Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] [verb] she [prep] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Little Gabriels , out of control most of the time and impossible to educate , but with a fund of kindness that led them to rescue and foster wounded animals and plague her with them in the home . |
| 2 | He closed his eyes and held her against him , his mouth against her neck . |
| 3 | Snaking out one strong brown hand , Nathan caught the nape of her neck and hauled her towards him . |
| 4 | Dr Neil stepped back so swiftly that she almost fell ; he seized her by the shoulders and held her from him . |
| 5 | Before she could answer he grabbed her by the shoulders and pulled her against him , his fingers biting cruelly into her skin . |
| 6 | Mr Browning sighed and put his arms round his wife 's heaving shoulders and drew her to him . |
| 7 | There are many , priests too , who would wipe out in a day all the familiar things about Mother Church that endear her to us all , even the precepts and practices that are the reason she has survived for all these nineteen hundred years . |
| 8 | He threw his head back with laughter then hauled her to her feet and hugged her to him . |
| 9 | He put his arms round her waist and hugged her to him , gazing long and deeply into her eyes . |
| 10 | He was straightening slightly , slipping his free hand round her waist and gathering her against him . |
| 11 | ‘ It was a long time ago , ’ Roman said softly , slipping his arm round her waist and holding her against him as they walked . |
| 12 | But the attack , when it came , came from an entirely unexpected quarter , leaving her completely without defence , as in one easy move he thrust his long fingers into her mane of hair and pulled her to him , his mouth silencing the startled cry on her lips . |
| 13 | Isabel opened her mouth to protest at this cavalier treatment of her clothing , only to shut it again in alarm when he took a step forward and leaned over her , bracing his hands on the mattress and trapping her between them . |
| 14 | You 've closed your heart and locked her inside it . |
| 15 | His features were strong and rather austere , and his high cheekbones gave him a distinction that was all his own , though the line of his well-cut mouth hinted at a sensuality that disturbed her without her knowing why . |
| 16 | It was like swimming in warm darkness , only her slender arms around his neck holding her upright as his hands caressed her body and moulded her against him . |
| 17 | Certainly , it was these qualities that drew her to him in the first place , but now … these were not the true reasons why she stayed with him . |
| 18 | He reached behind her head and pulled her towards him , kissing her lingeringly on her lips . |
| 19 | When abruptly he lifted his head and set her from him , dazed and disorientated , she staggered a little before regaining her balance . |
| 20 | Kevin did n't notice this , or pause to open the door for his wife and take her with him . |
| 21 | Even now the magnetism that drew her to him was so strong that if he knocked at her door and said he 'd changed his mind , in spite of everything , it might take more amor proprio than she could muster to refuse him . |
| 22 | She would cut the cord that bound her to them cleanly and irrevocably . |
| 23 | If she 'd hoped he would take the hint and leave her to it , she was sadly disappointed . |
| 24 | There was no arguing with that and Jenna had visions of Alain simply giving her the ride and leaving her to it . |
| 25 | He dragged her into the living-room and flung her across it to skid to a halt . |
| 26 | He knelt down by her chair and drew her to him . |
| 27 | I got her all the way along to the lift and put her in it . |
| 28 | Luke moved so fast that she had no time to back away as he turned her into his arms and held her to him , so close that she could feel the hard outline of his thighs through the damp towel , the heavy steady beat of his heart against her breast . |
| 29 | ‘ The penthouse suite , ’ he announced and , inserting a key into the lock , opened the door and swept her with him into the spacious sitting-room . |
| 30 | He wanted to press his mouth to her softly parted lips and taste the sweetness within , he wanted to push aside the loosely tied neck of her shift and let his hand savour the warmth of her flesh , he wanted to lay her back on the bed and hold her against him as he had at the river-crossing ; he wanted her . |