Example sentences of "[v-ing] her [noun] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She then picks up a stone in her jaws and , vibrating her head at high speed , bangs down the soil . |
| 2 | Dexter noticed her hand was shaking faintly and she struck him as keeping her self-control with great difficulty . |
| 3 | She said , keeping her anger under tight control — he would not , she sensed , be moved by ranting and raving — ‘ We 'll come to some arrangement . |
| 4 | it is an artists ' book of the first order , the making of which has been managed from beginning to end by the artist herself , thereby satisfying her desire for creative control over every aspect of its production . |
| 5 | Returning her gaze to dark hair and broad shoulders , she asked , ‘ What did you mean about it being a joke ? |
| 6 | FROM CRUNCHING HER WAY ACROSS CRYSTALLINE ICE BY DAY TO CAMPING ON FROZEN RIVER BEDS AT NIGHT , JILL RANFORD 'S TRIP TO ZANSKAR WAS CERTAINLY ONE TO REMEMBER |
| 7 | Moffat attacked the woman on 11 January , 1992 , as she was walking her dog on Waimairi Beach , near Christchurch . |
| 8 | In three of the schools the project proposals and spending plans were the product of consultation and debate ; in the fourth , the teacher-librarian merely allocated sums to departments reflecting her perceptions of likely use . |
| 9 | Now penurious ( ‘ I live , ’ she said , ‘ from mouth to hand ’ ) , and accepting her situation with great dignity and courage , she was striving to fulfil her ambition of taking the degree denied to her on the grounds of race years earlier at the University of Cracow . |
| 10 | In both cases the choice is between the serious but dull ( when seeing Paul she had been completing her thesis on religious poetry ) and the creative but frivolous ( she collaborates with Bernard on a book about adultery in medieval literature ) . |
| 11 | Her blouse fell open and her naked breast was warmed by the hot sun and his mouth drawing her desire from deep within her , a desire she thought had been lost for no other man would have been able to free it , no other but him . |
| 12 | Casabona , 20 , of no fixed address , forced the woman to go to a bedroom and tied her ankles and arms before gagging her mouth with adhesive tape . |
| 13 | The point about a woman using her uterus for financial gain poses two problems . |
| 14 | ‘ The sun comes up each morning , the Pope 's a Catholic , and Donna Fratelli 's still sticking her nose into other people 's business . ’ |
| 15 | Damian was behind her , catching her shoulders in hard hands , spinning her to face him . |
| 16 | With a soft groan , Rohan pulled her into his arms , holding her close against his body , the strong fingers stroking her hair with surprising gentleness . |
| 17 | They moved slowly , effortlessly , stroking her breasts with feather-light touches at first and then deepening the pressure as her flesh burned hotly under his touch . |
| 18 | ‘ I was showing her a bird , ’ Mandy interrupted , turning and wrinkling her nose in playful warning at Charity . |
| 19 | Evidently , she took pleasure in surprising her tutors with new vocabulary . |
| 20 | A decommissioned shop robot leaned from under its canopy and fired a burst of sublim at her , filling her head with sun-dappled pools , the smell of honeysuckle , desire . |
| 21 | ‘ Is it really worth going somewhere else ? ’ she asked a trifly wistfully , filling her lungs with cool fresh air and realising for the first time that the pavements were damp and it must have been raining . |
| 22 | Scarlet dreamed that an unknown person was kissing her and filling her mouth with ice-cold spit : she woke , glad that Constance , to whom she confided her dreams , was there to listen . |
| 23 | She left the towpath and advanced towards him , brushing her way through tall grasses , where bees buzzed somnolently and grasshoppers whirred their summer sounds . |
| 24 | Elinor would squawk , brushing her mane of black hair away from her forehead . |
| 25 | Theda demanded , eyeing her visitor with acute suspicion . |
| 26 | When she could stand it no longer , she flung back the bedclothes and crossed to the washbasin in the corner of the room , splashing her face with cold water . |
| 27 | She pushed him away , smoothing her dress with short , irritated movements . |
| 28 | Instead of meeting his eyes , she occupied herself with finding her notebook , and then inspecting her surroundings with feigned detachment , cursing her thudding heart . |
| 29 | Alain moved until his body was half over her and as his lips explored her mouth his hand moved over her face and neck , searching her skin with increasing ardour until with a low groan he moved right over her , pressing her into the straw as his hands cupped her breasts . |
| 30 | Forcing her voice through frozen lips , she hid her inner turmoil and quipped , ‘ You make being engaged to Peter sound like just another job ! ’ |