Example sentences of "her [conj] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | During a jazzy quartet for the women , the company 's shambling clown is dangerously over-excited by one dancer 's leggy prowess , attempting to nuzzle up against her or to initiate a wildly mismatched pas de deux . |
| 2 | Certainly the actress seemed friendly enough , her perfectly carved mouth curving into a smile as she nodded amiably ; yet there was something about her that sent a warning tingle up Shannon 's spine . |
| 3 | There was something about the expression on his face as he unclipped his seatbelt and turned towards her that made a sudden flurry of alarm run through her , and she backed as far away as the close confines of the car would allow . |
| 4 | She looked at him but made no reply ; then she went out escorted , one on each side , by the two men , and neither of them spoke to her nor exchanged a word with each other until they were crossing the main road , when seemingly out of nowhere stepped a policeman , and they all came to a halt . |
| 5 | She glanced at her brother sitting beside her and managed a weak , nervous smile . |
| 6 | I do , ’ Caroline admitted , holding the warm little body against her and experiencing a faint , inexplicable pang at the other girl 's words . |
| 7 | Sams has pleaded guilty to kidnapping Stephanie , unlawfully imprisoning her and demanding a £175,000 ransom . |
| 8 | Sams , 51 , of Barrel Hill Road , Sutton-on-Trent , Nottinghamshire , has admitted kidnapping Birmingham estate agent Stephanie Slater , unlawfully imprisoning her and demanding a £175,000 ransom with menaces . |
| 9 | Sams , 51 , of Barrel Hill Road , Sutton-on-Trent , Nottinghamshire , has admitted kidnapping Birmingham estate agent Stephanie Slater , unlawfully imprisoning her and demanding a £175,000 ransom with menaces from her then employers . |
| 10 | But any hope he might have had of sliding his arm round her and trying a tentative first kiss on the drive home was scotched when she fell asleep the moment she got into the car . |
| 11 | She sipped her tea thoughtfully , staring in front of her and frowning a little . |
| 12 | He came to her and placed a hand beneath her elbow . |
| 13 | Her frightened cry was smothered by yet another explosion that shook the stones next to her and sent a dozen small creatures streaming out of the dark corners and across the floor , their high-pitched squeaks audible even above the shattering reverberations assaulting her ears . |
| 14 | Artemis saw her father turn his horse towards her and raise a hand . |
| 15 | He looked at her and saw a stranger , who had never been anything else . |
| 16 | Then she looked behind her and saw a carriage coming up the same hill that she had just climbed , with a man leading the horse . |
| 17 | Unaware of the news which had spread swiftly throughout the city , Wilson returned to the Casa Guidi late in the evening , not really thinking to see Mrs Browning again but wishing to enquire after her and to take a knead cake she had made specially . |
| 18 | And she becomes rather alarmed to discover the previous occupant of her room bore an uncanny resemblance to her and had a penchant for bungee jumping without a rope . |
| 19 | er and keep her company cos he was at work and the kids were in bed , and she says I went over and sat with her and had a cup of coffee and a smoke and I sat with her , you know , till she was ready for bed . |
| 20 | has been quite ill recently so all at Greens wish her all good health and for her and to enjoy a long and happy retirement . |
| 21 | The girl has told officers her attacker was taller than her and wore a ski mask . |
| 22 | He made a mental note to call her and arrange a time to meet , away from her parents . |
| 23 | When she had written to Mark Heathwood and to George Wilson , asking whether he had managed to find out whether Raffaella had any chance of getting permission to live in England , Julia pulled a new sheet of writing paper towards her and wrote a chatty , cheerful letter to her mother . |
| 24 | An old man shuttled after her and hooked a horticultural implement of a hand around her arm . |
| 25 | Sarah passed the child to her and took a deep drink of her tea . |
| 26 | Satisfied that her friend was happy , Sarah sat opposite her and took a quarter bottle of Black and White whisky from the mantelpiece . |
| 27 | Syl 's mother was highly displeased to see her and made a great to-do of fetching an extra cup , saucer and plate , worrying aloud that there would n't be enough for three of us to eat . |
| 28 | She wants to go back to her own people with her savings and what we have given her and cut a bit of a figure . |
| 29 | He kissed her and pressed a list of phone numbers and dates and times into her hand . |
| 30 | One of the men spotted her and emitted a stagy wolf-whistle . |