Example sentences of "her through the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The stairs were cold and draughty and the light was n't good , but she 'd placed herself so that the agency 's receptionist would be able to see her through the glass-panelled door if she should happen to glance up . |
| 2 | Seizing her wrist , he hauled her to her feet and dragged her through the small hall and into a side-room with a wide , specially designed window on the north wall . |
| 3 | He led her through the crowded flat to the kitchen and poured her a glass of wine . |
| 4 | Sternly she dragged her thoughts and reactions under control , as Rune guided her through the crowded room towards the exit . |
| 5 | Lydia blinked at her through the misty light of the headlamps . |
| 6 | ‘ That 's because you left half your lunch , ’ he pointed out drily , eyeing her through the warm haze of candlelight . |
| 7 | When he 'd moored the boat and helped her out Michele followed her through the rear lobby and into the foyer . |
| 8 | The cat began to stalk her through the blade-broad iris leaves with such solemnity that she laughed and paused even longer , to play with him , and was cheered . |
| 9 | " I 'm sorry , can I … " she motioned towards the door , and he helped her through the packed people , using his elbow to get them out of the way . |
| 10 | When she spent all night every night watching her clientele , her boys , it was for this ; she was waiting for her chosen ones , the last of her protegés , her perfect couple , her two to see her through the dark times . |
| 11 | Happy or not , Tod preceded her through the front door . |
| 12 | The party was over and the house was in darkness when he pulled up in the courtyard and accompanied her through the front door into the hall . |
| 13 | He stared at her through the flickering shadows . |
| 14 | Find her through the local authority . |
| 15 | ‘ We 're nearly there , ’ he said soothingly , and a few moments later he escorted her through the elaborate palm Court which was the entrance to the Royal Hotel . |
| 16 | Behind her through the open door , Katherine saw a man she thought she recognized as the porter . |
| 17 | ‘ I have n't any serious plans to marry him , if that 's what you 're asking , ’ she told him as levelly as she could , and had the hardest work in the world in hanging on to her temper when his glance flicked from her through the open door into her sitting-room . |
| 18 | She jumped as his voice reached her through the open hatch . |
| 19 | Voices from the breakfast table came to her through the open window . |
| 20 | Almost always she answered ‘ yes ’ because she had come to prefer lying still , with his soft sleeping body behind her , breathing the night air scented with pine wood and wild thyme as it came to her through the open shutters , and listening to the faraway ululation of the Borzoi dog chained beneath the walls of the Castello Crocetto . |
| 21 | She 'd bent down to pick up the purchases at her feet , and as she rose again she 'd caught sight of a face she knew , looking straight at her through the moving mesh of people . |
| 22 | He nodded and followed her through the back door into the kitchen . |
| 23 | He took Laura by the arm and guided her through the revolving doors . |
| 24 | William took her through the whole story . |
| 25 | These are the people who have seen her through the difficult times , who have helped her adjust to the life before her and who have kept her in touch with the real world . |
| 26 | Sarah Moon , a London acupuncturist who specialises in pain relief during labour , says that women are often referred to her through the National Childbirth Trust or an active birth group . |
| 27 | It was difficult to see her through the dazzling spurts of fire ; she seemed to be less and less there . |
| 28 | I took Montaine by the hand and led her through the empty rooms … there were very many . |
| 29 | As soon as she reached the club , as soon as she was back in the public eye , she would have to switch on the false persona that had carried her through the past week . |
| 30 | She stirred against him , and he mistook it for something like the small movements of a child asleep , and smiled down at her through the slow current of perfume rising from her black , turmoiled hair ; but she was awake and brought her head up , drawing away from him a little , looking at him , so that he had to hide his smile quickly , because it was n't something he had meant her to see . |