Example sentences of "off her [noun] [conj] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She took off her jacket and slung it down on the settee . |
| 2 | Nevertheless , Clara could tell from her tone that she was pleased about something , and , as she took off her blazer and hung it in the cupboard , she waited to hear what it was . |
| 3 | She stripped off her clothes and dropped them where they fell , then ran a bath and climbed into it , scouring her skin over and over with a loofah as if she could wash away the memory of his body on hers . |
| 4 | She pulled off her clothes and left them in a heap , then lay on top of the covers looking up at the ceiling . |
| 5 | For she had taken her mind from his marauding hands and , with a low guttural cry , he had succeeded in stripping off her top and flinging it from them into the dark recesses of the room . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | In her room , she took off her dress and hung it up carefully . |
| 8 | Carefully Merrill took off her dress and shook it in case the earring was caught up somewhere in its folds . |
| 9 | Mary Rose took off her mink and handed it to a large redheaded girl , who looked at it and stroked the silky fur before she hung it up on the back door among the muddy anoraks . |
| 10 | She took off her scarf and tied it round her head , and then thought better of it — why allow herself to be provoked ? |
| 11 | As she swayed dizzily he caught her , stripping off her dressing-gown and placing her in bed . |
| 12 | Blanche peeled off her raincoat and hung it on the back of the chair . |
| 13 | But I was furious , and at the end of the afternoon , tore it off her head and threw it in the fire . |
| 14 | Once she had turned the corner and the house was hidden from view , she jumped off her bike and pushed it through the maze of potholes that pitted the drive as it meandered the half mile to the main gates . |
| 15 | Wearily she took off her stockings and hung them on the back of the chair to get ready for bed . |
| 16 | Only two and a half hours more to go , I told myself , and fixed the old lady with a hard stare that I hoped somehow conveyed to her what pleasure , what deep and lasting pleasure , it would give me to haul her off her seat and push her out the window . |
| 17 | She dosed the door softly behind her , took off her coat and folded it neatly on the small divan bed and snuggled down in the flowery corner armchair . |
| 18 | Georgina pulled off her coat and flung it on the chair . |
| 19 | She was then told to take off her coat and put it over her head . |
| 20 | After she 'd completed her delivery round of the dressing rooms , Lucy came back into the department , took off her coat and threw it in the corner , and then threw herself onto one of the available chairs with an equal lack of ceremony . |
| 21 | Ripping off her Englishness and casting it aside was as easy as unfastening the collar of her dress . |
| 22 | She kept fidgeting with her bonnet , dropping her hat-pin , taking off her gloves and putting them on again . |
| 23 | ‘ No , ’ she moaned in a fever against the side of his dark head , ‘ do n't ; I do n't want — ’ Then his mouth covered her own again , cutting off her protests and turning them into stifled , half-broken cries . |
| 24 | Annie whipped off her apron and put it onto the table drawer , while calling out , ‘ Ask the gentleman in , Lydia . ’ |
| 25 | Salt was making a meal of Jess 's shortcomings and Nancy stared at the new kitchen wench while her mother nodded in her easy-going way as she took off her shawl and recaptured her dropping hairpins . |
| 26 | She took off her hat and laid it on the table , and he saw with a sense of shock that her hair was white down the line of the parting where the tinting had grown out . |
| 27 | ‘ I like it here , ’ said Dot , stretching out along her bed while Gloria took off her hat and placed it carefully on the luggage rack . |
| 28 | She dismounted , took off her hat and thrust it at Nails . |
| 29 | She took off her shoe and put it on the table and modified it with her two index fingers . |