Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] [verb] she [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was her air of nervous tension that set her apart from the other passengers as she jumped from the train at Stowbridge , searching the platform with a fraught expression that only partially lifted when she caught sight of Melissa . |
| 2 | ‘ If it 's a fight you want , ’ he said thickly , catching her kicking legs and lifting her violently in his arms , ‘ you 've got it ! ’ |
| 3 | Then he smiled into her eyes and lowered her slowly to her feet . |
| 4 | You know how he 'll behave because you 'd behave the same , ’ she sneered scathingly , then yelped in alarm when he curved a large hand round her neck and urged her roughly towards him , giving Hilary little choice but to climb on to the fork . |
| 5 | When James did succeed to the throne in 1685 , the pro-Catholic and pro-French orientation of foreign policy was naturally maintained , and the new king made strenuous efforts both to return England to the papal fold and to realign her fully with the international Catholic axis . |
| 6 | Ruth thought her aunt would have sat up all night to prolong the time with them , but her uncle — who had tried bravely all day to behave as though nothing untoward was happening — put his arms around his wife 's shoulders and led her away to bed . |
| 7 | Hands gripped her shoulders and moved her gently to one side . |
| 8 | He unlocked the car , clicked off the interior light and pushed her across to the passenger seat . |
| 9 | Levering himself up to sit back on his heels and pulling her easily with him , he lifted her on to his lap , so that she found herself straddling him , her naked breasts pressed against the sensuous roughness of his chest , with only thin swimming costumes protecting her from ultimate intimacy . |
| 10 | She promised herself , however , that she would hold the office only briefly , and now that her husband Stan has retired , she feels that she can no longer involve herself to so great an extent in commitments and activities that take her away from home . |
| 11 | The haughty face was still for a second more and then he began to laugh softly , warm , dark laughter that took her completely by surprise . |
| 12 | He thought he saw her hand move towards her machine gun , but then one of the soldiers in white ran down the aisle and shot her again through the head . |
| 13 | He growled , groped his way down the pitch dark corridor and found her almost by instinct . |
| 14 | ‘ Claudia , ’ he said urgently , and jumped to his feet and pulled her hard against him . |
| 15 | Played the proud hero and sent her home with enough money in her pocket to make a new start ? ’ |
| 16 | Then Sylvie walked towards Katherine and pecked her lightly on the cheek . |
| 17 | The Captain went over to the girl and asked her gently in English : ‘ Are you feeling better ? ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Now , ’ said Marion , ‘ some of us must go back to that poor girl and put her decently in order . |
| 19 | The governor immediately raised his glass in Flavia Sherman 's direction and complimented her elaborately on her French ancestry and the " astonishing combination " of her beauty and her two fine sons . |
| 20 | ‘ Hey , relax , ’ he advised softly , putting the tiller between her nerveless fingers and flicking her lightly under the chin . |
| 21 | I read a nice one once , all about a poor girl who was found in the snow with a lost memory by a young and 'andsome squire that took her home to 'is castle and — ’ |
| 22 | Ruth arched desperately against him as powerfully he slid his hands under her hips and pulled her hard against every muscle that strained feverishly at his jeans . |
| 23 | For a moment or two , he withstood the pleasure , but then he took hold of her hips and drew her hard into him . |
| 24 | A TIGER snatched a five-year-old girl from a van full of tourists after smashing a window with a paw and dragging her away by the head . |
| 25 | And she 'd to go to , to get her into the pony and cart and get her away to the doctor 's and get it stitched and , oh boy . |
| 26 | Apparently some villain , hot with his own juices , had bought Meg 's body and used her carnally before plunging a knife between her ribs . |
| 27 | The rain started , a few heavy drops at first and then hissing spears of water that struck her sharply on the head , on her neck , pricking through the thin stuff of her dress . |
| 28 | A clinical smell like solvent that reminded her instantly of the time in hospital when she gave birth to Sousan . |
| 29 | She stared at the warrior in front of her ; his helmet was intricately engraved , with sweeping lines and curves that reminded her briefly of Jake 's cup . |
| 30 | We noted the omission of any mention of meat and asked her particularly about this , as there have been so many debates among anthropologists in recent years as to the origins of hunting and meat-eating . |