Example sentences of "on her [noun] [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Crouched in the shadows , Scathach watched , but his eyes were on Tallis , not on her fingers as they moved swiftly over the charm . |
| 2 | She 's got a funny thing on her chest and she ca n't breathe properly . |
| 3 | Today her hair , the discreetest palest auburn , curled softly on her collar and she was wearing a white muslin midi-dress , white stockings and flat white pumps . |
| 4 | He was making her feel a bit strange again with his hand on her skin and she was at a decided disadvantage . |
| 5 | Jessica felt sweat break out fresh on her skin as they walked in . |
| 6 | She was weeping now , and he knelt beside her , stiffly , and promised her with the touch of his hand on her shoulder that he would bring help . |
| 7 | One of his rawboned hands descended on her shoulder and she felt a flash of excitement . |
| 8 | She felt a hand resting lightly on her shoulder and she turned to look at Craig , almost unrecognizable now with his beard grown and his moustache thick and dark above his mouth . |
| 9 | She felt a hand on her shoulder and she looked up into the thin face of Edward Morris . |
| 10 | He put his head on her shoulder and she turned and picked him up and sat him on her broad lap , her arms tight about him . |
| 11 | His hand rested briefly on her shoulder and she felt the colour surge into her cheeks . |
| 12 | Miranda is lying on her tummy for she has the bath to herself , and she 's pretending she 's swimming , thinking of it getting dark and Manjiku rising , rising from the deep , tracking her . |
| 13 | She 'd be tucked beneath the blanket and the heavy coat and watching Gloria put on her make-up before she went out . |
| 14 | The boater was on her head and she was looking at herself , her bare right foot touching the floor lightly . |
| 15 | why , I only said she 's got a nest on her head and she 's being horrible |
| 16 | She guessed that Mike Booker would be calling curses down on her head because he 'd been hoping a one-two win at Estoril would clinch the constructors ' championship for Carlisle Flint , quite apart from putting Ace into an unbeatable lead . |
| 17 | Now there was her bantam hen to visit that tame favourite who sat on her head when she walked into the drawing room , the admiration of all , whose food she sometimes nibbled at . |
| 18 | As Fabia saw it then , if she did n't want her sister to heap coals of fire on her head when she got back — and Cara had more than enough on her plate at the moment — then she was going to have to be really pushy and go and ring Ven Gajdusek 's doorbell . |
| 19 | He put his hands on her breasts and she made a little soft sound . |
| 20 | Ross made no attempt to touch her , other than to gently place his hand occasionally on her elbow as they walked around the house and garden . |
| 21 | Round and round , intermittently , through the days it spun , crystallising now and again — before breaking apart once more — into the essence of him , an image , like sudden flashes on a screen , of his diffident smile when they first met , the touch of his hand on her elbow as he guided her to a seat down that summer lane . |
| 22 | She bit down hard on her lip as she watched the four girls . |
| 23 | Mama Sipcott 's butter sauce was gleaming on her chin and she looked very beautiful . |
| 24 | Mm and it used to be all around her mouth and she used to have a bit here sort of one of those old ladies who had whiskers on her chin and it 'd be all white . |
| 25 | As the weather improved and the days lengthened Anne saw John several times , but usually she was on her bicycle and he was on foot . |
| 26 | She made for the new extension , hoping she had imagined that speculative look in her young assistant 's eye , and feeling that she 'd better let him think the Palmer & Pearson file had dropped on her desk while he was absent on Friday . |
| 27 | ‘ I do n't , I just happened to see that tatty book of horoscopes Myra keeps on her desk while I was waiting for you one day , so I looked it up , ’ Dana said defiantly . |
| 28 | She had left the note in an addressed envelope on her desk and it had vanished . |
| 29 | Her sister 's illness had taken its toll on her looks and they had all spent some very traumatic moments helping her to come to terms with the debilitating condition which had now rendered her legs virtually useless . |
| 30 | Then she felt the coverlet being pulled off the bed and João was on top of her and his sweet breath was in her face and his mouth over her mouth ; he was forcing her legs apart until she thought she would split ; he was trying to lift them right up over his shoulders , and at the same time trying to enter where she was impossibly small , cursing at his lack of success and finally grunting and gasping , until she felt a little damp fountain on her belly and he rolled off the bed and pattered quickly from the room . |