Example sentences of "[to-vb] her [noun pl] [conj] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the point where in her first aria the prima donna expected from him an angry gesture , he exaggerated his anger so much that he looked as if he was about to box her ears and strike her on the nose with his fist . |
| 2 | His firm prick forced her to open her lips and take him into her mouth . |
| 3 | Pinned as she was beneath his weight she had n't even the leverage to free her arms or buck him off — though she tried desperately . |
| 4 | She might even be weaving a spell to tangle her feet or make her lose her way in the wood ! |
| 5 | ‘ Confound you , ca n't you even face me now ? ’ he growled , and , walking up to her , he bent to seize her arms and drag her to her feet . |
| 6 | But it was too slow , or too stupid : I just had time to grab her angles and pull her away . |
| 7 | Picking up the child , who was breathing in gulps like an oarsman at the end of a race , Thomas bent down to save her sculptures and carried her through to her mother . |
| 8 | She felt an overwhelming urge to lick her lips and fought it for a while till her treacherous tongue simply shot out — only to be retracted slowly , under Lucenzo 's predatory eyes . |
| 9 | He was intrigued to analyse her dreams and encouraged her to write them down before he discussed the hidden messages they may have contained . |
| 10 | Anything but to raise her eyes and see him there where she ought to be . |
| 11 | She needed someone to take her thoughts and rethink them . |
| 12 | I said I would " quite understand " if she wanted to cut her losses and call it a day . |
| 13 | But Miss Blagden , whom I met by chance yesterday , is going to Rome and when I told her the absurdity of your request she volunteered to carry your ridiculous weapon saying she had always had a fancy to be a gun-runner and that it would be a tale to tell her friends and astonish them . |