Example sentences of "[v-ing] to her [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Slowly , he put down the silver pen he had been toying with and stood up , walking to her at the windows . |
| 2 | When I go past , I wonder what has been happening to her in the intervening years , and that 's very odd . ’ |
| 3 | And : ‘ I hear people are always writing to her about the deaths of their hearts . ’ |
| 4 | Det Sgt Pat Lewis , of the child protection team , confirmed she had been examined by a doctor and added : ‘ We will be speaking to her in the morning . |
| 5 | At first he sounded distant , as if he was calling to her from the basement of a big house , but he came nearer very quickly and suddenly he was shouting in her ear . |
| 6 | Tim and Oliver were on the balcony , their voices coming to her across the warm stillness . |
| 7 | Every sound , every movement , told her what he was doing … the shoes placed neatly side by side , the braces flicked down over his shoulders , the trousers carefully folded and laid across the back of the wicker chair , his footsteps coming to her over the creaking floorboards ; every sound , every movement … he was touching her now , warm , tickling , smooth , his naked body moving up and down against her , his voice in her ear , soft and loving , fingers probing , his mouth on hers ; the gasp of excitement when he entered her , jabbing , hard , growing excited . |
| 8 | For the next few days Ruth spent most of her waking hours with Anna , reading to her from the small collection of books Mrs Carson had brought on board , playing games , making up stories . |
| 9 | If talking to her on the phone does n't work then I 'll have to reconsider my position . ’ |
| 10 | anyw anyway erm I was talking to her on the bus not too long ago and , I do n't know how it came up but she was talking about Egypt , and er she 'd been apparently oh some a year or two back cos she did a , an evening course on Egyptology and she went through that , but she was telling me about a friend or friends of hers who 'd been er and told me about the trip . |
| 11 | jumping around while I was talking to her on the phone , I was getting so pissed the phone . |
| 12 | Imperceptibly Hamilton had switched from talking to her to the girl who was still staring at her . |
| 13 | She did not have long to brood because Harbury began talking to her about the MacQuillan case . |
| 14 | And I er was talking to her down the lane when Mrs Monday and I asked her how she was and she said oh I 've had a few falls in the house and all . |
| 15 | Ruth heard Gran talking to her in the office — which was only a partitioned off slice of the kitchen , so Ruth could hear every word as she stacked the dishwasher . |
| 16 | But I did n't want to be seen talking to her in the office , so I should have to wait until she got home . |
| 17 | ‘ The Blood of Christ , ’ Peter said softly , stooping to her with the chalice . |
| 18 | ‘ Angel , ’ murmured Jay , waving to her along the dark road . |