Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] her [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In his absence she 'd been as nervy as a wildcat , jumping a mile every time someone spoke to her or touched her on the shoulder , expecting him to turn up out of the blue as he 'd made a habit of doing . |
| 2 | I did n't want her to give herself over to the view of life that underlay all this , the philosophy that pinned her to the shadow-corners of the world . |
| 3 | Something was beginning to happen to her , an excitement , a wildness that caught her by the throat . |
| 4 | Heat flared along her veins , ripple after ripple of heady sensation that shook her to the very depths . |
| 5 | Her head lay next to the thin wall that separated her from the two of them . |
| 6 | Ariel , watching , wished that she too could defy the bonds that tied her to the earth , and her blood leapt with Dulé 's ascent . |
| 7 | It was perfectly natural that Jake should marry — and , apart from how it might affect Kirsty , it was not an event that interested her in the slightest . |
| 8 | THE gritty determination that took her to the top as Coronation Street 's Ivy has always been there . |
| 9 | With interest , that took her beyond the £55,000 offer which the police force had made in June 1991 to settle the case . |
| 10 | She came off the slope at an uncontrollable pace that took her across the clearing and into the trees . |
| 11 | Margaret Hughes wept in the backseat of the police car that took her from the court to prison . |
| 12 | She thanked the driver , lifted the latch of the low iron gate and took four steps that brought her to the front door . |
| 13 | She felt strangely restless , wanting to throw herself into every small task that awaited her throughout the house . |
| 14 | And yet he was immaculate , his hair groomed and beaded with rubies ; his tunic an achingly sweet shade of pink that was almost white , edged with black ; his trousers of a blue that reminded her of the summer skies of her youth . |
| 15 | Polly pushed her arms through the webbing straps that reminded her of the restrainer her eldest sister used to stop her adventurous offspring clambering out of their prams and buggies . |
| 16 | Again she heard the boys ' warm approving voices , voices that left her outside the heat of that dangerous moment . |
| 17 | A sentiment that ambushed her at the coldest moments . |
| 18 | Marion was sitting in the sun , her back to the hut that sheltered her from the cold wind . |
| 19 | The scene that greeted her at the top was already less frightening than it had been when Phoebe arrived . |
| 20 | But , to her relief , the voice that greeted her from the other side of the oak door , though indistinct , was that of the porter she had met so briefly the evening before . |
| 21 | As she entered the most dynamic period of her career , Kylie took stock of the success — and tried to analyse the curious chemistry of the TV series that set her on the road to it . |
| 22 | That was another thing that annoyed her about the child : she always had to find something nice to say . |
| 23 | Yussuf caught hold of her and propelled her towards the gate . |
| 24 | Salt shook her shoulder and when that made no difference , dragged her to her feet and propelled her to the small book-lined room known as the study . |
| 25 | If he 'd picked her up and laid her on the bed and taken her with all the passion and strength his virile body was promising her at that moment , she would n't have raised a finger to stop him , so when he swung her around in his arms and deposited her nearer to the bathroom door before removing his arms from her she was left gasping with surprise and a sinking feeling of disappointment mixed with humiliation which shook her with its intensity . |
| 26 | I snatched up my doll , Topsey , and laid her in the cart and ran after Mum who was half way down the street before I caught her up . |
| 27 | Then Clare took her by the elbow and led her along the path which suddenly went through a gate and stopped . |
| 28 | He took her hand and led her up the steps . |
| 29 | I took Montaine by the hand and led her through the empty rooms … there were very many . |
| 30 | He smiled again , fleetingly , and her pulse gave another blip as he took her arm and led her through the entrance . |