Example sentences of "she [adv prt] under the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If she could not get out the train would carry her on to the next station , to London Bridge , it would carry her on under the river . |
| 2 | They were in the bedroom and he was tucking her in under the quilt , stroking her forehead , pushing back the damp strands of blonde hair where her tears had soaked them . |
| 3 | Some days Ariel carried the hooped Sycorax on her back ( she would not ride on anyone else ) down to the shore and into the water , and held her up under the arms so that she could let her contorted frame float free ; small currents spun in the water as if to ease her , and the sky 's blue height seemed to catch them up into its soft vastness and give them fins and wings to fly and swoop , so that they both felt airier and brighter than they had since their freedom had come to an end , and the memory of their former peace returned for a space . |
| 4 | He was waking up , trying to drag her back under the covers . |
| 5 | He caught her arm and drew her back under the cypresses . |
| 6 | Less than two hours later , a city-centre taxi let her out under the lighted awning of the hotel by the park . |