Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] be [v-ing] she [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The hand in her hair was caressing her gently , and imperceptibly tilting her face towards his . |
| 2 | She could see , as plain as the nose on her face , that here was a man of the self-centred , philandering , dangerous variety , the kind of man no girl in her right mind would risk getting involved with … so how come her hormones were letting her down in this maddening way ? |
| 3 | He knew the pathologist , a woman doctor who had once been young but found her work was ageing her fast . |
| 4 | It was as if her body was carrying her along , matter over mind , in fact , instead of the other way about . |
| 5 | A few weeks after their visit to the Peristrephic Panorama , her father was rowing her slowly across the serpentine lake on the neighbouring estate of Lord F- . |
| 6 | She was confused , one of her friends was picking her up at the studios that afternoon , not M. Apéritif , but a doe-eyed Persian who was — he said — training to be an engineer . |
| 7 | It was so skilfully managed that almost before Lindsey knew what was happening the pressure of his hand was drawing her away . |
| 8 | Even if he was joking — and yes , of course , he had to be — the proximity of his hard , lean figure and the elusive masculine aroma of his cologne were affecting her already dazed , confused senses in a thoroughly disastrous manner . |