Example sentences of "[adv prt] her [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | When her mother came and sat beside her , twisting her fingers nervously and pulling on and off her gloves , lifting and laying down her basket in agitation , Lily rallied a little . |
| 2 | If people were not to assume she was talking down to them she had to speed up her presentation and tone down her air of authority . |
| 3 | As it was , she forced down her sense of humour and began to explain what Joe had done , how he had blocked the holes and netted the gate and chased the hare out with Ferry . |
| 4 | Ellen put down her cup of coffee and stared at me as though I had gone completely mad . |
| 5 | Kāli threw down her bunch of ragwort and it landed , splayed out limply , on the top . |
| 6 | But Cad took in their neglect of her sister , and she put down her piece of bread steadily and stood to leave . |
| 7 | No need to be constantly laying down her book in case Mrs Braithwaite should catch her reading and name her " studious ' again . |
| 8 | His mouth played on her face , brushing her throat , her eyes , moving over her skin like fire , back to her mouth again . |
| 9 | Rosa had been crying then , with the pieces of the plate her mother had tried to smash over her head in front of her at the table , and her mother had put the back of her hand to her daughter 's cheek , as if to test her for fever . |
| 10 | She then attached a long lunging rein which she had brought coiled over her shoulder to Midnight 's noseband . |
| 11 | Leith threw over her shoulder in passing , and without pausing to knock she opened the door on her stride and went ‘ straight in ’ . |
| 12 | FERGIE is throwing a Christmas party for the people who gave her the courage to get over her fall from grace in the Royal Family . |
| 13 | Rhoda took to table-tapping and seances and reported seeing the ghost of Wendy hovering over her bed at night . |
| 14 | Mary handed over her parcel of food and treats which Kitty took with a happy nod , grateful for the saving kindness . |
| 15 | Once more the blue eyes moved over her body with appreciation , confusing yet exciting her at the same time . |
| 16 | Her gaze swept over her mother-in-law from head to toe and back again , and her expression was one of open contempt . |
| 17 | ‘ Come on , ’ Annie drawls , glinting over her glass of beer , ‘ stop avoiding the issue , will you ? |
| 18 | At that moment Sally knocked over her glass of wine . |
| 19 | Dorothea Gilberd had already asked Toby Freely to take over her class in English . |
| 20 | Even in our short journey the taxi driver had spoken of the soukoyant , the witch who takes off her skin at night and flies about like a bat . |
| 21 | And I wonder if anybody can match that , I do n't mean match that , when she nearly set off her nightdress on fire |
| 22 | At last she stepped over it and went down , half thinking it might snap off her leg in passing . |
| 23 | She ate her apple pie , which was excellent , and finished off her glass of wine , only for Dr Neil to look at her quizzically and say , ‘ Cheese and biscuits , McAllister ? |
| 24 | Sally hissed , almost falling off her chair in excitement . |
| 25 | There were no hard core scenes , but Kylie was talking dirty , kicking off her underwear in bedroom antics and begging co-star Charlie Schlatter 's character to make love to her . |
| 26 | His name flowed off her tongue without effort or pain . |
| 27 | At eight this morning the statuary took off her face in plaister . |
| 28 | Above , the sculptor shows off her creation to zoo manager John Stronge and Corry Group 's Roger Corry . |
| 29 | Barbara Coleman made a little jump backwards , a shaking hand went to her lips but not fast enough to cut off her cry of fear . |
| 30 | I am a woman , and also a writer who has used up her allotment of renown during her own lifetime ; and on those two grounds I do not expect much pity , or much understanding , from posterity . |