Example sentences of "her and [vb past] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He turned his back to her and walked off into the open-plan living-room , with its huge glass patio doors that led on to the front garden . |
| 2 | Dana refused to look at her and walked out of the bathroom . |
| 3 | She flung the whole tangle of thought away from her and ran fast up the stairs as though in the room some delight or pleasure awaited her , not the hard task of painting . |
| 4 | The Substitute said goodbye to her and ran lightly to the jeep carrying a polythene bag . |
| 5 | Friends were able to find an alternative , but for a few moments Marilyn said she could not believe it was happening to her and looked about for the dreaded Jeremy Beadle . |
| 6 | Watching Silas , the answer evaded her because his face remained expressionless , so she pushed the question away from her and got on with the job . |
| 7 | The trousers had followed the jacket on to the chair , leaving only a pair of grey and white striped boxer shorts , and in dumb amazement she clutched the towel around her and stared reluctantly at the most impressive male body she 'd ever seen , well over six feet of muscle and sinew and matt-looking olive-tanned skin . |
| 8 | Gathering himself , he dismissed her and went down to the waiting car . |
| 9 | Kee saw her and went out of the house , down the wooden steps and into the garden . |
| 10 | She pulled backwards if I spoke to her and lay down in the grass at every opportunity , refusing to move . |
| 11 | Instead he swung away from her and strode over to the far side of the room . |
| 12 | She kicked out of the bikini-bottom that Fernando had succeeded in half tearing from her and struck out for the furthest end of the pool , laughter gripping her and weakening her limbs as he lashed out after her . |
| 13 | Morton released her and wandered back to the window . |
| 14 | He came back to her and crouched down beside the lounger and took her hand in his to stroke it . |
| 15 | As she struggled with Italian pronunciation , Jacqueline doubled away behind her and slid out of the shop . |
| 16 | He pushed himself away from her and stood back from the bed , and the discordant ringing of the telephone shattered the silence of the room . |
| 17 | Annoyed , Tabitha paid her and leapt easily to the landing stage . |
| 18 | She heard a door open and close ; Mrs Gracie left her and hurried out of the room . |
| 19 | She gulped down the Martini offered to her and sat down on the sofa by Penelope , who edged away into her corner , recognising in Robina Fairfax 's shapeless grey woollen dress and strings of painted wooden beads the kind of woman she sometimes met at her landlady 's ‘ evenings ’ . |