Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] she [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 And then , so gently that she was hardly aware of what was happening — as if she was merely swaying with the tide — he gradually pulled her towards the shore , slowly drawing her up against the bare , damp skin of his broad chest .
2 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 .
3 Ross had taken her home , gently helping her out of the taxi and escorting her to the front door .
4 She felt the fence give a little and then it literally threw her back into the arms of the man with the mask .
5 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 .
6 He gently pulled her out of the chair and , kissing her , said , ‘ Come to bed . ’
7 Suddenly , George placed a finger to his lips and , taking Elizabeth by the arm , gently pushed her down into the grass .
8 After a few minutes , he raised her to her feet , and gently pushed her back on the bed .
9 Holding her notes like a fan , she walked slowly out into the open , but the heavy heat from the leaden sky soon drove her back into the shade .
10 Lesley-Jane could not keep her back to the door indefinitely and turned .
11 The first leg of the voyage was from the Tyne to Bergen in Norway , where a second group of trainees , from England took over to sail her back across the North Sea .
12 How can I just ring her out of the blue and tell her that her daughter has married the first Italian she 's met , without telling any of us ? ’
13 I mean if it , if it I mean originally he said to me it was part time so I thought to myself well that 'll be perfect , just get her back into the flow again .
14 ‘ Could you not take her up to the castle , sir ? ’
15 Seeing the mist that deepened the dark grey of her eyes , the pale translucent cheeks , both so beautiful now in their glowing copper setting , it was all Benedict could do not to snatch her back into the heat of his embrace , and force his way to that intimate deep caress , the thought of which now fired him with passionate yearning .
16 After a while , Jay could no longer pick her out against the distant sand , and she lay on the bed , under a sheet , downed the last of her drink , and slept .
17 The Bradfords would soon put her out of the door when they heard she was having a baby , but she did n't know where she would go .
18 so if I get , put some of them in it will not wake her up in the morning
19 It was seven and the night nurse had already begun her round at the other side of the house when he slipped downstairs .
20 Her hearers found it difficult to believe that this screaming was involuntary ; some thought she was drunk , or ill , or possessed by an evil spirit , but most of them just wanted her out of the way : ‘ some wished she was on the sea in a bottomless boat ’ .
21 They promptly chucked her out of the bed and breakfast hotel and she and the baby are sleeping on a relative 's floor .
22 The Colonel always sought her out on the Thursday of her visit , and in the past few years he had , in the most circumspect manner , pressed his suit .
23 Until now he had always picked her up from the hospital .
24 The strange , wild feeling that usually drove her down to the sea was beginning to thump in her bosom .
25 I was still holding her back from the window , and wondering what to do next , when Mr Edgar entered .
26 He could hardly order her out of the flat .
27 Josie said that she did n't usually get in until around six , but that there were a few extra jobs that she wanted to finish off ; Lucy had the feeling , but did n't say so , that the main point of the exercise was probably to get her out of the way before the slender red-haired woman arrived home .
28 Out of the kindness of their enormous hearts , the giants had lifted her out of her icy misery and carefully put her down in the warmer waters where she was to be found today .
29 Nearly pushed her out of the door .
30 We really want her out of the way for that . ’
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