Example sentences of "[prep] she [conj] [verb] his [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 His eyes narrowed ; then , stepping towards her and leaning his hands on the edge of the table , he said , ‘ You 're not holding anything back from me , are you ?
2 Then he leaned towards her and narrowed his eyes at her .
3 The boy , however , took no notice of her but raised his eyes to the bottles on the shelves and said , ‘ Acid drops . ’
4 This entailed either groping her or standing in front of her and dropping his trousers .
5 He fell to his knees in front of her and threw his arms about her waist .
6 Getting to her feet , angry and hurt all over again , she moved jerkily about the small room and only halted when Leo came up behind her and placed his palms on her shoulders to still her .
7 One day she herself was looking in the mirror , and her sailor came up behind her and put his arms around her waist , and stared hungrily at her joyous face .
8 He moved away from her and swung his legs back over the side of the bed .
9 As he came into the room , he realised that she was crying quietly , and he went up to her and put his arms around her as tightly and as reassuringly as possible .
10 He walked over to her and placed his hands on her shoulders .
11 Without waiting to be invited he sat down beside her and crossed his legs , the trousers riding up almost to his calf .
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