Example sentences of "her [conj] [v-ing] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had to descend very gingerly , both for fear of missing her footing and of startling the cat into digging its claws into her or jumping from her shoulders suddenly . |
| 2 | I had no intention of speaking to her or signalling to her . |
| 3 | Now , this contribution is not direct , it 's indirect in the sense that males , a male for example who is provisioning a wife who is pregnant is not directly invent investing in the offspring clearly you ca n't do that she has to do that , cos the offspring 's inside her body , but indirectly he may be feeding his wife , protecting her and providing for her in , in a way that is absolutely critical to her reproductive success too . |
| 4 | The next thing she knew , Uncle Albert was shaking her and yelling into her face , ‘ You fool , you fool ! |
| 5 | If only he would stop staring at her and winking at her and getting in her way about the house so that she had to brush past him ! |
| 6 | He stood up , face scarlet , looking at her and speaking to her as though she were the whore he had called her . |
| 7 | , And much as she had disliked the old women when they were grasping at her and joking about her , she did notice that they comforted her mother , talking about her two lovely clever daughters , and made her join in a bit of a singsong and made her laugh . |
| 8 | He pushed the box further back on the table , then put his arm about her and gazing into her face , said , ‘ I worry about nothing , not a thing . |
| 9 | His eyes narrowed thoughtfully and to her surprise and confusion he suddenly sat beside her on the settee , turning to her and looking at her closely , his gaze roaming over her flushed and beautiful face . |
| 10 | His mouth was open and drooling and his tongue lolling between his lips and his eyes staring as if he did n't see her and everything about him red , and his hands bruised her skin where he tugged at her to move her where he wanted her , and he was making awful noises and pushing at her and pushing at her without the slightest gentleness almost as if he did n't realise it was her . |
| 11 | Her father sat beside her and glancing at him she could see that he was quite puffed out with pride . |
| 12 | Ignoring the girls who were primping in front of the mirror she ran to the cubicles and dived inside one , slamming the door after her and leaning against it . |
| 13 | If only he would stop staring at her and winking at her and getting in her way about the house so that she had to brush past him ! |
| 14 | The class remained quiet , watching her and waiting for what was coming next . |
| 15 | She was no longer safely where he had left her and waiting for his return . |
| 16 | Her son was lying on the floor beside her and peering into her face . |
| 17 | He had met her while staying with his Burne-Jones cousins at Rottingdean , a Sussex coastal village which had not then become a suburb of Brighton . |