Example sentences of "her [noun pl] around the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Delia Sutherland closed her fingers around the inside of his elbow with a pressure that could have been the overture to an embrace but he knew it was not . |
| 2 | Finally , she grabbed hold of the dispenser 's cooling fin whilst it was waving a krill doughnut around in a vain attempt to attract custom , pulled it close and , in a casual and unremarkable manner , moved her hand down to the dispenser 's access plate and ran her fingers around the seam until she felt a magnetic bolt buzzing beneath her fingers . |
| 3 | She curled her fingers around the shard in her palm , slipped it back into the thin pouch of cotton hidden inside the skirts of her dress . |
| 4 | She slid past him and curled her fingers around the thin wheel with its padded sleeve . |
| 5 | ‘ Mark was my brother , ’ she declared harshly , curling her fingers around the handle , ‘ and you helped kill him . ’ |
| 6 | Taking her trembling hand downwards , he cupped her fingers around the heavy heat of his sex . |
| 7 | Pauline Bishop 's beautiful house by the Lake District has a cosmopolitan influence inspired by her travels around the world . |
| 8 | When mature , the female threadworm lays her eggs around the bottom . |
| 9 | Kelly tied her laces around the back of her heel to combat loose shoes but ended up with a rubbed Achilles tendon . |
| 10 | The big regatta dances in the huge grey tent down by the quay in Carrick were just beginning but there were so few days left of the holiday that Maggie preferred to spend them about the house chatting with Rose or her sisters around the fire or talking with Michael out in the front garden among his flowerbeds ; and sometimes during long breaks in the rain they would go out to where Moran was tidying up in the meadows . |
| 11 | Can you imagine the damage she could do if she repeated her allegations around the town ? ’ |
| 12 | She not only bit , kicked , and knocked them down ; but she would also hold a child on the ground by wrapping her jaws around the child 's throat , or bite a child in the face . |
| 13 | The older woman looked past her , then put her arms around the shaking shoulders . |
| 14 | Then turning to Millie , whose expression almost broke her down and gave her the urge to take her by the hand and run from this place , only her good sense stopped her ; and bending down , she put her arms around the child and when she felt the tightness of the embrace and the pressure of the thin body against her belly , it was only with an effort she stopped the tears from flowing . |
| 15 | As she went to put her arms around the nun a gentle hand pressed her back , and the voice , so gentle , said , ‘ I … |
| 16 | The undemonstrative Miranda flung her arms around the instructor . |
| 17 | With a shudder , she tightened her arms around the wide strength of his shoulders as he trailed small , teasing kisses from her lips , along her jawline , and up into the spread curtain of her hair . |
| 18 | Peggy had her arms around the elderly woman now , and they dung together tightly , and there was a break in Peggy 's voice as she said , ‘ Why did n't you talk about this before ? |
| 19 | She put her arms around the older woman and muttered , ‘ I felt so alone , entirely on my own , a few minutes ago , but I 've got you and I 've got Charlie and May and Frank . |
| 20 | She locked her arms around the small of his back and pulled him hard into her , crazed by the sensation caused by his utter maleness enveloping her softness . |
| 21 | This small ritual exchange , so invariable that she could silently mouth his words and had to resist an impulse to giggle , the familiar domestic aroma of the tea , the gradual warmth as she curved her hands around the thick mug , constituted a reassuring and comforting beginning to the working day . |