Example sentences of "[v-ing] her [noun] and [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Clenching her fists and raising her face to the grey sky she whispered : " O Lord , give Sam the greater catch ! " |
| 32 | I saw Dodger Gillespie , flashing her sockets and cadging a smoke off an awestruck spaceline stewardess . |
| 33 | She remembered Doc Threadneedle suggesting she try sucking her finger and sticking it in an electric socket . |
| 34 | Ace woke at once , drawing her gun and spinning about on the carpeting of plaster chips and glass fragments , searching for the source and target . |
| 35 | Just ask her a couple of times whether she had a bath this morning and she will immediately be reduced to the anxious teenager she once was , surreptitiously sniffing her armpits and combing chemists for bottles of Charlie . |
| 36 | She 'd always enjoyed using her hands and gained immense satisfaction from shaping and moulding whatever material came to hand , be it driftwood , clay or plasticine , and had come quite accidentally into using boxwood and rosewood which gave a smoother warmer feel than other woods or stone . |
| 37 | He was much closer than she had anticipated and his arms came round her from behind , circling her waist and pulling her back against him . |
| 38 | ‘ To hell with the client ’ says Howard , catching her hand and smiling at her . |
| 39 | ‘ My lady , ’ said Hugh , catching her eye and breaking into a resigned grin , ‘ my lady , as usual , is making fun of both of us . ’ |
| 40 | He pulled her to him , stroking her hair and kissing her forehead . |
| 41 | Although she felt a little guilty about letting him do it Sally found she quite liked the feel of his fingers stroking her flesh and teasing her nipples but when he tried to put his hand up her skirt beneath her scratchy petticoats she tried to stop him . |
| 42 | The fashionable view of describing babies as dull and boring further adds to the young woman 's sense of wasting her abilities and failing to fulfil her potential , especially if she has enjoyed the benefits of higher education . |
| 43 | Merrill asked , fastening her seatbelt and wishing that he were n't so devastatingly attractive . |
| 44 | She began to yell furiously , then threw herself on the ground , red-faced with rage , stamping her feet and screwing up her eyes . |
| 45 | The eunuchs piled into the entrance hall , the musicians started up the music and Vimla led the dancing by stamping her foot and ringing her little anklet bells . |
| 46 | Equally interestingly , Mr E felt he was managing to convey something of his greater hopefulness to Dave 's mother , using insight-promoting questions when she kept praising her daughter and complaining about Dave , and asking , for instance : ‘ What are the things you can be nice to him about at home ? |
| 47 | She got up hurriedly , spilling her coffee and looking distraught , but Helen , ever practical , said , |
| 48 | Wriggling her shoulders and pushing with her feet , she covered the last ten yards . |
| 49 | The girl realised that her mistress was dreading her confinement and insisted that Tamar spent the afternoons lying down . |
| 50 | As he spoke , he was drawing back slightly , capturing her hand and carrying it to tumescent flesh pulsing with vigorous life . |
| 51 | Humber raised one hand , stiffening her fingers and slicing the air sideways . |
| 52 | Too tired to think any more , she kicked off her sandals and freshened herself up in the scented blue-tiled bathroom , brushing her hair and wiping her hands and face , and then her feet , on the fluffiest white towel she had ever felt . |
| 53 | Such a tiny little woman , I thought as I watched her , imagining her building and repairing her mental walls , her endless labour . |
| 54 | As well as working in the parish , Mrs Sumner was very conscious of her responsibility for training her children and creating a Christian home . |
| 55 | Luce stood by the rail , a cooling breeze fanning her cheeks and lifting her fringe and the loose tendrils of dark hair . |
| 56 | Yvonne says , fanning her mouth and hanging onto my arm . |
| 57 | His lips hardened and he lifted her closer , cupping her head and kissing her deeply when she made no move to get away . |
| 58 | Surprises everywhere — Jess thought , retying her hair , smoothing her dress and trying to bring order to the thoughts that flew about in her head like dry leaves in a wind . |
| 59 | Nervously smoothing her skirt and praying there were no stains she had missed , she went along the hall and into the living room . |
| 60 | Angus was stroking her , caressing her thighs and making her squirm and moan with pleasure . |