Example sentences of "be [v-ing] she [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cos she 's gone mad and they put it on her , right , and they , they 're holding her and they 're tapping out of the stage sidewards and she 's sort of like going like this , she , she , thinks all these nice men 'll love me and then like at the end of the show you see them , they 're tapping her out of the studio and putting her into a van and she 's still wearing a straight jacket and smiling at you . |
| 2 | However , she realised that these matters would just have to take their course , although she must also remember she did n't have unlimited time at her disposal , because her father would be expecting her back at the office . |
| 3 | ‘ Iris is all in and I 'm taking her back to the Lion d'Or for dinner . |
| 4 | Any minute and he would be inviting her through to the bedroom and urging her to call him Alexander ! |
| 5 | Tessa and Mrs. Mounce , he knew , were watching her out of the corner of their eyes too , as silent and overawed as he was himself . |
| 6 | ‘ He 's taking her out in the boat , ’ I thought . |
| 7 | They were in the bedroom and he was tucking her in under the quilt , stroking her forehead , pushing back the damp strands of blonde hair where her tears had soaked them . |
| 8 | Then , making their apologies to the professor and his wife , he was whisking her off towards the dance-floor . |
| 9 | She was confused , one of her friends was picking her up at the studios that afternoon , not M. Apéritif , but a doe-eyed Persian who was — he said — training to be an engineer . |
| 10 | A moment later , with a curt ‘ Follow me ’ , he was leading her down to the end of the corridor , then along a short passageway off to the right . |
| 11 | He moved his pelvis strongly against her own until she squirmed in his arms , then somehow they were across the room and he was forcing her down among the silk cushions of the four-poster , fingers already lifting the thin wool sweater beneath her unbuttoned jacket , seeking the pulsing softness of her breasts with the mark of desire across his face . |
| 12 | For a brief moment later , he had picked her bodily up in his arms , and , as if she weighed less than nothing , was carrying her over to the bed . |
| 13 | The next thing she knew James Halden was carrying her out through the yard in strong , muscular arms . |
| 14 | Somehow I was in the boat , and Neil had cast off and was edging her out from the jetty . |