Example sentences of "[adv] and [pron] [vb past] her " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Mrs Hatton , ’ he said gently and she raised her face obediently ,
2 With a soft sigh his head came down and he took her lips in a gentle , lingering kiss .
3 And then she felt him move away and she lifted her head and saw that he was going towards the door .
4 She whispered his name rather desperately and he caught her mouth with his , his lips hardening to demanding pressure when she made no move to resist .
5 Her breasts tightened painfully and he pulled her closer as if he knew , his kiss deepening further .
6 Things were happening too easily and it made her nervous , even though he was Mrs Bradford 's brother .
7 Nobbs wrote Reggie Perrin because ‘ he was from the world I knew , we were from Kent , my father got the 8.16 to Cannon Street every day , ’ but he wrote Henry Pratt because ‘ it was the early '80s , Thatcher had taken over and I knew her politics would create a more divided nation .
8 We could not get in to see Gracie Fields and , together with hundreds of troops , we stood outside and they relayed her performance , I listened to this glorious voice singing " Sally " and all the rest of her favourite songs , and then walking the other 11 miles back — in flying boots .
9 The thought of Norman 's discomfiture at finding her gone cheered her a little and she pressed her foot down on the accelerator , anxious to distance herself from the three of them , to reach the safety of home .
10 From time to time her voice trailed off and she became her grief , heavy as a stone .
11 I forgot to close the deck hatch when the squall — ’ Her voice tailed off and she moved her shoulders briefly .
12 Reid picked her up and she put her face into the hollow of his shoulder , both arms fast about his neck .
13 I sat up and she withdrew her hand .
14 ( Even Mrs Abercrombie , once when Amy was out and I changed her sheets , cried like a baby from shame . )
15 Her tears were gone now and she raised her head to look at Fernando .
16 He lay back and she stretched her body over his , leaning to his mouth and parting his lips with her tongue .
17 I looked around and I hit her such a bloody fourpenny one that I knocked her flying .
18 Well and she left her knickers in the bloody sink and bloody disgusting !
19 It came out huskily and she cleared her throat quickly , to say in a light , clear tone which she hoped betrayed nothing , ‘ He did n't even tell me about his marriage ! ’
20 ’ Mr Sargent had said something then and she lowered her voice so that Emmie could n't hear her any more .
21 He emerged then and she dropped her hand self-consciously , straightened her dress and tried to rearrange her expression into one of indifferent professionalism as an attractive blonde girl draped herself decorously around his neck and began to kiss him with quite unnecessary passion .
22 He came back through then and she averted her eyes from the fire , and his face , and wandered over to the window , to sober herself by staring once again at the pouring rain .
23 Pride in her soared up then and she turned her back on the phone .
24 He turned to the girl again and she shook her head .
25 She longed to ask Mary if she knew what was wrong with her son , but there was no point in worrying her unnecessarily and she kept her anxiety to herself .
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