Example sentences of "[prep] her [noun pl] [conj] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 31 | He pressed his thumb in the hollow of one of her cheeks and circled it , rubbing it abrasively over her trembling lips . |
| 32 | Something struck her smartly in the middle of her shoulders and made her gasp . |
| 33 | I get hold of her shoulders and give her a good shake . |
| 34 | He reached out to take one of her hands and hold it between both his own . |
| 35 | He simply took things out of her hands and left her standing like a fool , and Jenna fumed silently . |
| 36 | Harry caught hold of her hands and held them tightly in his own . |
| 37 | Marie would be mad if she saw that , so I rip a page from one of her mags and scrape it up . |
| 38 | They were contributed by Jessica Mann , writing in the Sunday Telegraph about Monica Dickens ' One of the Family ( Viking ) : ‘ Monica Dickens had a knack of entering into the feelings of her characters and describing them with apparently artless sincerity , but she was never a cosy writer , being both too realistic and too experienced , having done time herself as a servant , factory girl and a Samaritan … |
| 39 | Something scratchy nudged against her calves and made her jump . |
| 40 | At the same time as he stood up he slid his hands beneath her skirts and let them rise up her legs to her thighs , his face quite wickedly triumphant at his own cunning . |
| 41 | Their wings ushered her into her clothes and flew her down the stairs for breakfast . |
| 42 | She took the smoke down deep into her lungs and held it there for a while before letting it out slowly . |
| 43 | ‘ Well … we 're hardly strangers any more , are we ? ’ she demanded , thrusting her hands into her pockets and eyeing him with a trace of annoyance . |
| 44 | His mother is there immediately , scooping up her son into her arms and checking him over . |
| 45 | She ached with sympathy for him , and if this had been Christmas , or any time in those months when she had felt they were friends , she would have pulled him into her arms and soothed him with soft hands and whispered words . |
| 46 | Then he smiled into her eyes and lowered her slowly to her feet . |
| 47 | He put his hands under her arms and raised her up , turning her about , away from the AV . |
| 48 | He bent down , thrust his unshaven face and stinking breath into Sally-Anne 's , put his great hands under her armpits and hauled her to her feet by main force , Poll still clinging desperately to her . |
| 49 | She put her hands under her breasts and lifted them slightly . |
| 50 | Ruth arched desperately against him as powerfully he slid his hands under her hips and pulled her hard against every muscle that strained feverishly at his jeans . |
| 51 | Aggie turned her head slightly away , took up the knife that was lying to the side of her plate , cut a piece of meat in two , then picked it up with her fingers and ate it ; then she turned to the child and said , ‘ What 's your second name ? ’ |
| 52 | Mother licked cream from the ice-cave interior of the meringue , then broke off part of the superstructure with her fingers and popped it into her mouth . |
| 53 | Using the trowel she chipped at the ground outside the door , prising cold earth from among the prickly stems and broken bricks , gathering it with her hands and putting it into the bucket . |
| 54 | The mother who lives only through her children will face an empty future , for she is losing touch with the source of her own life , identifying with her creations and expecting them to sustain her . |
| 55 | She settled back in her pillows and assessed him tenderly . |
| 56 | She pushed her hands deeper in her pockets and wished she had worn heavier gloves . |
| 57 | She hugged Nicholas in her arms and rocked him backwards and forwards in the basket-backed rocking chair , in the damp Islington basement , night after night , morning after morning , holding on to him in his little cream Viyella nightdress and blue sleeping bag . |
| 58 | Georgina took him in her arms and kissed him on the lips . |
| 59 | Shiona gathered her up in her arms and kissed her . |
| 60 | She picked him up in her arms and carried him back to bed . |