Example sentences of "['s] [noun] and [verb] her " in BNC.
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| 1 | As though the heat of the liquid burning her lips reminded her where she was , she looked away from the cat 's cradle and made her eyes focus on her guest . |
| 2 | She bit Doyle 's fingers and jerked her mouth free of them , shouting the words that came into her head . |
| 3 | They were simple potions , meant to relieve the pains in Lady Eleanor 's chest and afford her sleep . ’ |
| 4 | We caught the bus back to Ellen 's apartment and collected her clothes and notebooks . |
| 5 | Mada Joyce picked a wisp of grass from her daughter 's hair and stroked her round cheek . |
| 6 | It had been deepest at the moment just inside the Bleech-Palmer front door when , as always , Daphne set her plump hands on Cecilia 's shoulders and lifted her lips to Cecilia 's cheek . |
| 7 | Sleepy and cold in the back of Dada 's slow , unheated monster , Andrew put an arm round Nicandra 's shoulders and pulled her close for warmth and company . |
| 8 | 5 The defender grasps the attacker 's shoulders and raises her knee . |
| 9 | Only then does she become a full member of her husband 's lineage and secure her old age even in the absence of her husband . |
| 10 | He risked a soaking of foam as he darted out to cut his mooring lines , then twisted Dream Baby 's wheel and thrust her throttles forward . |
| 11 | She put her arm round Maureen 's neck and kissed her cheek . |
| 12 | Sarah was invited to Diana 's wedding and entertained her royal friend in her apartment near Clapham Junction in south London . |
| 13 | Even if she 'd dabbed Mummy 's eyes and wiped her brow with a hanky soaked in cologne . |
| 14 | Melissa strolled across , leaned against Iris 's fence and closed her eyes , listening to the bleating of young lambs and the chuckle of a solitary starling on the roof . |
| 15 | ‘ OK , ’ she nodded quickly , and noticed as she left the veranda that Bill Hamilton had moved closer to his wife 's side and engulfed her slim artist 's hand in his larger , stronger one in a gesture of silent support . |
| 16 | She returned Charlotte 's gaze and sipped her tea , apparently content to let the pretence go undisguised . |
| 17 | A BOGUS social worker conned his way into a young mother 's home and molested her two-year-old son , police revealed last night . |
| 18 | She pulled her hand from Cleo 's grip and grabbed her wrists . |
| 19 | An example of the first process is a mother 's tendency to ‘ fuss ’ over a female child 's appearance and to stress her prettiness — ‘ You are a pretty little girl ’ . |
| 20 | But a casual um or oh ? a discreet sloshing of more wine would bring pink to Lucy 's cheeks and untie her tongue . |
| 21 | Molly had buttoned up the braces on Jacqueline 's trousers and found her youngest child a biscuit when she heard the screams . |
| 22 | Maggie was about to refuse but she caught that sceptical look in the count 's eye and changed her mind . |
| 23 | I am learning that to narrow a woman 's focus and to make her faceless , as the fog does every day , turns her despite herself against the things she loves best . |
| 24 | On the nights when the tide of sewing ebbed to a low water-mark , Aunt Margaret crept up to Francie 's room and played her flute with him . |
| 25 | A thief gained entry to the guest 's room and stole her property . |
| 26 | Anne and Mrs Bennet quickly cleared the thick layer of gritty dust which lay over everything in Julia 's room and remade her bed . |
| 27 | She flipped open Chris 's diary and ran her finger down the entries . |
| 28 | Many of the protesters , together with much of the black press , attempted to publicise the jogger 's name and to vilify her character , claiming variously that she had never been attacked , that she had been raped by her white boyfriend , or that she had gone to the park in search of sexual adventure . |
| 29 | Her eyes levelled appraisingly at Christina , who flushed at the mention of Martin 's name and buried her face behind the menu . |
| 30 | she feels he is common , poor boy and he does n't even realise that Miss Havisham is actually only using Estella as a tool , a beautiful tool , to break men 's hearts and to get her revenge on the male sex . |