Example sentences of "to her [adv] and [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes Anne was annoyed by this unnecessary furtiveness and sometimes wondered why John had not explained the situation to her sooner and let her decide whether she wished to be involved with him , but she pushed these doubts aside . |
| 2 | Well you did speak to her again and make the suggestion . |
| 3 | He bent to her again and nibbled her ear , then held her jaw in his hands and delivered a kiss that was heavy and almost insolent . |
| 4 | Jean felt belittled ; for as long as the dance lasted she seemed no more to him than any girl there , but then he came round to her again and clasped her closely as they stepped it down the aisle between the lines of dancers . |
| 5 | And then suddenly he did stop and she was all sticky and messy and she thought he would speak to her now and comfort her or beg her in his whisper to kiss him , as he had done under the bridge the other nights they 'd met . |
| 6 | And when I started doing it I knew the hang of it and I turned round to her afterwards and said , " That was easy . " |
| 7 | He wondered what would happen if he swam to her underwater and surprised her , and decided he would probably be imprisoned by Naseby for rape . |
| 8 | He turned to her quickly and took one of her hands in both of his . |
| 9 | He walked over to her then and placed his hands on her shoulders . |