Example sentences of "and [v-ing] her " in BNC.
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| 1 | The record company folk who have been talking Gulf and eating her sarnies leave and Susanna draws up a chair , sits on it cross-legged and starts to play with her hair , twisting it and knitting it . |
| 2 | A noted authority on Medieval German , Olive was a most dedicated college tutor to generations of modern linguists , fostering and encouraging her pupils , and a fierce defender of modern languages in college and in the university . |
| 3 | Naturally , Hannah had to take her place on the Baldersdale treadmill , working to the orders of her uncle in the fields ( her father died when she was an infant ) and assisting her mother in the kitchen and wash house . |
| 4 | Hopefully as well as affectionately , he did so ; undressing her as she lay on the too-large hotel bed and stroking her shoulders and upper arms . |
| 5 | ‘ Hush , honey , hush , I hate it too , ’ he murmured , enfolding her in his arms and stroking her sopping hair . |
| 6 | Jake was kissing her now and stroking her hair . |
| 7 | She is the housewife , bearing , raising and socialising children , and succouring her husband 's and children 's emotional and physical needs ( Oakley , 1974 ) . |
| 8 | But himself said this would happen , because I was always washin' her bloody hair and keepin' her face scab-free , unlicing her an' the rest , instead of gettin' meself out to work . |
| 9 | The gestures of such pastoral characters as Lise and Colas in La Fille Mal Gardée have already been noted ( -see page 100 ) as well as that of Lise churning and helping her Mother to spin . |
| 10 | During World War I Alice divided her time between entertaining in her home in Grosvenor Street and helping her friend , Lady Sarah Wilson , run a hospital for wounded soldiers in Boulogne . |
| 11 | ‘ However , there 's really no need for you to do so , since this is where we get out , ’ he added , opening his door and helping her stiff , angry figure out on to the pavement . |
| 12 | He remembered little things — childhood images trapped in memory : his father 's hand laid momentarily on his mother 's as they sat at table ; laughter from their bedroom at night ; his mother straightening his father 's tie and drawing her finger in a delicate gesture along his cheek . |
| 13 | The dull ache became a throb , so that every step became agony , taking the colour from her cheeks and drawing her lips into a tight line . |
| 14 | In the middle of this pother of boots , brothers , and boisterous behaviour , Leonora Hussey came in from the hall , greeting her daughter and chiding her husband for being so late back . |
| 15 | Suddenly , he had turned to look at her — simultaneously surprising her and proving her theory . |
| 16 | She propped her elbow on the table and resting her chin on her hand gave her full attention to Stella . |
| 17 | She chose a rock facing the window , a low rock , and sat down on it , circling her bent knees with her arms and resting her chin on her knees . |
| 18 | Nobody expected Liz to uproot herself , like a woman , like a wife , and follow her husband to America : she was expected to stay where she was , pursuing her own career and pursuing her own inner life , whatever that might be . |
| 19 | Pascoe put out a hand to touch the place and she shied away , so he drew her in , pulling against her resistance and binding her arms with his . |
| 20 | But today , realizing the problems she might have in controlling her mount let alone in staying on should it prop at a hedge or peck on landing , she decided discretion was the better part of valour and shortening her left rein swung Hullabaloo away in the other direction to take what was known as the Funks ' Run , which ran round a long ridge of elms , across the brook at its narrowest point , and then over a good two miles of open ground , with only one reasonable sized open ditch and hedge to be jumped at the bottom of the dip before a long run uphill which led back to the last of the Vale hedges . |
| 21 | Now penurious ( ‘ I live , ’ she said , ‘ from mouth to hand ’ ) , and accepting her situation with great dignity and courage , she was striving to fulfil her ambition of taking the degree denied to her on the grounds of race years earlier at the University of Cracow . |
| 22 | Hunting one day , Olybrius , the grand governor of Antioch , saw her and seeing her innocence and her loveliness he was jealous and immediately wanted to destroy both . |
| 23 | You should , as far as possible , make sure that the widow is having a nourishing , if light , diet and proper exercise , and seeing her doctor if she has any special problems . |
| 24 | Then , glancing up and seeing her face , unexpectedly got up , as quick and full of energy as he had just been lethargic ( but it was the energy of anger ) and came out with her into the hall , where Philip , frail as a leaf , was standing by the great dark-grey water tank . |
| 25 | Success is making the receptionist smile today and seeing her smile again tomorrow . |
| 26 | After cooking her watery stew one night and seeing her younger daughter into bed she went to the public library and looked up ‘ Death ’ in a concordance . |
| 27 | Rachel even thought of going down to Phoebe 's bed room and using her phone to reassure the outside world , and protect themselves from its invasion . |
| 28 | Every individual has to find her way of tapping and using her creative resources , whether her daily environment is a home or an office . |
| 29 | She explored around the puckered surround of her anus , and using her middle finger , firmly stabbed the first joint into the tightly guarded entrance . |
| 30 | Nicholson said : ‘ Everyone 's been marvellous — local kids have been playing with her and bringing her presents . |