Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] her " in BNC.
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| 1 | Daisy suddenly wanted to check her face , and when he went off at the end of the chukka to talk to the next group playing , which included Perdita , she toned down her rosy cheeks and drenched her neck with Je Reviens , but failed to put the top back on properly , so it stank out the Land-Rover . |
| 2 | Isabel laid down her cards . |
| 3 | Florence Ames ate the last half of her second chocolate éclair , laid down her fork , wiped her mouth , finished her coffee , wiped her mouth again . |
| 4 | Isabel Lavender laid down her dessert spoon . |
| 5 | Isabel Lavender laid down her spoon . |
| 6 | But when her sister had trailed dejectedly from the room , Isabel Lavender laid down her pen . |
| 7 | She was in the middle of writing a report for the monthly meeting of the board of governors but she laid down her pen immediately . |
| 8 | As calmly as she could , she laid down her knife and turned a steady grey gaze on his face . |
| 9 | Josie laid down her comb , and picked up a couple of big plastic clips from a box on the makeup table . |
| 10 | She laid down her rake and ran in to administer a good belt of a stick to whoever might be making little of her darling . |
| 11 | Blushing and slowly understanding , Alexandra laid down her spoon . |
| 12 | She laid down her teacup . |
| 13 | She laid down her cup and leaned towards him across the table . |
| 14 | Shiona laid down her magazine . |
| 15 | She laid down her napkin . |
| 16 | She laid down her orange juice . |
| 17 | Shiona laid down her spoon . |
| 18 | Janice laid down her coffee-cup with equal surprise . |
| 19 | She laid down her glass before she dropped it . |
| 20 | She laid down her letters and stared blankly at the wall . |
| 21 | She laid down her Cosmopolitan magazine , open at fashions , loose flowing shirts in jewel colours . |
| 22 | Doggedly she kept her head down over the jewel-coloured designs , trying to concentrate , but after another few seconds she gave up and laid down her pen with elaborate resignation . |
| 23 | Leonora went on with her meal in silence until the bowl was half empty , then laid down her spoon . |
| 24 | Helen flung down her knife . |
| 25 | As usual , she was wearing faded jeans , a baggy T-shirt , and her long dark hair tumbled down her back . |
| 26 | Hair , streaked with the colours of the sun , tumbled down her back and over her shoulders and swung in waves as she shimmied down the catwalk . |
| 27 | I 've been looking after myself of course and I got together her lunch at sits , I sit all the time . |
| 28 | She asked for news of Robin and Jenny , and Aunt Sarah launched into an ironic description of how a Japanese tourist half Jenny 's size and four times her age had proposed marriage to her ( ’ At least I hope it was marriage ’ ) , and how Robin had got locked overnight in the bar of the hotel where he was working and had taken two days to sleep it off ; and gradually Ruth fought down her feelings . |
| 29 | Rachaela fought down her disgust . |
| 30 | Tears crept down her cheeks , and she wept silently . |