Example sentences of "[vb past] her [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | He grasped her by the shoulders , his fingers biting in , through the thinness of her top . |
| 3 | That gesture was so unexpected and beautiful that it remained in Agnes 's memory like the imprint of a lightning bolt ; it invited her into the depths of space and time and awakened in the sixteen-year-old girl a vague and immense longing . |
| 4 | She joined an insurance company , which trained her as an accounts clerk . |
| 5 | The warm hold of Rochester was chosen by the sagacious brute , and Willis , always up very early , found her on the ruins of the new locker cushions , with live mud-coloured kittens . |
| 6 | One found her beneath the lids of coffins and stretched across the ceiling of tombs , hovering above the dry bones of dead men . |
| 7 | Then , as she skewered him with a look of pure detestation , he reached out suddenly and caught her by the wrists . |
| 8 | She gasped as Nicolo reached out and caught her by the shoulders . |
| 9 | She cried out as he caught her by the shoulders . |
| 10 | Leonora turned away blindly , and Penry caught her by the shoulders , forcing her round to face him . |
| 11 | Damian released Tony with a violent shove , strode to Rachel , caught her by the shoulders , his face fierce . |
| 12 | To her astonishment , he suddenly prodded her in the ribs . |
| 13 | She would n't acknowledge an Eternal Verity if one came up and smacked her in the chops . |
| 14 | Far from engineering the union , as has been widely suspected , her grandmother advised her about the difficulties of marrying into the royal family . |
| 15 | He bundled her down the stairs and set off through the rain at a cracking pace . |
| 16 | As they bundled her down the stairs she must have fainted , because the next thing she could recollect was being wheeled along an endless corridor that smelled of disinfectant . |
| 17 | An elderly widow who was robbed , attacked , and raped by a gang of youths was moved to sheltered dwellings with the help of the police , visited by policewomen from the unit at least once a week , and taken regularly to visit the family of one of the policewomen , which adopted her as the children 's granny . |
| 18 | Kindly , he dried her face on a tea-towel , helped her on with her coat and shepherded her down the stairs . |
| 19 | Her unfortunate gaffe over tea made it impossible for Elisabeth to offer any excuse when Mitzi Baum accosted her on the stairs on the way to dinner and asked her to share her table . |
| 20 | She did n't have time to more than glance at it before two pairs of strong hands lifted her from the stools , and placed her unceremoniously on a table top . |
| 21 | Felipe 's possessive attitude rid her of the attentions of Peter Rainford and when Felipe offered to show them Ana 's skills neither of them looked overjoyed . |
| 22 | As soon as I told her about the things that had happened , she knew . |
| 23 | He told her about the fairies who lived in the holes on the river bank , and how Billy was half leprechaun . |
| 24 | They 'd been strolling through the individual gardens within the whole for more than two hours , while Rune told her about the traditions of the gardens and how , despite attempts at imitation , they remained unique in Europe — if not the world — before they reached the area set aside for the funfair and he suggested she might like a ride on some of the attractions . |
| 25 | They talked to her about her ancestors , and about the Bright Palace which they called Teamhair in their soft voices , and they told her about the battles and the people who had made Ireland magical and marvellous and richer in folklore than any country could ever be . |
| 26 | Eventually Connor told her about the intruders and they had agreed not to discuss the burglary in front of Danny . |
| 27 | And I told her about the timeslips , and how I had found myself back in her time . |
| 28 | When he told her about the children at Dovercourt she and a friend went along to help in teaching English . |
| 29 | I told her about the hops . |
| 30 | Does he really believe that the woman who spent an hour asking questions would have passively accepted everything a female consultant told her with no queries ? |