Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] [v-ing] she [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Any minute and he would be inviting her through to the bedroom and urging her to call him Alexander ! |
| 2 | She put her hand down to push him away and he grabbed it , squeezing it around the erect penis and forcing her to rub it up and down . |
| 3 | And in that twilight world between waking and sleeping she saw that it was a face she knew , her own . |
| 4 | His wife Aileen came in with pails of milk , scolding at two little girls for clinging onto her skirt and making her spill . |
| 5 | I try yelling in a Rasta 's earhole while waving her snap in front of his eyes . |
| 6 | Me and my big mouth , eh ? ’ she said , lowering her gaze and wishing she knew when to hold her tongue . |
| 7 | Carrie felt as if she were falling through space ; falling and falling with the air pressing her chest and making her gasp . |
| 8 | They took the form of both the grandmother and father doubting the decision and persuading her to change her mind ; and from medical advisors and social workers seeking to persuade her to keep the child . |
| 9 | The shots , which were widely reprinted in the Allied press , showed a relaxed General listening to his wife play the piano or watching her knit . |
| 10 | Who delivered the message at Kinghorn gate , a letter to the Queen saying the King could be arriving that evening and telling her to instruct the purveyor to have horses at Inverkeithing , particularly his favourite , the white Tamesin ? |
| 11 | Instead his mouth pressed against the soft cotton , tracing the outline of her body and making her shudder . |
| 12 | She was desperate to move now , physical awareness returning suddenly to her body and making her realise that she was numb in her left leg and stiff everywhere else . |
| 13 | It was a relief to see Sophia standing in the window of the vicarage drawing room and beckoning her to come in . |
| 14 | I set her the first day to clean the floors starting at the top and expecting her to reach the bottom at the end of the day or at least the last floor , but Ellen she had not managed more than two rooms in eight hours and those not well done . |
| 15 | A SEX monster battered a 14-year-old girl before dumping her in a freezing gravel pit and leaving her to drown . |
| 16 | The experiment consisted of presenting an unseen passage of text to a person and asking her to guess one letter at a time . |
| 17 | Testing is carried out by presenting the student with a new example of the concept and asking her to identify it . |
| 18 | Sometimes it 's worth going away for a while and letting her think she 's beaten you , and then coming back with the food a few hours later . |
| 19 | The office drivers buying her fierce Singha beer and teaching her to dance the Ramwong , and her library assistants taking her to markets and on river trips , bringing her sticky cakes and jasmine garlands and inviting her to their homes . |
| 20 | Taking a deep breath and straightening her slumping shoulders , she pushed open the back door of the colonel 's house , and as she saw the dim light from the lounge spilling out into the hall she walked in that direction . |
| 21 | Germany interpreted her constitution as forbidding her to participate in the military operation , and Belgium refused to sell ammunition to the British army . |
| 22 | ‘ Let me take that , ’ said a male voice and turning she found herself looking into a pair of startlingly blue eyes . |
| 23 | Just take care that fancying her does n't make you go too soft on the rest of the family , or too hard on anyone else . |
| 24 | On the first Saturday of the month Merrill 's telephone rang , shrilling through the morning silence and making her jump . |
| 25 | Then he was reaching for his own glass and inviting her to sit in one of the wicker armchairs overlooking the bay while he seated himself in the chair beside her . |
| 26 | With that , Beth and her son went hand in hand out of the house and down the street , the boy 's constant chatter filtering back to the watching maid and causing her to smile . |
| 27 | He would just walk on , holding her hand and letting her lead him , turning his head a bit so she would n't see his closed eyes and keeping the sun on his left cheek as an additional guide . |
| 28 | ‘ Do n't look so dismayed , ’ begged Mrs Alderley , taking Theda 's hand and obliging her to sit on an elegant Sheraton sofa . |
| 29 | She remembered Jeff and the deep affection and caring she had felt for him . |
| 30 | Without warning , the woman 's hand flew out , striking Juliet on the shoulder and causing her to lose her balance . |