Example sentences of "pushing [pers pn] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As these are decorations and not toys , you can use glass or pearl-headed pins to make the halo , either pushing them right into the head like a wreath , or half-way in so that the halo stands away from the head . |
| 2 | Because of the caves ' varying depths , 25 minutes decompression was required before removing the two front mounted cylinders , and pushing them ahead through the 16 inch high Cobble Inlet passage . |
| 3 | Women who reach higher education are not deemed to be successful by virtue of having done so ; on the contrary , higher education continues to exclude and marginalize its female students , pushing them further into ‘ female ’ jobs or marriage and family . |
| 4 | ‘ And then I 'm pushing you both through the letter-box . ’ |
| 5 | " Oh , David , " she said pushing him away as if he were a small boy , which indeed he seemed . |
| 6 | She brought her knee up between his legs and he gasped and doubled over , pushing her away from him . |
| 7 | In a flash he was pushing her away from the path they were making and into the cover of the undergrowth . |
| 8 | She felt him pushing her backwards on the overstuffed settee and she let him . |
| 9 | Damian pulled her head back up , groaning , and his mouth reclaimed hers , pushing her backwards on the pillows . |
| 10 | As he was speaking , he was pushing her relentlessly towards the bottom of the stairs . |
| 11 | ‘ As to that , ’ answered her spouse , pushing her inexorably towards the waiting gig , ‘ there may be another way to go to work . |
| 12 | It was now he who stepped back from her , almost pushing her aside with his forearm as he said , ‘ Do n't be ridiculous . |
| 13 | So far the TUC has begun a series of training seminars with Solidarity aimed at pushing it away from being a political and highly regionalised organisation into being an industrial and truly national one . |
| 14 | Work the oil and all the aromatics into a paste and rub it into the meat , pushing it well into the cuts . |
| 15 | I witnessed an accident where a vehicle collided into the back of another one , pushing it completely across the crossing . |
| 16 | Andy clears a way through the undergrowth and we drag the man beneath the thorns and soft fruit of the brambles and the glossy leaves of the rhodies , into the green darkness ; his rucksack catches on the branches above and Andy takes it off him , pushing it ahead of us . |
| 17 | ‘ Do n't panic again , ’ he grinned , flattening her lower arm back on the deck at right angles to her elbow , catching her other arm as she lifted it in protest , and pushing it flat on her other side . |
| 18 | He had swum to the raft , put his head against it and was pushing it forward with heavy thrusts of his back legs . |
| 19 | She toyed with it with her fork , pushing it slowly around the plate , swirling it into patterns . |
| 20 | As I turned , my shoulder struck the pole , pushing it sharply to one side and knocking him off-balance . |