Example sentences of "her and [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | Uncontrollable sobs broke from her and echoed on the night . |
2 | She had bent to hug her daughter , relief pouring through her and mingling with the joy that always sang in her veins whenever she held her precious bundle in her arms . |
3 | An arm was slipped under her shoulders , lifting her ; then something was wrapped round her and fastened at the throat . |
4 | Aunt Margaret glanced round for something with which to distract her and darted to the corner where the cage was . |
5 | Suddenly , he shrugged his strong shoulders , before deliberately turning his back on her and strolling from the room . |
6 | The shop-woman smiled at her and asked after the bereaved family . |
7 | Exulting in her escape , she closed the outer door behind her and made for the great outdoors like a child let out of school . |
8 | She wept softly , while he held her and believed in the augury that this happiness could not possibly end in death on a battlefield , for such an end would be against all that was good and sweet and lovely in the world . |
9 | He released her and walked to the parked car . |
10 | Matthew turned his eyes away from her and walked to the window at the end of the drawing-room . |
11 | She wrapped a towel around her and ran to the sitting-room , swearing under her breath . |
12 | Laughing , she dodged his attempts to catch her and ran to the door . |
13 | She turned from her and ran down the stairs and into the yard , there to stand for a moment petrified when she saw the young fellow lying on his side , the blood oozing from somewhere above his ear . |
14 | I wish I could have said that she was sweetly understanding , but she looked at me as if I were an incubus that had raped her and scraped along the brickwork , desperate to get past . |
15 | Maggie let go of her and called up the stairs . |
16 | Dada took the book from her and looked at the first page . |
17 | Ten minutes later in the gymnasium downstairs Lee reflected that if she threw one of the dumb-bells she was using at the wall-sized mirror and it shattered into a hundred pieces around a central trauma , she would wake herself up and everybody around her and get into the local papers . |
18 | Jenna grinned at her and got into the car , looking around with pleasure as Marguerite reversed from the garage and turned to the track . |
19 | Sapped of all energy , Belinda fell listlessly through the door , let it drift shut behind her and slumped on the bed , utterly confused about what had just happened . |
20 | She turned up the volume of the calypso tape Elaine had given her and sang at the top of her voice , thinking about whether to have a formal dinner party for the charity night , as Pauline suggested , or a more casual fancy-dress party on Halloween , which was what she would prefer . |
21 | Ace , holstering her gun , brushed past her and loped towards the doorway . |
22 | ‘ Shelley — ’ But the last stroke had sounded , its echo drifting away into the night , and with a frown of anxiety , he pulled himself away from her and disappeared through the door . |
23 | She sat on the corner of the old sofa with her legs folded under her and stared at the window , willing the oil lamp not to sputter and distort the sounds that belonged to the night : the true night that lay outside in the garden and the valley and held dominion over the hills . |
24 | Dad heard her and came down the stairs . |
25 | I did not know what it could be , but I tried to reassure her and went up the road to where the policeman lived . |
26 | The second man released her and went into the hall to collect two coats and a hat . |
27 | Then , with a sound of disgust , Feargal pushed past her and went into the house . |
28 | Her jaw dropped as the woman walked past her and stopped by the car . |
29 | If he had turned from her and rushed from the room , banging the door after him , she would not have felt half as afraid as when he backed slowly from her , his arm bent and his forefinger wagging at her . |
30 | ‘ Ah Christ , ’ he says , leaving her and stomping round the room . |