Example sentences of "[to-vb] her [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His hands swept boldly over her body , pushing aside her flimsy robe to scorch her trembling skin with his touch , and she pressed closer still , aching for more of the devastating fire . |
| 2 | I was trying to tempt her to take part in a so-called vox-pop . |
| 3 | Whoever she was living with , roused by the smell of burning , had come downstairs to discover her slumped across the hearth with her head pressed up against a glowing electric fire . |
| 4 | Having lent Hale money to pay her rent she had been angered to discover her spending enormous sums on an haute-couture dress , and refused to turn up to what , in retrospect , became Hale 's farewell party . |
| 5 | Those who had the privilege to know her wanted to remember her . |
| 6 | He was so angry with the stupid little brat he wanted to smash her face in . |
| 7 | I lit a cigarette as I waited and turned to find her leaning on the doorway , arms folded . |
| 8 | At other times he would come running in answer to her call to find her seated before the stove with her legs stretched out to the fire and her face softened by smiles . |
| 9 | When Penry returned he smiled in approval to find her propped tidily against the pillows , covers drawn up to her chin . |
| 10 | But to find her meant giving him the slip , and she had n't been too successful at that the last time . |
| 11 | And he did n't know where to find her to let her know . |
| 12 | He glanced at her , being taken aback to find her looking strained and as near plain as anyone with her looks was going to . |
| 13 | He turned , to find her chewing on a loaf of bread , watching him . |
| 14 | I came back from a business trip to find her gone . ’ |
| 15 | At some point , Marjorie must have gone to bed ; finishing an account of a ceremonial circumcision he had attended , Nick had glanced abstractedly in her direction and been surprised to find her gone . |
| 16 | when he awoke to find her gone . |
| 17 | He was unsurprised to find her packed off firmly to take his sister home , leaving him as a person of major importance in what he instantly assumed to be a real murder . |
| 18 | So it 's a mystery why her parents John and Joy came to find her hanged at their home in Headington yesterday evening . |
| 19 | It made him turn and look at her , as if to find her transformed , but it was only Fei Yen . |
| 20 | Almost certainly he would expect to find her sitting there , fuming but ready to be driven home . |
| 21 | He forgave her , and then a week later he and Keeley came home from the Beaux Arts Club to find her sitting on the basement steps , smiling nice as pie . |
| 22 | When he woke it was to find her sitting beside him on the bed , watching him . |
| 23 | He opened them to find her pressing him , by the shoulders . |
| 24 | Waking in the night to find her bending over him . |
| 25 | Marlin had not been pleased to know that one of her ex-lovers had attempted to play hero in his own apartment , and he would n't have been happy to find her making contact with Gentle at two in the morning . |
| 26 | He came out of his reverie to find her smiling at him . |
| 27 | He was wondering whether the slaves who had been shipped to America had looked like this , when he felt his mother 's gentle touch on his shoulder and turned to find her smiling fondly at him . |
| 28 | From Dennis 's drunken hints that memorable evening in Ramillies Drive I had gathered that the reason for this was Karen 's sterility , so I was somewhat surprised to find her going on the offensive . |
| 29 | One source said : ‘ It would come as no surprise to find her driving herself to the church . |
| 30 | ‘ You were scavenging ? ’ he enquired , as though he had not been in the least surprised to find her rummaging waist-deep through a multifarious pile of flotsam and jetsam . |