Example sentences of "[v-ing] she [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was tearing her apart to know how much he must love the pale , blank-eyed girl . |
| 2 | When Carrie was serving she often became involved in their conversations at the counter . |
| 3 | She wanted to bike along the road for a swim but after she finished dressing she simply sat on the edge of the bath and looked out of the window . |
| 4 | She had to twist around to follow him , and still her elbow and shoulder screamed ; she fell back as he let her go , pushing her slightly to make her stagger . |
| 5 | That may have been one factor in causing her subsequently to bring up the children in the Jewish faith . |
| 6 | Then she swept away , skilfully rustling her long dress for maximum effect . |
| 7 | He would lie , exhausted among the twisted sheets , his head buried under the pillow , urging her silently to switch the damn thing off . |
| 8 | The locks burst open , spilling her newly signed lease on to the dusty pavement , but the other results of the blow were equally immediate — and satisfactorily dramatic . |
| 9 | She smacked her hand down on to the saucer without realising she still held the cup . |
| 10 | Julia seemed to take on a new lease of life and now that the weather was improving she often walked to Carrie 's house or to see Bridie and her family . |
| 11 | His hands were on her shoulders , turning her gently to face him . |
| 12 | Maybe that was why this picture just would n't work : she was expected to produce a suitable work in return for the fellowship that was supposed to be paying her just to paint . |
| 13 | Mrs Parvis gave no sign of being interested in her , let alone liking her enough to want to touch her . |
| 14 | Then everybody wanted it and she had to give up a bit of buttermaking she also did to cope with the demand . |
| 15 | She leant lower over the bed , to give her words extra emphasis , but Ace took immediate and unfair advantage of her low centre of gravity , and pulled her down on to him , his two arms holding her firmly pressed against his full length . |
| 16 | It hurt her to see him like this , resorting to holding her here to get revenge on Steve . |
| 17 | Making lunch for Lucy and Francis , giving her lifts here and there when her car was off the road , calling her just to see how she was , ordering her home when she looked exhausted , plying her with remedies if she had a cold , rubbing her back if she was tense . |
| 18 | And the thought of Leo actually kissing her properly made her feel positively ill ! |
| 19 | She thanked him once again , saying she now felt better about going on the radio . |
| 20 | A campesina spoke up , saying she too had seen him hand over the knife . |
| 21 | The next time I went slowly past their table , refill coffee pot at the ready , the conversation was back to the journey , with Xanthe this time saying she basically thought horseracing boring and she would n't have come on this trip if her father had n't made her . |
| 22 | And primitive after Surrey — I remember Nora saying she never knew how to dress . |
| 23 | Fiona returned , pulling on a fluffy white wrap over her red silk dress , saying she really did n't want to go to the dinner and being persuaded again by her husband . |
| 24 | He solved the Chelsi problem by having her noisily eaten by a Stygian panther in the lab menagerie . |
| 25 | If she 's frightened of using the more adventurous play equipment at playgroup or in the park , start with gentle activities — playing in the sand pit , painting and reading — letting her gradually develop an interest in the other equipment . |
| 26 | It leapt in the air as it shot over the ramp , making Rachel gasp as she watched him slam the brakes on , flinging her forward to make the seatbelt dig into her . |
| 27 | Her desperation to flee seemed faintly ridiculous now , but she stiffened her failing resolve with the reminder that he had tracked her to Glenshee , giving her no say whatsoever in the matter . |
| 28 | ‘ Lady Danby , ’ she said , reaching for Theda 's arm and bringing her forward to face the battleaxe , ‘ you will allow me to present Miss Kyte , and she will , I am sure , be delighted to accept your invitation . ’ |
| 29 | Since it presumably means we will not for some time to come be seeing her again stretched horizontal on a sun lounger . |
| 30 | The fear of never seeing her again swamped his other feelings , even lust and shyness . |