Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] her [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was staring at herself in the mirror in the curtained dressing-room , wondering what a certain gentleman might do and say if he were to see her in it , when she became aware of hushed voices in the salon outside . |
| 2 | ‘ I have n't worked it out in detail , ’ Melissa admitted , ‘ but I was thinking about it while you were putting her through your puff-and-blow routine … ’ |
| 3 | Such a touching story , Miss Sally-Anne Tunstall — ’ and he spoke her name as though he were striking her with it ‘ — and all a lie . |
| 4 | She backed away , appalled such details should have been passed around so soon , and that people were confronting her with them . |
| 5 | Leaving Alexandra at her door , unkissed , untouched , was one of the hardest things he had ever done , especially when what he had really wanted to do was to carry her into her bedroom — or his — and make love to her . |
| 6 | Gradually she came to realize that it was reminding her of her father — her father and the allotment . |
| 7 | Suddenly , he was gathering her against him , as though he would lift her up into his arms and carry her off . |
| 8 | Once again he sounded as if he was accusing her of something . |
| 9 | All at once , in one quick movement , he 'd taken hold of her hand and , rising to his feet , was drawing her with him . |
| 10 | He was drawing her into them . |
| 11 | And suddenly , instead of turning her away from him — he was drawing her towards him . |
| 12 | To Sophie , the atmosphere of the zoo was absorbing , but what pleased her most was the way in which Robert was including her in what he had to do . |
| 13 | ‘ That 's only natural , ’ Harvey said , wondering why he was bringing her into it . |
| 14 | She gave a little whimper of denial , her flat fists pushing against his chest , but he had moved his hand behind her head and was pressing her against him , forcing her lips apart so that he could savage her mouth with his tongue . |
| 15 | She finished eating , hoping she could elude Roman and get to Dana 's hotel without him , but as soon as she put her cup down he was urging her to her feet . |
| 16 | Two of them made her feel , not old exactly , but as if life was passing her by They were the one from Joanne that said , " You 've reached a quarter century " and the one from Stephen , " My dearest wife " . |
| 17 | ‘ I was bouncing her on my knee ’ |
| 18 | Her eyes fell irresistibly to the firm , broad chest , the gleam of hard , taut muscle and then he was pulling her to him , kissing her mouth , her neck , the base of her throat , finding the clasp of her bra , discarding it , so that her breasts hung heavy and exposed , aching with longing and desire . |
| 19 | She wanted to say , Please say something to me , please talk , but he had her still by her nipples and was pulling her towards him , then pushing her back . |
| 20 | At once he was contrite , and in seconds he was hurrying her to his car . |
| 21 | He was breaking her on his wheel of fire , forcing her with him to a high-point of surrender , then casting her away as if her touch were a contamination . |
| 22 | He was holding her in his arms for warmth . |
| 23 | Claudia lifted her arms , putting them round his broad shoulders , hardly conscious that he was divesting her of her jacket and blouse . |
| 24 | The Midland Wagon Company were the owners of ‘ Perseverance ’ and the BCR was buying her from them on hire purchase . |
| 25 | He was steadying her with his left arm , fumbling with something in his right hand . |
| 26 | She felt safe only when he was treating her with his customary icy rage . |
| 27 | Then one arm was clamping her to him , and his free hand was forcing up her chin . |
| 28 | Privately , Robbie considered he was over-reacting , that he was blaming her for his own inability to work today . |
| 29 | In the taxi , while he was dropping her at her small house in Fulham , she made an effort to regain some inch of the indispensable contact she had squandered , but there seemed no way of doing it . |
| 30 | It seemed like only moments after Shiona had fallen asleep that the light snapped on in the compartment and a strong hand was dragging her from her bunk . |