Example sentences of "and [verb] in her " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lee took them from her and kissed her and whispered in her ear : ‘ Be nice to Conrad , ’ because she knew Philippa considered him decadent and damned . |
| 2 | He kissed her again , on the forehead this time , and whispered in her ear , ‘ Kiss me back , McAllister . |
| 3 | When the man who waited with her crept to her shoulder and whispered in her ear , as he did several times between his nervous pacings about the room , she made him no answer , and never seemed even to be aware of him , though her braced tension made it plain that nothing that passed in this apartment escaped her instant notice . |
| 4 | More obscenities followed just as the two men were hurrying to catch up with Comfort , and then the woman stopped dead in front of Comfort and spat in her face . |
| 5 | Now her boyfriend vanishes , and Tommy and Iain just kind of move in , take over , rearrange the furniture , and sit in her front room drinking litre bottles of Old English Cider . |
| 6 | The woman detective had gone off with Roxie Farmer to give her a cup of tea and sit in her house keeping an eye on her . |
| 7 | When she put her head round the door and asked in her usual , conspiratorial manner if he wanted tea , Henry said , ‘ Tea would be a delight , my dear ! ’ |
| 8 | Minutes later the gift was paid for and placed in her arms , and James went upstairs to visit the man 's sick wife . |
| 9 | Amid the cloud of silver photo frames , the clutter of Herend porcelain and other knick-knacks which Diana collects and displays in her private rooms at Kensington Palace is a shredder to destroy her mail and a telephone scrambler to disguise her private calls . |
| 10 | There was so much force in the kiss that Jenna felt faint , the blood rushing to her head and singing in her ears . |
| 11 | Emmie 's tongue felt thick and swollen in her mouth . |
| 12 | She had it wrapped in a cloth and hidden in her dress , next to her bosom . |
| 13 | His hands stroked and tantalised , sought out the hidden , sensitive places , and aroused in her longings that she had never before experienced . |
| 14 | All she longed to do at this very moment was run back to the Gasthaus and hide in her room . |
| 15 | Araminta swung round on him , and Theda looked past her , distress and reproach in her face as she met the lawyer 's eyes . |
| 16 | I tell you , it 's no laugh sharing with a kid what kicks and turns in her sleep week after week . ’ |
| 17 | My brother gurgled and cooed in her arms . |
| 18 | Agnes was speaking through teeth clenched against any further emotion , and fumbling in her handbag . |
| 19 | Peter Suvarov looked at Comfort and recognised the shock and fear in her eyes . |
| 20 | Not fully understanding his intent , she shrank away from him protectively and the animal , sensing her unease , began snickering and struggling in her arms . |
| 21 | A mumbled , incoherent sound bubbled and surfaced in her throat , and she clung to him for support , her fingers twisting in the silk of his shirt . |
| 22 | But at night when they get sleepy they always go to their mother and sleep in her embrace . |
| 23 | All she wanted was to get this whole thing over with , so she could go home to Kentish Town and sleep in her own bed . |
| 24 | This is always a surprising development from the point of view of those close to her , but if you are faced with this reaction in your elderly parent , or any other that seems strange but harmless , tread softly , and accept the fact that she must be allowed to grieve and to adjust in her own way . |
| 25 | One time the memory of Antoine came to her , his heavy body lolling and dying in her arms . |
| 26 | She enjoys hiking and walking in her spare time , and also looks forward to her annual skiing expedition . |
| 27 | ‘ I think I 've loved you from the first moment I saw you , ’ she said , and drew in her breath sharply as he crushed her against him . |
| 28 | They are forced to operate in the pre-subjective domain of the specular imaginary , using a tactic of ‘ mimétisme ’ ( subversive mimesis ) that Irigaray both describes and illustrates in her writing . |
| 29 | Colour surged and receded in her face . |
| 30 | If she did not tread on any of the black , perhaps when she got to the end of the floor she would shiver and rouse in her own long-lost bed , in her striped sheets , and say good morning to the apple tree and look at her own face in the mirror she had not broken . |