Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] she [conj] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An old man shuttled after her and hooked a horticultural implement of a hand around her arm . |
| 2 | And he bent towards her and extracted a kiss from her reluctant lips the way he might have taken the pit from an apricot . |
| 3 | He moved towards her and stroked a light finger along the edge of her chin . |
| 4 | He came to her and placed a hand beneath her elbow . |
| 5 | He lowered his voice , came to her and touched the side of her face with one strong hand . |
| 6 | There was something about the expression on his face as he unclipped his seatbelt and turned towards her that made a sudden flurry of alarm run through her , and she backed as far away as the close confines of the car would allow . |
| 7 | But as Luke joined with her and experienced the first brief resistance of her untutored flesh she felt the shock run through him . |
| 8 | Noreen appeared at the prompt side and little Maria turned to her and sang the next verse to her . |
| 9 | One evening in August — it was their fourth night in a row ; her blood kept flowing that month — he turned to her and saw an expression on her face that he did n't recognise . |
| 10 | He nodded to her and placed the tray on a low table beside her and left as quietly as he had entered . |
| 11 | He perched beside her and held the plastic container . |
| 12 | Eb brushed past her and entered the back-kitchen . |
| 13 | He waved and grinned at her and jerked a thumb upwards . |
| 14 | ‘ Tapestries Slashed ’ , ran a dramatic headline in one paper ; in fact , the would-be vandal had scarcely taken her scissors out of her pocket before Mrs Gardner swooped on her and called the police . |
| 15 | The woman looked after her and gave a little shrug . |
| 16 | Then she looked behind her and saw a carriage coming up the same hill that she had just climbed , with a man leading the horse . |
| 17 | Slowly , his eyes never leaving her face , he reached behind her and undid the closure of her gown . |
| 18 | Rachel looked at her and felt a spark of hope , knowing Damian did want , above and beyond all else , to make love to her . |
| 19 | He looked at her and saw a stranger , who had never been anything else . |
| 20 | There he turned , looked at her and gripped the bedstead with both hands . |
| 21 | She tried not to flinch as he passed within arm 's length , but he reached by her and re-opened the office door . |
| 22 | She looked at him but made no reply ; then she went out escorted , one on each side , by the two men , and neither of them spoke to her nor exchanged a word with each other until they were crossing the main road , when seemingly out of nowhere stepped a policeman , and they all came to a halt . |
| 23 | He whistled after her and shouted a coarse word , whilst Beatrice looked down at him , unshaven and dishevelled , and asked who the big Sicilian was ( an insult , of course to an Italian ) . |
| 24 | On seeing Meik , she ran to her and planted a big kiss on her cheek . |
| 25 | And he pushed past her and opened the door and started running down the street towards the War Memorial Square and Ebenezer Chapel . |
| 26 | Satisfied that her friend was happy , Sarah sat opposite her and took a quarter bottle of Black and White whisky from the mantelpiece . |
| 27 | er and keep her company cos he was at work and the kids were in bed , and she says I went over and sat with her and had a cup of coffee and a smoke and I sat with her , you know , till she was ready for bed . |
| 28 | It turned chilly in the afternoon , and a man in a bowler hat came and sat beside her and rubbed the side of his shoe up and down her leg . |
| 29 | The 32-year-old delivery girl was left screaming in agony after the alsatian-collie cross snapped at her and took the top of her ring finger off during her round in Canterbury , Kent . |