Example sentences of "and [prep] her " in BNC.
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| 1 | When her mother came and sat beside her , twisting her fingers nervously and pulling on and off her gloves , lifting and laying down her basket in agitation , Lily rallied a little . |
| 2 | But would it have been different if Mrs Thatcher had had a spell on income support ? or if she had ever lugged a buggy , baby , toddler and bags of shopping on and off her infrequent , deregulated buses ? |
| 3 | It 's gotten on to her land and off her land and into the ditch , which is you know the N R A |
| 4 | Mrs Files brushed the whole matter from the front of her apron , chasing it down , across and off her lap . |
| 5 | Lucy read , and between her sudden fascination for the floor tiles , edge of the table cloth , light thru' the wine glasses , Jay shot glances at Lucy , delirious at how small her hands were , how the rings she wore seemed to hold those tiny fingers together , how she longed to touch , kiss and suck those hands , nuzzle the inside of Lucy 's wrists . |
| 6 | This time the iridescence , when it came , was almost bright , and fixed in his head the magic of her crotch , his fingers sliding over and between her labia . |
| 7 | In them , her tortured body is revealed , and always she exaggerates the dark hair on her lip and between her eyebrows , marking herself as flawed . |
| 8 | Debbie , the teenage daughter of the writer Henry , talks with her father about his work and about her own life . |
| 9 | Then Mrs Hollidaye told Dot about Loopy Lil , about the dogs and the hens , and about her son whose ship was due home from the Pacific any day now . |
| 10 | ‘ Then she told me all her hopes and fears and about her First Experience — I 'll say no more than that — but she remembered it vividly . |
| 11 | ‘ Well , as I said to you just now , ’ said the lady , ‘ there are still Brownies who do good turns , although they are n't fairy folk but real girls like this one — and about her age too . ’ |
| 12 | Although Liz did not feel this was a serious relationship , she felt more confident about the future and about her ability to form other relationships . |
| 13 | He was asked about the girl 's progress and about her ability ; he was asked for his impressions of the family . |
| 14 | The social worker was gradually able to undertake counselling about the feelings of grief Joan still had on the death of her first husband whom she dearly loved , and about her guilt in not being able to cope with Stanley . |
| 15 | Everything about her and about her marriage seemed to be perfect , apart from one disquieting fact : she hated going into churches and she absolutely refused to be present at the consecration of the Host . |
| 16 | She became worried about the appearance of the place , about her cooking , and about her anomalous position in the household . |
| 17 | ‘ Do you really want to go into that now ? ’ he challenged her softly , his ironic gaze returning briefly to her party face and the shiny , streaky curls that tumbled over her brow and about her neck , just skimming her bare shoulders . |
| 18 | ‘ You should have told me about Mrs Richards ’ heart condition — and about her request not to be moved from Monte Samana . |
| 19 | The day she moved in she knew she had been defeated , that love , love for her mother and for her daughter , had defeated her . |
| 20 | Elsie had wept for kind Mrs Doran and for her husband , that strange , silent , sympathetic man , lifting his feet cautiously as he sidled across the polished floor . |
| 21 | Because she had to provide for the Barons and for her other gentleman who was still with her she was obliged to go out daily to market and this quite ordinary transaction restored some of her spirits . |
| 22 | But for John Knox , ‘ so she was sold to go to France , to the end that in her youth she should drink of that liquor ( the Catholic faith ) that should remain with her all her lifetime , for a plague to this realm and for her final destruction ’ . |
| 23 | Christmas , for Phil Prior and for her young son , was made less painful by the kindness of her neighbours . |
| 24 | He came to love the generous and practical Mrs Evans like the mother he felt he had now entirely lost , and for her daughters developed feelings altogether more romantic . |
| 25 | Jill is 60 , and , since she retired early from her job as a dinner lady , has been caring full-time for her 90-year-old bedridden mother and for her husband who has Parkinson 's disease . |
| 26 | My aunt , the last survivor of my mother 's family , had lost her sister the previous year , and I helped her to arrange for the sale of most of the contents of her house , and for her own establishment in a club . |
| 27 | Please pray for Pat 's health , for fellowship , for her to meet the group and for her protection . |
| 28 | In the past , respect and awe for their mother have been enough to ensure that her children toed the line , and for her part the Queen always held out hope that their difficulties would be resolved . |
| 29 | I just had to write to you , to tell the Tennis World readers what a certain , beautiful lady has done for tennis and for her supporters . |
| 30 | Mary herself praised the work done at Linlithgow ; and for her comfort and his own , James began augmenting Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh . |