Example sentences of "[verb] her [adv prt] and [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The bullet entered her back and exited through her chest , puncturing a lung and breaking a rib . |
| 2 | She is patting Xanthe softly now , dreamily , and she stands her up and drops the nightdress with the rabbits over the little girl 's head , and turns her to fasten the top pearl button at the back . |
| 3 | Now and again , he could be militant : when Lady Astor gave a speech in which she suggested that ex-servicemen should wear arm bands to warn people that they might have venereal disease , my father shouted her down and called her an ex-chorus girl . |
| 4 | Then when he 'd done with her he 'd screw her up and throw her away . |
| 5 | ‘ We 're going to take Sarah , grind her up and send her back as hamburger meat . ’ |
| 6 | The blast had picked her up and dropped her a couple of metres along the ridge . |
| 7 | Things happened as they must have happened , only in fact it was Rufus who had picked her up and brought her back to Wyvis Hall . |
| 8 | Just a frail little thing , was n't she , the wind could have picked her up and tossed her away , yet she had demolished him as surely as if she had wielded a pick-axe handle to his belly . |
| 9 | If he 'd picked her up and laid her on the bed and taken her with all the passion and strength his virile body was promising her at that moment , she would n't have raised a finger to stop him , so when he swung her around in his arms and deposited her nearer to the bathroom door before removing his arms from her she was left gasping with surprise and a sinking feeling of disappointment mixed with humiliation which shook her with its intensity . |
| 10 | He had picked her up and carried her from the flames . |
| 11 | He led her to the car , helped her in and started the engine . |
| 12 | They played a lively game of Hide ‘ N ’ Seek , where the little hedgehog would crawl away to hide in the weeds or under pile of leaves and the big beast would seek her out and bark loudly when he found her . |
| 13 | Judge Richard May told Mills ’ to drive in that way when she tried to stop you and knock her down and run her over was callous behaviour beyong belief . ’ |
| 14 | Well then yo , you should have rung her up and said did he break in the caravan ? |
| 15 | I had to pull her on and cuddle her into me to keep her warm . ’ |
| 16 | Now put her down and let her run about . |
| 17 | Dropped her off and came screeching back here . ’ |
| 18 | But now her husband has tracked her down and obtained a High Court order for the return of his children to America . |
| 19 | Julia let them haul her up and stuff extra pillows behind her head , but the pain sharpened and she was hard put to it not to swear at them for hurting her . |
| 20 | But if she let fitzAlan carry her off and marry her she would be completely powerless against a man who despised her . |
| 21 | After 20 minutes Smith , who had put the telephone outside , used his victim 's keys to lock her in and made his escape almost two hours after the ordeal began . |
| 22 | But then she 'd practically loaded the gun that had shot her down and handed it to him . |
| 23 | She was given a parasol against the sun and when she had been shown how to recline in the litter , six dark-faced bearers lifted her up and began trotting barefoot through the city with guards running before and behind . |
| 24 | He lifted her up and felt her nearly rigid in his arms . |
| 25 | He lifted her up and perched her on one of the kitchen stools , then filled the kettle . |
| 26 | I kissed her , then lifted her up and spun her round ; she whooped . |
| 27 | I thought all your neighbours would have phoned her up and told her . |
| 28 | The creche staff did a fine job of picking her up and delivering her back to our chalet , so by the second week we decided to take her skiing with us . |
| 29 | A murder trial jury has been told that a teenager who was left in charge of a baby girl for a few minutes killed the child by picking her up and smashing her head against a wall . |
| 30 | ‘ I remember picking her up and playing with her , but now , although she 's friendly up to a point , she 's gradually becoming more dangerous . |