Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] her [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's only reminding her of what she has n't got . ’ |
| 2 | At last she gave a barely perceptible nod , and he stood up , gently tugging her to her feet . |
| 3 | They went away thanking her for her help , and promised to come back in a few weeks ' time when Bruno 's booster injection was due . |
| 4 | Probably certainly not sending her on her own . |
| 5 | Peter was somehow taking her into his arms , hissing something in Marc 's face , but she could n't tell what . |
| 6 | And then , his right hand , rising to undo the buttons of her high-collared black dress , his other arm unconsciously straining her to him , closer and closer so that she could feel his arousal brought on a memory so dreadful to McAllister , a memory which she had fought against for months — and fear suddenly won the battle . |
| 7 | Rain stood in the street with the open page in her hand and cursed Wainfleet for not telling her about it . |
| 8 | She said and I 'm not leaving her to you see ! |
| 9 | Images flickered across the disordered screen of her mind — Rune provocatively , dominantly angry at their first meeting ; Rune , eyes shuttered , playing ‘ her ’ song ; Rune , mouth tender , eyes laughing as he had watched the children playing at the funfair in Tivoli ; Rune , seeking her out at her hotel , deliberately drawing her into his life ; Rune , his blond head bent , handling her damaged foot with such tenderness ; Rune … |
| 10 | Gerald looked lovingly and sadly at his daughter , still seeing her as his little girl in spite of her finery . |
| 11 | Jake gazed across the dim dunes again , still gripping her in his arm : and it felt now as if he held her just for comfort — his own , perhaps , as much as hers . |
| 12 | ‘ I think … yes , I really think that I have been far too cautious , ’ he murmured quietly , before slowly and deliberately taking her into his arms . |
| 13 | Better perhaps that Benedict should not return — though God send nothing had happened to him , for she could bear anything but that ! — for that his lost inheritance , through her fault , must prevent his ever regarding her with anything but hatred . |
| 14 | I 'm always telling her about it ! |
| 15 | ‘ Did you have a — ? ’ good trip , Leith might have said , but as if thinking he 'd given them enough time to sort themselves out , Naylor was butting in , and positively flabbergasting her by what he chose to interrupt with ! |
| 16 | His confidence in the Queen 's ability to ‘ bounce back ’ seems to be borne out in surveys , with 10 per cent more people than a year ago naming her as their favourite royal . |
| 17 | Moreover , by simply keeping her in their power they were holding all their options open and preventing Philip from marrying her to someone else and so forging a new alliance . |
| 18 | Not while he was standing there daring her with his eyes , Isabel vowed silently . |
| 19 | He took her arm , almost lifting her from her seat , leading her out of the kitchen with no further words . |
| 20 | I paid her for the call , and stayed chatting for a while , answering her queries about the cottage and then telling her of my brother 's expected arrival , and the possibility that he might telephone with a message . |
| 21 | I just stand there watching her with her hair falling out of her hat , holding this dress against herself . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'm not going to make love to your ankle , ’ he breathed heavily as he came to lie down beside her , passionately gathering her into his arms . |