Example sentences of "and [verb] her " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm a three-year-old who hates shots and squeezes her eyes tight at the sight of a needle . |
| 2 | If Saint Winifred did indeed conceive and decree her departure with the wagon for Ramsey , and if a saint 's plans can not be disrupted by man , then surely she must also have willed all that happened after … the ambush by outlaws , the theft of the cart and team , the abandonment of the load , and with it , her reliquary , to be found by my tenants , and brought to me here . |
| 3 | Graf wants to travel more and change her career before she 's too old . |
| 4 | The cleaner had evidently taken her instructions literally and limited her activities to washing the blood off the floor , which was covered in a hideous , embossed vinyl . |
| 5 | She took a couple of minutes to get her coat , wash her face and comb her hair . |
| 6 | When Julie Christie , that blonde in Billy Liar , appears as the fashion model of the British-financed Darling ( 1965 ) , Schlesinger remains as distant from his central character , a woman who plays with the emotions of many men and destroys her own happiness by her quest for a good time , as he had from Vic or Billy . |
| 7 | He pays up for the Big Turn but , ’ she shook her head and compressed her lips together , ‘ she 's never once swept that stair . ’ |
| 8 | Helen used some of her earnings to hire a bathing machine and develop her swimming . |
| 9 | If , in Lady Chatterley 's Lover , the scales were to fall from Connie 's eyes and she were to see the worship of Mellor 's phallus for what it is , a means of subordinating and oppressing women , she could free herself and develop her authentic will , ego and individuality . |
| 10 | Germany must now reject the alien influence of Romance culture , to which she has been subservient , and develop her full creative potential ; and for this purpose , Hellenism , as an educational and cultural force in our society , is more necessary than ever . |
| 11 | Felicity was to take up dancing as a hobby , not as a profession ; she was to learn to be a good bridge player and to wear her clothes well . |
| 12 | He sat down and shared her blanket . |
| 13 | After putting her hat and coat back on , she looked in the mirror , and she twisted her face up and stabbed her fingers towards her reflection as she said , ‘ That is n't me ! |
| 14 | Thereafter , the defendant must have pulled down her pants and tights and stabbed her private parts a number of times . |
| 15 | She just sat over a leisurely breakfast and planned her day , and never looked back after that . |
| 16 | After drying her hair Ruth tied it back from her face with a white velvet ribbon and planned her next move . |
| 17 | With a furious blink , she met Guy 's intent appraisal across the table , and whipped her gaze away as if she 'd been burned . |
| 18 | Swings her legs and points her feet |
| 19 | The record company folk who have been talking Gulf and eating her sarnies leave and Susanna draws up a chair , sits on it cross-legged and starts to play with her hair , twisting it and knitting it . |
| 20 | A noted authority on Medieval German , Olive was a most dedicated college tutor to generations of modern linguists , fostering and encouraging her pupils , and a fierce defender of modern languages in college and in the university . |
| 21 | ‘ I am used to sharing , ’ she said ; and laid her cheek in fondness , or in weariness , or in sorrow , on his knee while he stroked her hair , his head bent , and then kissed it . |
| 22 | And she drew his hand closer and laid her cheek on it , so that he knew she , too , was thinking of Bruges , when she had allowed him that right , and of Ghent , and of a place by a waterfall . |
| 23 | She went to the dead man and laid her cheek against his ; it was already cold . |
| 24 | Flora turned and laid her hand on his knee . |
| 25 | She collapsed onto a stool and laid her head down among the bits of cotton wool and the sticks of greasepaint . |
| 26 | And she put her arms round his neck and laid her head on his shoulder , quite happy . |
| 27 | She wondered what they were saying about her , up at the top of the house , as she undressed and laid her clothes out before sliding under the duvet in her underwear . |
| 28 | She did not seem to realize what she had done , and laid her head on his shoulder , crying with happiness . |
| 29 | Unconsciously she reached out and laid her hand on his arm , wanting in some way to offer comfort for a pain that was still hurting despite the passage of time . |
| 30 | She reached out and laid her hand on his arm , and beneath her fingers she felt the corded muscle clench . |