apparently unperturbed by the events which were taking place , and they watched Jotan as he stepped out onto the wooden staging . |
| 24 | Agnes moved closer to her sister and cried at her , ‘ And who would have thought you were outside consorting with one of the Feltons , eh ? |
| 25 | Under his accusing gaze , recalled to duty , she bent again to her work . |
| 26 | She 's married to an Englishman ; they live in Norwich , ’ he explained quietly , and then his eyes lowered momentarily to her mouth , and that one glance was like a caress . |
| 27 | But when I said as much to Mala , as a joke to ease the tension that still showed in her eyes , she merely called me an unrepeatable name and stalked away to her cabin again . |
| 28 | The dog safely delivered to his still sleeping mistress , who did not stir when he sneaked on to her bed , Theda sought the privacy of her own chamber and broke the seal of Benedict 's note . |
| 29 | Suddenly the significance of the warmth surrounding her exploded on to her consciousness . |
| 30 | In a nearby building a woman darted on to her balcony and closed shutters , anticipating the heat . |