Example sentences of "[v-ing] [conj] [verb] her " in BNC.
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| 1 | Inevitably , Madeleine 's name had cropped up and Harry had felt a pang of nostalgia remembering the little girl with her white dresses and long , golden plaits , laughing or stamping her foot if her brother did n't give her her own way . |
| 2 | She crept quietly down to find out what was happening and heard her 5-year-old girl tell her 3-year-old brother to open the fridge and get out some chocolate . |
| 3 | Then she guessed what was happening and shut her eyes , feeling disgusted and frightened . |
| 4 | ‘ It is not that he minds , ’ her mother said , wearily , as always , explaining and defending her husband to their daughter . |
| 5 | Checking and rechecking her figures , she had no time to give in to the promptings of the irrational . |
| 6 | Immediately she was surrounded by the other occupants of the pool , who crowded around her , laughing and urging her right into the water and ignoring the grey-haired woman who was trying to keep them under control . |
| 7 | He asked her , smiling over the top of his glass , if she had ever been to bed with a man and when she said ‘ not exactly ’ he had burst out laughing and touched her cheek with one strong brown hand . |
| 8 | ‘ It was n't — I didn't- ’ Then she saw me laughing and flopped her hands forward in a gesture of relief . |
| 9 | ‘ That I did n't find you remotely attractive ! ’ she groaned , laughing and burying her face on his chest . |
| 10 | He asked Blanche what was happening but discovered her gaze was locked on the other side of the room . |
| 11 | Whilst Alison states at the end of Chapter 11 that she would not like to have a period as it would signify that she had ‘ let up ’ control over her body , Freya feels quite differently , realising that getting her periods back would be a good sign of recovery . |
| 12 | She was probably standing in the kitchen , listening and wringing her hands … |
| 13 | Mechanics and technicians have joined ships carpenters in revamping and upgrading her decks , the accomodation area and of course the rigging . |
| 14 | Frederica , now smoothing and folding her telegrams , would perhaps learn this . |
| 15 | She saw him climbing aboard , jumping down to the deck , bowing and kissing her hand . |
| 16 | In the next second his arms were iron bands around her , and he was seeking and finding her mouth . |
| 17 | Every individual has to find her way of tapping and using her creative resources , whether her daily environment is a home or an office . |
| 18 | In contrast , there was only one case where the seduction of the under-age girl is quite explicit — A couple seduced virgin , 15 — but even here there was a ‘ blonde wife ’ aiding and abetting her husband in a kinky sex session . |
| 19 | She was still trembling but wore her defiant look again . |
| 20 | If , as we have suggested , the working woman 's goal was one of maintaining and protecting her family , abortion could be one means of attaining that end . |
| 21 | As he pushed solidly into her warmth , she moved , clenching and unclenching her muscles against him . |
| 22 | Filled with a restless , fevered energy that set every nerve twangling and pumped her blood full of adrenalin , Evelyn threw herself into her work as if the sheer force of her will could drive the hands of the clock round more swiftly . |
| 23 | I imagine she was resting and over-ran her time . |
| 24 | The female , with her heavy investment in producing and raising her babies , is both the spatial and the behavioural focus of the social system while the males compete for ranges that contain mateable females . |
| 25 | She began coughing and put her hand to her chest , wheezing . |
| 26 | Jamila was soon in the felicitous position of neither liking nor disliking her husband . |
| 27 | ‘ She seemed to know where she was going and had her eyes focused on that rather than her colleagues . ’ |
| 28 | I do n't mind going and doing her shopping and bits , she says , I 'm not stopping . |
| 29 | Then , remembering how Ian had his arm round Joanna , she saw where her thoughts were leading and shook her head hastily . |
| 30 | Here in the front cloth she is seen at her embroidery , sadly waiting and earning her living to pay off the Rake 's debts . |