Example sentences of "her [noun] [adv] with " in BNC.

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1 I wrote to Mrs. X to inform her that I would take her case up with Ministers at the Ministry of Defence .
2 Heavens ! she thought , and was suddenly so impatient with herself that , seeing it was only for one night , for goodness ' sake , she grabbed hold of a favourite dress and folded that into her case along with some trousers and a spare lightweight sweater .
3 She explained that she was left cold by Harrelson — her co-star along with Robert Redford in the forthcoming Indecent Proposal — because he is a close friend of her husband Bruce Willis .
4 This May-brick woman who finished her hubby off with fly-papers .
5 He remained unaroused while he wrenched the skirt of her dress up , and cut her knickers away with a sharp knife .
6 She was wearing the huge red skirt she had made out of some curtains someone had sent to the jumble , and a black polo-necked jersey , and she had tied her hair up with the Indian scarf Luke had given her for Christmas .
7 She had dressed her hair daringly with ivory combs , sweeping it straight back from her face to emphasize her high cheekbones , then letting it fall behind her in a dark torrent that contrasted sharply with the pale silk of her gown .
8 She sat back on her heels , pushing her hair back with her wrist as they raced up to her .
9 She had tied her hair back with a pale blue ribbon , to match the cool , summery blue dress , and she pulled it off , shaking her long hair free .
10 He grinned and brushed her hair back with fingers which lingered on her brow .
11 She made the shallow end and stood up , plastering her hair back with her hands .
12 She washed hurriedly , then pulled on her old jeans and jersey and tied her hair back with the shoelace .
13 And in her musings , she wrings out her heart along with her dishcloth , pouring out a torrent of disillusionments and dreams .
14 ‘ You wo n't get away with treating me like this , ’ she said , grinding her teeth together with fury .
15 He held her close and soothed her , brushing her skin lightly with his hands and kissing her gently , until gradually she felt warm again and the bleak sadness of spirit went away .
16 ‘ I 'm going to Mr Drewer 's office , ’ she told Jimmy when he came back , and taking the envelope with her resignation in with her , she went to see her head of department .
17 He preferred the sort of woman who put her foot in it with grammar and things ; that way he could feel superior by correcting her at the time and having a laugh at her expense later with his male colleagues .
18 Waistcoat and shirt rags pulled back from her shoulders along with the shift beneath , which had split like tissue paper .
19 She snapped open her handbag blindly with a sense of gathering panic .
20 She had made her mind up with little thought .
21 By morning perhaps the storm would have blown itself out , and the fog in her mind along with it .
22 ‘ It 's called Titian , ’ she said , pushing her waves back with vigorous sweeps of her hands as if to deny its attraction to men .
23 She looked at Hitch and smiled thinly , wetting her lips slightly with the tip of her tongue .
24 Edward contorted again , biting first at her throat and then kissing her full on the mouth , forcing her lips apart with his tongue .
25 ‘ Starting right now , this minute … ’ he murmured softly , brushing her lips delicately with his mouth , before quickly sweeping her lightly gowned figure up in his arms and carrying her towards the door .
26 Robyn swallowed , touching her lips disbelievingly with her fingers .
27 He did , bending towards her , holding her chin in a feather-light caress and touching her lips gently with his own .
28 ‘ A woman decides whether she really likes her lipstick in the moment after application , what we call the pressement , ’ says Edith Klar , head of scientific communication at Lancôme , Paris , pressing her lips together with a Gallic flourish .
29 Behind dosed doors Diana cried her eyes out with nervous exhaustion .
30 She 's crying out her eyes out with joy ! they 're just weird people I found .
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