Example sentences of "her [noun pl] [verb] around " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once she had accepted that she could not be buried in King Tut 's pyramid with her possessions heaped around her , she positively relished broadcasting who was to get what ‘ after I 'm gone ’ . |
| 2 | Her fingers tightened around his own , hard and harder , pulling him down . |
| 3 | Then I took off my little gold earrings and felt in the folds of my dress for all the money I 'd saved or stolen from my brother 's pockets over the years , and placed both the money and earrings in the palm of her hand , forcing her fingers shut around them . |
| 4 | He rested the ring on her open palm and pushed her fingers closed around it . |
| 5 | Her fingers curled around his wrists . |
| 6 | Her eyes wandered around the loops and curlicues of the writing . |
| 7 | Liessa swings down the mounting ladder and lands with her legs locked around Laolith 's leathery neck . |
| 8 | Her legs hooked around mine , her arms clasped my neck . |
| 9 | As she whimpered and writhed beneath him , her legs wound around his shoulders , she found his oily prong kept slipping from her . |
| 10 | Her arms twined around his neck , her body pressing against him , her lips receiving his with a passion that scorched her . |
| 11 | Feverishly , Folly clutched at him , her arms twining around the broadness of his back ; her fingers raking his flesh . |
| 12 | Her arms tightened around his neck . |
| 13 | Her arms went around him , and she held him tight . |
| 14 | She scrambled to her feet , sobbing , and continued on her way with her arms clamped around her breasts . |
| 15 | One stands naked facing front with her arms raised around her head which turns to face the sea . |
| 16 | Her arms tensed around his neck , across his back , as tiny frenzied shudderings shook her . |
| 17 | He pulled her close , folding her in his arms , but she buried her head against his shoulder even though her arms wrapped around his waist . |
| 18 | He had told her that he had wanted her that night at the house , but he needed no words now — his body was evidence enough — and sheets of flame seemed to shoot through her as her arms wound around his neck and she arched against the demanding , hardening muscles . |
| 19 | Her arms wound around his neck as she clung tightly , her mouth open against his face until they were moving together feverishly towards brilliant light that exploded around them . |
| 20 | Her arms hugged around herself , she stood in the phone-box for a long time after she 'd replaced the receiver and it seemed quite incomprehensible to her now that she had n't contacted her mother before . |
| 21 | Elinor , her arms draped around the necks of two paramedics , said , ‘ You can take that thing right away ! ’ |
| 22 | Hari made tea and sat at the table , her hands curled around the warmth of the cup . |