Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] and [verb] she " in BNC.
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| 1 | And in that twilight world between waking and sleeping she saw that it was a face she knew , her own . |
| 2 | When Ludovico came back to the apartment with food for lunch and found her stripped to the waist , washing herself in the cracked kitchen sink , he immediately started making love to her , pushing her back until the taps dug into her . |
| 3 | She is looking for work and thinks she may be forced to move to London in search of a job . |
| 4 | But the attack , when it came , came from an entirely unexpected quarter , leaving her completely without defence , as in one easy move he thrust his long fingers into her mane of hair and pulled her to him , his mouth silencing the startled cry on her lips . |
| 5 | But soon after he had a change of heart and left her . |
| 6 | But even in her anger she also knew she could not add anything more to the heavy burden of worry and doubt she had seen her father was already carrying . |
| 7 | ‘ It took some time to bring your sister to a reasonable state of mind and to prevent her following Garry back to London . |
| 8 | It was an ancient emotion for Blanche , calling her home from the wasteland of tension and anger she had tramped across for the past few months . |
| 9 | I gave Fenella a handful of loose change for cups of tea and told her I was just popping out to ‘ see to Armstrong ’ and I 'd be back in an hour . |
| 10 | They led her into the interview-room , gave her a cup of tea and got her to sign the consent form — somewhat of a formality as the child was already in Theatre by this time , but at least that way they were covered in the event of any repercussions . |
| 11 | He even made a pot of tea and poured her a cup when she got up for work . |
| 12 | As their eyes met , Yanto sensed a spart of recognition and gave her a broad smile to help her recollect . |
| 13 | Maybe they would remake Anna Karenina when she was an actress , and everyone would be amazed that such a young girl could project such depths of emotion and hail her as the new Garbo . |
| 14 | Already I have the feeling that I 'm a bit too thin — that Anna , whose house I am at , will say that I was never fat in the first place : ‘ Oh , you 're all right , skinny ribs ’ ; that mixture of dismissal and envy she uses , excluding me from the problems of other girls , from real problems like her fat thighs , or her backside that could do with ‘ half an hour on a bacon slicer ’ , as she puts it . |
| 15 | When Karen Stephens trained as a hairdresser she had to learn more than just the rudiments of cutting and blow-drying/ She also had to tackle the problems of learning how to lip-read in a mirror , as 20-year-old Karen has been deaf all her life . |
| 16 | Cheap Mo cheap ’ and Magill came out from behind his flat-topped mahogany desk with a shout of laughter and hugged her and patted her bottom . |
| 17 | Dexter detected her change of mood and examined her quizzically . |
| 18 | ‘ Confessionale , ’ the priest smiled at Molly and took another genteel sip of wine and surprised her . |
| 19 | He took a mouthful of wine and regarded her , propping one hand against his head . |
| 20 | Then , after she had taken her tour of Nightmare City , they had brought her into the middle of town and dumped her . |
| 21 | Still , it was the hangover of that piece of moral cowardice at Lochgair station , along with everything else , that led to me feeling so profoundly awful with myself that evening ( after the train finally did get into Queen Street and I walked back , soaked and somehow no longer hungry , in the rain to the empty flat in Grant Street ) , that mum had to call me there , because I had n't been able to bring myself to phone her and dad … and I still managed to feign sleep and a little shame and a smattering of sorrow and reassure her as best I could that really I was all right , yes of course , not to worry , I was fine , thanks for calling … and so of course after that felt even worse . |
| 22 | All she knew of self and love she knew through Fenna , and now she had to send him away . |
| 23 | We noted the omission of any mention of meat and asked her particularly about this , as there have been so many debates among anthropologists in recent years as to the origins of hunting and meat-eating . |
| 24 | I tried to ring her the other day as going to a seminar at my solicitors office nearby and had hoped to walk up plus dog , leave Bella for duration of seminar and pick her up again = kill exercise bird with seminar stone as it were . |
| 25 | It was Louise who usually attended to Miriam , bringing her a ration of water and helping her nearer the fire at night . |
| 26 | To head off a tantrum , try squirting a shot of washing-up liquid into a beaker , adding a bit of water and giving her a drinking straw to blow bubbles with . |
| 27 | She told me she did n't eat lunch any more as it had become a bourgeois meal , but I could call in for a cup of de-caff and con her into whatever it was I wanted . |
| 28 | Then his head dipped towards her and he kissed her full on the lips , a harsh , plundering kiss that robbed her of breath and left her trembling beneath him . |
| 29 | She said she 'd given it a lot of thought and decided she 'd just got carried away because it was all such fun . |
| 30 | The 13-year-old pupil at Alsop High School then grabbed hold of Jade and pulled her to the side of the boat even though he is not a strong swimmer himself . |