Example sentences of "[prep] her [noun pl] [conj] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both her mortality and her immortality scared them until they kept their distance , and invented stories about her powers that made them shiver in their bones . |
| 2 | Ruth turned away and groped for her sunglasses and clamped them over her face so he would n't see the hurt in her eyes . |
| 3 | Ideally , she knew , Brian should have been the recipient of all this intellectual and spiritual outpouring , but he was not interested , and her therapist , who should have been the other option , merely picked all the meat off her perceptions and left her with a meaningless pile of bones . |
| 4 | To fall down on the sofa and tear off her clothes and beg him to make wild , abandoned love to her . |
| 5 | He had expected to sweep Rachel off her feet and carry her off to New Zealand with him on the next sailing , but he had reckoned without her Jewish father and mother , the new Zionism and Rachel herself . |
| 6 | She whisked Nicandra 's large linen napkin off her knees and tied it round her waist , then joined her own to it and knotted it securely to the back of Nicandra 's chair . |
| 7 | She came to the last button and , plucking up all her courage , slipped the dress off her shoulders and let it drop to the floor . |
| 8 | Surely she was still as determined as ever not to allow anyone to creep through her defences and make her care ? |
| 9 | Then she was aware of my gaze , glanced away , blew a puff of air upwards at her face , pinched the T-shirt between her fingers and flapped it for draught . |
| 10 | With a lunge , he grabbed the bag from between her fingers and flung it across the parquet , where it landed with a thump before skidding to rest beneath a radiator , then before she could react to such a flare of violence he was reaching out for her , dragging her into his embrace , his lips ravening hungrily over her own with a fever of desire that sent shock waves of fear and desire quivering through her . |
| 11 | A rabbit dodged between her feet and made it to the hedgerow . |
| 12 | Laura pulled the gun from between her breasts and pointed it at Jonathan . |
| 13 | She had recently killed some of Buddie 's hens and turkeys by gripping their necks between her teeth and shaking them violently from side to side before throwing them into the air . |
| 14 | Opo would ease between her legs and take her for rides . |
| 15 | From the yard where the cart was kept , Rosa heard the Small splosh in the bucket after Sabina had placed the bird between her legs and slitted it to pull the guts . |
| 16 | For our part , the only time our heart comes close to missing a beat is when Denice wedges the still-full carton of popcorn between her thighs and invites us to help ourselves whenever we feel like it . |
| 17 | Helpless in her pinioned position , she opened her mouth to make a cutting retort and met Roman 's questing finger , slowly outlining her mouth , feathering indescribable sensations over the surface of her skin , then sliding between her lips and parting them with such lazy insistence that a shiver of reaction made her tremble all over . |
| 18 | Claudia framed his face between her hands and kissed him softly on his eyes and cheeks before her lips lingered on his mouth . |
| 19 | She takes his face between her hands and kisses him on the lips . |
| 20 | She had thought that , difficult as her father was , he would see the reasonableness of her ambitions and send her to London with some sort of blessing . |
| 21 | He helped her out of her things and put them on hangers so they would be less creased by morning . |
| 22 | He held it there , and with the other hand cradled one of the globes of her breasts and jounced it , like a buyer testing a melon 's weight in the market . |
| 23 | A sharp cold wind had sprung up with the fading light , removing the sweaty warmth of her exertions and letting her know that she was cold and exhausted . |
| 24 | The tiny inner frisson of unease that silenced her laughter was unexpected , and she hesitated before responding , examining the message of her senses and dismissing it . |
| 25 | Sandison tried to catch a glimpse of her feet but found it difficult . |
| 26 | Bella was putting a coin inside the top of each of her stockings and twisting it round until the stocking was tight against her leg . |
| 27 | His lips hovered around the heavy swell of her breast , his palms sought out the rounded curve of her hips and angled her into his hard male thighs . |
| 28 | He settled one hand on each side of her hips and pulled her back into the V of his legs . |
| 29 | For a moment or two , he withstood the pleasure , but then he took hold of her hips and drew her hard into him . |
| 30 | She threw her head back , shaking the limp hair out of her eyes and challenged him : ‘ Well , would you have turned it down ? ’ |