Example sentences of "her [noun] [vb infin] [adv prt] " in BNC.

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1 The six-day separation from William and Harry over the traditional family holiday was the first time Diana had not seen her sons wake up to the excitement of Christmas Day .
2 I could see her chest move in and out inside the light cotton jacket .
3 Just propped lazily against the edge of her desk , long brown legs crossed at the ankles , watching her with that cool , speculative expression in his eyes , he had the ability to make her insides seize up .
4 She let her cloak fall back from her head in surprise .
5 With a low gasp she let her fingers slide up over the daunting hardness of his shoulders , touch the short , thick hair at his nape … he moved his hands down to her hips , in a quick convulsive movement , crushing her against him .
6 ‘ Perhaps Mrs Porter will do that , ’ Belinda murmured against his lips , letting her fingers trail up and down the sinewed shape of his back .
7 Why did she feel no embarrassment or fear at letting her fingers trace down the hair-roughened muscles of his chest to skim the flat planes of his stomach and then move on ?
8 ‘ I did n't realise that she 'd let her hair grow out .
9 His lips twisted into a thrilling smile at her tone of scepticism and Robyn felt her heart flip over once again .
10 Folly felt her heart go out to him .
11 Charity felt her heart go out to the other woman .
12 He smiled again , in a way that made her heart turn over .
13 ‘ Oh , Hilly , Hilly , ’ he breathed — and then he smiled , a beautiful , slow lopsided smile that made her heart turn over .
14 But , all the same , as she remembered those brief moments in the water , she felt her heart turn over with a flip-flop of pleasure .
15 The touch of them made her heart turn over .
16 Ronni felt her heart turn over .
17 Peter was almost in tears , and Sarella felt her heart turn over .
18 Fran felt her heart turn over , her stomach knot , but she forced herself to stand there under the cold stare .
19 Ronni felt her heart roll over and die at the sight of him .
20 Did her mum find out , did n't her mum find out though ?
21 Did her mum find out , did n't her mum find out though ?
22 Well , did her teeth come out ?
23 A low rumble of thunder made her skin break out in a fine rash of goosepimples , and Julius glanced at her sharply as he noticed them .
24 Softly , gently , cruelly , he teased her , his lips alighting for a moment , then moving away again , arousing her hunger , making her blood cry out for him .
25 Chas lay on his back and let her words drift over his head …
26 Frowning , she let her mind drift back to the events of two years ago .
27 Alix liked to let her mind wander over the map of Britain , asking herself which interiors she could visualize , which not .
28 She could hardly see where sea and sky met far away in the soft grey mistiness , but she let her mind wander out there and find ships and whales and foreign shores .
29 It was the words that had made her mind reach out and collect information from long ago .
30 Idly she let her eyes drift over his desk , over the orderly piles of papers and files arranged there .
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