Example sentences of "her down [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One large hand held her down over the back of the upright chair , so that the top of her head was pushed into the seat . |
| 2 | She knew only , as they made their slow way along the beach back to the town , that she felt exhausted but peaceful , even momentarily carefree , as if she had shed burdens that had been weighing her down for a long time . |
| 3 | She rocked the baby in her arms , refusing to put her down for a minute , and she sang snatches of lullabies she remembered her mother singing so many years ago . |
| 4 | You held her down for the other one . |
| 5 | She expected Urquhart but found first a message from her brother inviting her down for the weekend . |
| 6 | And was still wondering some half an hour later when Rosa had settled her down for the night but frustration , sharper than any pangs of hunger , was keeping her awake . |
| 7 | It was very hard indeed to believe she had walked in there with a wolf creature and that he had drawn her down onto the forest floor and made love to her … |
| 8 | He squeezed with all his strength , pushing her down onto the floor , while a raucous parody of the nocturne played fortissimo in his head . |
| 9 | Yeah well that 's not so bad as long as you can get her down at a reasonable hour and get to sleep . |
| 10 | He apologized and helped her down at the end of the road . |
| 11 | I bet they love her down at the outreach centre . |
| 12 | He pinned her down at the CI5 computer centre , and over the phone briefly explained what he and Doyle needed of her . |
| 13 | He sat her down at the table , where she could feel the warmth of the fire after her bath . |
| 14 | He pushed her down beneath him finally , holding her down with a hand around her throat . |
| 15 | This time he did n't throw her down with a fury but gently laid her down among the downy pillows and started to strip off his shirt . |
| 16 | Mick came and made some tea and sat her down with a cup in her hands and tried to talk some sense into her . |
| 17 | On shore , she rubs her down with the exotically striped blanket , waits until she stirs again , and helps her back into the clothes . |
| 18 | Jenny Weston , 34 , claimed Colin Webb made a barrage of unrelenting sexual demands and once pinned her down on a hotel bed . |
| 19 | They took her into the living room and put her down on a sofa . |
| 20 | Once Astrid had taken her shopping ( she was about four at the time ) and set her down on a stool by a counter when she tried on earrings in a round mirror on a stand ; a salesgirl with a promotional tray of perfumes approached her and Astrid turned and extended her wrist to sample it . |
| 21 | She allowed Dr Neil to sit her down on a doorstep and help her to replace her shoe , and he guarded her while she tidied her hair , and pulled her torn dress together . |
| 22 | I put her down on the couch and said , ‘ Just put your head back , ’ and told her some Alexander Principles . |
| 23 | Still she could hear her own cries , as she had begged to be released — but nay , he had flung her down on the stone floor and leaned over her . |
| 24 | But he laid her down on the horsehair sofa , and said Mrs Patten would not be in yet , and there was time ; and time there was , and what had happened last night was repeated , once and then again , until she , flushed and dishevelled , pulled down her dress , and said ‘ She is coming . |
| 25 | I was told they sent for a nurse who came at me with a needle so I grabbed her by the breast and threw her down on the hors d'oeuvres . |
| 26 | He set her down on the landing and she stood on one foot , using the wall for support while he opened his living-room door . |
| 27 | She was hit and caught fire while going in to attack at low level and her pilot Don MacIntyre brought her down on the frozen surface of nearby Lake Hocklingen . |
| 28 | Through the Lousadas Minton was to an extent drawn into a Hammersmith circle of artists which included Victor Pasmore , Julian Trevelyan and Mary Fedden who once danced with Minton at a New Year 's Eve party until she literally dropped , whereupon he gently laid her down on the floor . |
| 29 | Molly carried her a little way towards the house and then set her down on the pavement by the front door . |
| 30 | He 'd managed to track her down on the Friday evening , waiting for several minutes as she was summoned to the communal phone in the hall where she was now a deputy warden . |