Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] on her " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Come along , ’ I said , tightening my grip on her shoulder . |
| 2 | Or else she would turn round , as though sensing my gaze on her skin , and for a moment as brief and yet momentous as a pause in music our eyes talked dirty . |
| 3 | After a minute or two I felt well enough to resume the climb , all the time now focusing my imagination on her waiting , sad but hopeful , in the Wheel Room , in her box made of Bibles . |
| 4 | ‘ Help me , Ashley , ’ I said , closing my eyes and putting my head on her shoulder . |
| 5 | She made me coffee , gave me hugs , and at one point I fell asleep , and was at peace for a while , and woke up sprawled on the floor , my head on her lap , one gentle hand stroking my head . |
| 6 | Indeed , my emphasis on her ‘ literary ’ conception of drama seems to confirm the view . |
| 7 | Then she asked if I would knit some for other mothers , so I agreed to her putting my name on her notice board . |
| 8 | Feeling my hand on her leg , the fingers fanning out , stroking to give pleasure , squeezing to show need , a little dumbshow of love being played out on her skin . |
| 9 | It was when I was resting my hand on her flank to steady her that I noticed the little swelling under the skin . |
| 10 | And when I had put these into a plastic bag that I found lying beside them under the dressing-table , I put my hand on her shoulder , about to shake her . |
| 11 | I put my stethoscope on her heart and listened to the increasingly faint , rapid beat then I straightened up and sat on the rug looking sightlessly into the fireplace , feeling the warmth of the flames on my face . |
| 12 | Not the kind of character to wear her heart on her sleeve . |
| 13 | Great Britain , however , relied for her defence on her naval supremacy , and in 1914 the army consisted wholly of volunteers in the regular and territorial forces . |
| 14 | She reflected that if Time had needed to deposit its flotsam on her doorstep , could it not have taken the form of a steady young man who caught the 5.30 train home each evening , and played cricket at the weekends ? |
| 15 | She pulled a handkerchief from her handbag on her lap , dabbed at her nose . |
| 16 | Now she tidied herself up , arranged her shawl on her forehead , and soothed the baby , who was still nuzzling for her breast . |
| 17 | She was tempted to use the weather as an excuse to postpone her visit to J. Pringle & Sons , but the work ethic that had carried her successfully through so many years of study and so many examinations now exerted its leverage on her conscience once more . |
| 18 | Her sister 's illness had taken its toll on her looks and they had all spent some very traumatic moments helping her to come to terms with the debilitating condition which had now rendered her legs virtually useless . |
| 19 | She showered , dressed and snatched a cup of coffee on hurried auto-pilot , and was in her car on her way to her place of employment without any clear recollection of having done any of the three . |
| 20 | She was following behind in her car on her way home when a booby trap exploded , hurling the RUC man 's car into a ditch . |
| 21 | This heartfelt confession had its effect on her hearer . |
| 22 | The murder must have been a severe shock to her and she would no doubt be deeply concerned over its effect on her husband ; she should have gone to see her yesterday , or at least telephoned . |
| 23 | When he moved to stand in front of her , barring her path , she looked down , terrified that he would read her fear on her face . |
| 24 | When he let her go she wiped her mouth on her sleeve . |
| 25 | One by one their grip on her cunt lips was broken until she was free of them . |
| 26 | She tightened her hold on her knees , jabbing her nose further into the folds of her breeches and grimly tried to focus on what was to come . |
| 27 | Some distance behind them her ladies walked ; they were kind , but they oppressed her with their insistence on her royalty , and it was hard to live up to them . |
| 28 | Or Alice Welch , from Byron Drive , York , who became Britain 's oldest novice when she passed her test on her 74th birthday — at the sixth attempt . |
| 29 | ‘ Behind the gentle smiles and the cheery waves she is an utterly determined woman who does not give up her grip on her family easily , ’ says royal-watcher Margaret Holder . |
| 30 | Peg sat rigid her basket on her lap , knitting forgotten , keeping in check the smouldering anger inside her . |