Example sentences of "[vb past] on her [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Caterina twisted and beat on her sister 's back with her fists . |
| 2 | She knelt on her knees , as Mandy had explained , resting her haunches against the wooden seat . |
| 3 | Guns N' Roses fan Hendley , who has the rock group 's rose trademark tattooed on her leg , told the court : ‘ He was like a sex drug . |
| 4 | She was held up briefly in the final when the in-form Sanchez-Vicario swept to a 4–1 lead ( and deservedly so ) and yet Martina , the grass court player supreme , merely drew on her experience , stepped up a gear , kept her nerve and won 5 games in a row to deflate the Spanish challenge . |
| 5 | She drew on her cigarette . |
| 6 | Liz Spalding shook her head as she drew on her cigarette . |
| 7 | She tapped and drew on her cigarette . |
| 8 | And anyway , ’ she drew on her cigarette and smiled through the smoke , ‘ you never intended that . |
| 9 | In the early evening , Hari restlessly drew on her shawl . |
| 10 | It drew on her visit to her brothers Raymond and Saxton during the Klondyke gold rush . |
| 11 | Hari shivered a little as she drew on her underclothes , then her thick skirt and bodice , lastly pulling the welcoming warmth of the shawl around her slim shoulders . |
| 12 | Tamar sighed and drew on her gloves . |
| 13 | She scribbled on her napkin the words , ‘ For God 's sake say something ’ , and , having folded it carefully , passed it up through the guests to the Prime Minister himself . |
| 14 | The motion was proposed by Mrs Lemass , who reported on her committee 's deliberations . |
| 15 | She felt the weight of something fastened on her head , circling her brow . |
| 16 | His grip firmed on her shoulders , and she was shaken by the feeling of warm strength that seemed to pour into her as he lowered his head to kiss her again . |
| 17 | His name trembled on her lips once more , no longer a name but an endearment , a paean to the deep spring of emotion which was gushing through her , banishing logical thought , obliterating words like ‘ giving ’ and ‘ taking ’ , replacing them with ‘ sharing ’ . |
| 18 | A smile trembled on her lips . |
| 19 | The question trembled on her tongue . |
| 20 | Ruth wondered if she was gazing at the dark whiskers which sprouted on her chin and made her so appropriately , though unfortunately , named . |
| 21 | She stopped on her journey , and sat down in the street under one of the sparse trees , to try to let the queasiness ebb away . |
| 22 | I sucked on her love like a leech . |
| 23 | Stella did too — ; after all , she was one of them — until a picture grew in her head of Dawn Allenby in St Ives 's bed-sitter , cheeks hollowed as she sucked on her peppermints , the gas fire burning blue , those unwrapped , unwanted flowers lying on the table . |
| 24 | Christine sucked on her cigarette . |
| 25 | A shower of gritty dust pattered on her face . |
| 26 | Blushing rosily , unable to look at him , Luce concentrated on her breakfast . |
| 27 | To avoid introspection she concentrated on her surroundings . |
| 28 | She concentrated on her drink to hide her embarrassment , deciding that whisky was all right . |
| 29 | He concentrated on her breasts , small and soft , tipped so brightly in their red , moving in her agitation . |
| 30 | She concentrated on her potato , gouging out its deep black eye with the serrated tip of her knife . |