Example sentences of "she brought her " in BNC.
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| 1 | She brought her husband to help but all he could offer was a shrug which was no comfort at all . |
| 2 | She brought her attention back to Pollitt , who was sitting beside Willie Gallacher , a Communist MP and one of Glasgow 's most famous and well-loved sons . |
| 3 | She nearly lost her balance as she brought her left foot alongside her right , but by bending down and clutching the stone she was able to stay on it . |
| 4 | She brought her nose up to my hand , then leapt backwards , opened her mouth and tried to vomit . |
| 5 | She brought her hands away from her face only long enough for one look before continuing into the hall and up the stairs . |
| 6 | In a career that started at the age of seven in top hat and tails , she brought her superb soprano voice to both shows and especially concerts , often sharing the platform with nationally known Opera singers . |
| 7 | And then I thought I would write and suggest that she should suggest herself to tea one day and not only did she have the effrontery to do so but she brought her husband . |
| 8 | A wide smile of welcome broke over her face as she brought her niece into focus . |
| 9 | She brought her right hand up to her face . |
| 10 | She brought her fist round and punched her mother in the shoulder . |
| 11 | And then she brought her heavy book down on Gilbert 's head . |
| 12 | She brought her arms up and pulled his hands from her throat . |
| 13 | She brought her right hand up out of the bedclothes and held it out to him . |
| 14 | Mary 's father was frosty with her because she did n't have an abortion , right up until she brought her son back from the hospital . |
| 15 | Her head beat from side to side and she said , ‘ Yes , yes , yes , yes , ’ again , then Lachlan — wiry , athletic-looking , skinny shanks ramming back and forth like some skinny bull — reached under her , pulled her up , his legs spreading , kneeling ; she hung onto him , arms round his neck , then after a few vertical stabs he threw her down , back onto the bed ; she grunted , arms still tight round his back , then she brought her legs up , right up over his thin , plunging , globe-buttocked behind , until her ankles were in the small of his back , rocking to and fro , feet crossed one over the other , locked there ; with one splayed hand she held onto his back , pressing him to her , and with the other hand she felt down the length of his body , over ribs and waist and hips , and with another grunt reached round and under , taking his balls in her hand , pressing them and kneading them and squeezing them . |
| 16 | Deanne Petherbridge 's explosive imaginary architectonics emanate from this artist 's acute critical investigations into drawing as a genre and its media ; she brought her awareness of the new art history and gender studies to bear on a recent selection of works in pencil , charcoal , pen and ink , etc for a touring exhibition . |
| 17 | She was dying , and she brought her kitten here . |
| 18 | She brought her fingers up from under the sheets and stared at them . |
| 19 | Then , in the middle of a Gloria , she brought her outstretched hands back together , gave a funny little bow , and got stiffly to her feet . |
| 20 | She brought her outstretched arms down , clasped her hands together . |
| 21 | She brought her hands to her waist and , keeping her elbows out , pushed one forward then the other , as she twisted from side to side ; her face alight , she directed her radiance at the audience , finishing with the invitation , that issued from her lips as a command : |
| 22 | She brought her head up , and her eyes were dry . |
| 23 | Slowly she brought her finger up to the doorbell . |
| 24 | As we came in , she brought her head close to the little girl 's . |
| 25 | She brought her hands up , clasped them together , said impulsively , ‘ Oh , do say yes , Dr Neil , sir , Miss Mates — help a poor , lonely orphan , ’ and this last flew out without her even thinking , and certainly dissolved Miss Mates , even if Dr C , as she privately thought of him , looked a little sardonic . |
| 26 | When Rhoda came she brought her daughter a bottle of sherry . |
| 27 | But she brought her daughter , and four-year-old grandson , anyway . |
| 28 | She brought her knee up between his legs and he gasped and doubled over , pushing her away from him . |
| 29 | She brought her haul of county match appearances up to 99 , while the number of times she played for her club — she was playing for Ganton up until a few months before her death — must have constituted a record . |
| 30 | There is no evidence of what lands , if any , she brought her husband as dowry . |