Example sentences of "[vb past] she [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mutely he blessed her for the information and , after quickly slaking his appetite , he was drawn — as if he had no will of his own — to the pothouse , where he picked up Joanna , went out with her into the fields , and made love with a sweating savagery which seemed to satisfy even her and delivered him of a madness which had gathered like an abscess . |
| 2 | Sarah closed her eyes when he lifted her nightdress and entered her with no show of sentiment . |
| 3 | No matter how hard she protested that The Delinquents was not soft porn , the film transformed her into the sex-siren she secretly desired to become . |
| 4 | He grasped her around the waist , his hands warm and hard through the thin silk of her dress as he steadied her , and Fran felt her heart run wild . |
| 5 | He groaned , then grasped her by the buttocks and lifted her , backing her against the wall , thrusting up into her once , twice , a third time before he came explosively , feeling her shudder violently against him . |
| 6 | One large , official hand grasped her by the elbow . |
| 7 | He grasped her by the shoulders , his fingers biting in , through the thinness of her top . |
| 8 | A doctor who suspected anorexia referred her to a psychiatrist . |
| 9 | Her doctor was convinced that most of Edith 's problems were psychosomatic , but he referred her to a specialist who was interested in such cases . |
| 10 | Her GP referred her to a hospital in Watford , North London , where she underwent laser treatment to try and prevent the damage from getting any worse — but it did n't help . |
| 11 | They promptly referred her to a housing association which has found her a three-bedroomed house . |
| 12 | I suspected that the lesion might by pyogenic granuloma and referred her to the dermatology outpatient clinic . |
| 13 | ‘ I posed her on the sofa . |
| 14 | Not long ago , she said in his head , one comes to rely on one 's bit of fun , and he tried her with a joke or two , but the old happy creasing of the face took a time to occur . |
| 15 | But Susan Einzig had a more significant , also more complex , place in his life : though to all appearances she and Minton were a couple , he used her as a decoy to attract into their orbit , through her role as the attractive elder woman , keen on dancing and having a good time , the lusty heterosexual students whose company Minton needed and whom , when rebuffed by Susan , he scooped up on the rebound , with mocking asides about the inadequacy of women . |
| 16 | Small animals used her as a shelter , burrowing into her rotting bowels . |
| 17 | For , if he used her as a model , she used him as good copy . |
| 18 | Polly said her mother once visited her with a child in a pram . |
| 19 | Alex attended a similar establishment for boys ten miles away and visited her at every weekend exeat . |
| 20 | The operation was a success and husband Peter , from Wythenshawe , Manchester , visited her in the ward later in the day . |
| 21 | A thick hedge shielded her from the field which swept down towards the foot of the embankment . |
| 22 | The rocks she sat behind shielded her from the lodge and the staff-cabins . |
| 23 | The buoy shielded her from the view of the guards , and she used that advantage to get her breath back . |
| 24 | I moved her nearer the point again . |
| 25 | What does it matter ? she thought , as Luke scooped her into his arms and moved her round the room . |
| 26 | The woman told the court drove her instead to Clumber Park where he unclipped the sign on his taxi then assaulted her in the vehicle before driving her back to Worksop . |
| 27 | The woman told the court drove her instead to Clumber Park where he unclipped the sign on his taxi then assaulted her in the vehicle before driving her back to Workshop . |
| 28 | Her father 's voice jerked her into the drawing-room . |
| 29 | He placed the accounts on the desk , then drew her towards a map on the wall . |
| 30 | Rourke went over to her and drew her towards a chair . |