Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] [verb] she [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She thanked the driver , lifted the latch of the low iron gate and took four steps that brought her to the front door . |
| 2 | At the point where in her first aria the prima donna expected from him an angry gesture , he exaggerated his anger so much that he looked as if he was about to box her ears and strike her on the nose with his fist . |
| 3 | She signalled that they should lower their voices and follow her round the building to a new window smashed through the wall of the cottage . |
| 4 | Mamma put her ample arm round Noreen 's shaking shoulders and brought her to the kitchen table and made her sit down . |
| 5 | He moved with incredible speed , seizing her by the shoulders and propelling her towards the closed door , a hard violence etching the bones of his face into a mask that would have just done justice to a Viking warrior at his most rapacious . |
| 6 | Still holding her , he locked the door behind them , then released her wrist to take her by the shoulders and pin her against the wall . |
| 7 | Sharpe said grimly , then he put an arm round Lucille 's shoulders and steered her towards the ballroom where , because the orchestra had been engaged till dawn , the music still played and a few last couples still danced . |
| 8 | Then he was smiling and laying a soft kiss against her lips before slipping one strong arm around her shoulders and leading her across the beach back to the house . |
| 9 | She stretched Thérèse on the rack until her bones cracked , tore off her breasts with red-hot pincers , then flogged her with twigs and broke her on the wheel . |
| 10 | He was kissing her hungrily , then he lifted her off her feet and carried her to the water 's edge , resting her on the sand so that their bodies could feel the gentle ebb and fall of the sea against them . |
| 11 | Seizing her wrist , he hauled her to her feet and dragged her through the small hall and into a side-room with a wide , specially designed window on the north wall . |
| 12 | They had grasped her by the wrists and feet and dragged her to the neighbouring room . |
| 13 | Salt shook her shoulder and when that made no difference , dragged her to her feet and propelled her to the small book-lined room known as the study . |
| 14 | Daniel got down , put an arm round her thick middle , hoisted her silently to her feet and pulled her towards the bedroom . |
| 15 | Jumping in after her , Perdita pulled off Enid s wig to reveal scant grey wisps and pushed her under the water , where the aquamarine hostess gown billowed up to display fawn pop socks at the end of fat , purple legs . |
| 16 | I know that in Beirut I simply took my child through the checkpoints and delivered her at the school gates . |
| 17 | Her nanny had other ideas and took her by the hand . |
| 18 | Ariel , watching , wished that she too could defy the bonds that tied her to the earth , and her blood leapt with Dulé 's ascent . |
| 19 | ‘ The other day we saw her grab a girl by the pigtails and throw her over the playground fence ! ’ |
| 20 | ‘ My pleasure , ’ he murmured , and , lifting her easily into his arms , he carried her up the stairs and lowered her into the middle of the huge old bed . |
| 21 | It was Friday morning , cold and clear after the night rain , and Annie brought Rachel down the stairs and settled her in the pram which was kept in the passageway beside the kitchen . |
| 22 | She arched against him , unable to control the flames of desire leaping within her , then a gasp escaped her as he swept her into his arms and carried her to the double bed in her aunt 's room . |
| 23 | He swung her up into his arms and carried her over the threshold into the shadowy interior and beyond to the shuttered darkness of the bedroom . |
| 24 | Lifting her bodily from it , he scooped her up into his arms and carried her into the cottage . |
| 25 | He bent his head and kissed her , his mouth urgent and seeking , before swinging her up into his arms and carrying her through the curtains . |
| 26 | ‘ 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 . |
| 27 | He swore softly , colourfully , his face like granite as he swept a gaze round the room before lifting her into his arms and carrying her from the house . |
| 28 | What does it matter ? she thought , as Luke scooped her into his arms and moved her round the room . |
| 29 | Her happiness because of this scene was so strong she closed her eyes so that it would not beam out in great mellow streams and betray her to the sternness of the others . |
| 30 | She took her to , to the Sands and let her off the lead and she went bounding off , and she looked even funnier actually because she , er Doreen the owner had three little Yorkshire Terriers who made Penny look even more huge . |