Example sentences of "[vb past] she [prep] the [noun sg] " 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | One large , official hand grasped her by the elbow . |
| 5 | I suspected that the lesion might by pyogenic granuloma and referred her to the dermatology outpatient clinic . |
| 6 | ‘ I posed her on the sofa . |
| 7 | The operation was a success and husband Peter , from Wythenshawe , Manchester , visited her in the ward later in the day . |
| 8 | A thick hedge shielded her from the field which swept down towards the foot of the embankment . |
| 9 | The rocks she sat behind shielded her from the lodge and the staff-cabins . |
| 10 | The buoy shielded her from the view of the guards , and she used that advantage to get her breath back . |
| 11 | I moved her nearer the point again . |
| 12 | What does it matter ? she thought , as Luke scooped her into his arms and moved her round the room . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Her father 's voice jerked her into the drawing-room . |
| 16 | Peter nodded and drew her to the rail of the river-walk to look over the side . |
| 17 | And slowly he took her hand and drew her to the window and there , pointing , said , ‘ Look at that ! |
| 18 | She was still deep in thought when the sound of a car drew her to the window . |
| 19 | As he drew her to the canal 's edge a gondola slid from out of the shadows . |
| 20 | A cloud blotched the plastic walls of the tent , drew her into the present and still she was excluded . |
| 21 | He closed his hand on her arm and drew her into the gloom of the passage . |
| 22 | Mrs Lennox threw an arm around Maggie and drew her into the kitchen . |
| 23 | Then Breeze ran forwards and hugged Susan , who presently drew her into the hall . |
| 24 | ‘ Get down , you fool ! ’ he grated in her ear as his arm drew her into the protection of his body , her face pressing against his neck . |
| 25 | Jenna stood in the doorway and glared up at him and he simply took her arm and drew her into the room , closing the door firmly . |
| 26 | Relieved , he drew her into the haven of his arms . |
| 27 | He drew her by the wrist off the bed , and went back into his own chamber . |
| 28 | He just walked into her room , closed the door and came across to her , and Maggie stared at him wildly as he took her arm , drew her from the balcony and shut the french window , |
| 29 | It annoyed her even more that his continuing aristocratic demeanour disappointed her after the way she had been thinking about him . |
| 30 | She was weeping now , and he knelt beside her , stiffly , and promised her with the touch of his hand on her shoulder that he would bring help . |