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Example sentences for "taking her"

  • Her father said, taking her hand, and the music he was tying up dropped on the floor.

  • But as he sat face to face with her, all his carefully considered plans seemed to drop behind him in ruins, and he doubted if he would be able to deny himself the pleasure of taking her away.

  • He could continue it no longer, and, taking her hand, he assured her that, if she did not sing well, she should come to Madame Savelli again.

  • They were in the gallery alone, and, taking her hand, he considered in detail the trouble this liaison would bring in its train.

  • Taking her hand, he had begun dragging her towards the door.

  • He sat down again, taking her hand in his, and looking at her with passionate entreaty.

  • Don't alarm yourself too much, my dear," he said, taking her hand.

  • During the reforms introduced into the religious houses, she visited the nunneries in person, taking her needle-work with her, and passing the day in the society of the inmates.

  • Did I not say that woman is an angel from heaven," I returned; then, taking her hand, I kissed it.

  • I forced a smile, and, taking her hand, assured her that I had heard nothing to cause her any uneasiness.

  • I was deeply moved, and, taking her hand, told her how deeply her sad story had pained me.

  • I see that you like to hear about him," he said, taking her hand.

  • Fan sat between mother and daughter, and Constance, taking her book, found the places for her; for Mary had failed after all to teach her how to use it.

  • Dear Miss Churton, I am so sorry you are unhappy," said Fan at length, taking her hand.

  • It was indeed a red-letter day for Lottie Lawson when Phillip announced his intention of taking her to "Sunnybank.

  • If I go out there and be dissatisfied it will be worse than ever, and there is Lottie, I cannot think of taking her with me.

  • No, Marguerite is a rational, human being, capable of taking her place in the world, and looking misfortune in the face with a determination to succeed in whatever she may attempt.

  • Casually again (as if this course were not necessarily involved in acceptance) he inquired whether he might have the pleasure of taking her.

  • And Jewdwine, who was himself feeling the need of exercise, roused her by taking her for a walk up Harcombe Hill.

  • He smiled; for the play he thought of taking her to was not yet written; would never be written if many of his evenings were like this.

  • On taking her seat, the buzz and murmur of the spectators became hushed into a silence like that of death, and, until she spoke, a feather might have been heard falling in the court.

  • Either she is taking her lesson, or she is not taking her lesson.

  • Rylance, taking her hand in his and holding it with so strong a grasp that she could hardly have withdrawn it without violence.

  • His mother only smiled in reply, and, taking her father's offered arm, moved on in the direction of the stairway, Walter still clinging to her other hand.

  • Ah, that fortunate mortal is surely he who sits by your side at this moment, my darling," he answered in moved tones, taking her hand in his and pressing it affectionately.

  • Yet though she appeared perfectly sensible of his words and gave him sorrowful and penitent looks like her old self, that same afternoon, on taking her out, he had all the difficulty in the world to keep her from going near the ducks.

  • Had she been in the habit, like a continental princess I have dined with, of taking her leg of chicken by the drumstick and gnawing the flesh, it had been far better for him now.

  • When he looked at her his eyes seemed to be taking her in, taking her in, seeing nothing in all the world but her.

  • His eyes seemed to be taking her in (no other eyes had ever performed that act of hospitality for Miss Quincey).

  • Was the man whom I had known as Hornby, the owner of the Lola, taking her to place her again in the fiendish hands of Xavier Oberg?

  • Then why is he taking her to the capital--beyond the jurisdiction of the Governor-General?

  • Then, as soon as they returned, Elma came to my cabin, awoke me, and said that the Baron was taking her ashore, and that they were to travel overland back to London.

  • He welcomed her with a loving smile, taking her hand in his, and carrying it to his lips.

  • Lulu, in the solitude of her room, was anxiously considering the same question, and presently went with it to her mamma, taking her father's note in her hand.

  • That does not necessarily follow," Arthur said, taking her hand, and holding it in a kindly pressure.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    another from; but his; dozen cloves; external goods; full possession; little flour; must judge; second chapter; small people; taking away; taking care; taking her; taking his; taking hold; taking leave; taking notice; taking office; taking place; taking possession; taking snuff; taking the; taking their; taking them; twas done; well washed; went again