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1  She took his arm, but she did not lean upon it.
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2  Then she leaned her head down on the mantelpiece.
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3  She leaned draggingly upon his arm as they walked.
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4  She leaned her head upon her hand to shade her eyes from the light.
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5  They were leaning toward each other as the wateroaks bent from the sea.
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6  They stopped, leaning over a jagged fence made of sea-drift, to ask for water.
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7  When he leaned forward and kissed her, she clasped his head, holding his lips to hers.
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8  She soon came back and sat on the edge of the bed, leaning her head down on the pillow.
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9  The Pontelliers and Ratignolles walked ahead; the women leaning upon the arms of their husbands.
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10  He leaned upon the lounge with an arm extended across her, while the other hand still rested upon her hair.
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11  She looked up in his face, leaning on his arm beneath the encircling shadow of the umbrella which he had lifted.
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12  She was still stunned and speechless with emotion when later she leaned over her friend to kiss her and softly say good-by.
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13  "I returned day before yesterday," he answered, while he leaned his arm on the keys, bringing forth a crash of discordant sound.
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14  Yes, yes; she seems quite well," said Mr. Pontellier, leaning forward and whirling his stick between his two hands; "but she doesn't act well.
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15  Robert was there, seated as he had been the Sunday before, and Mrs. Pontellier also occupied her former position on the upper step, leaning listlessly against the post.
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16  When they reached the cottage, the two seated themselves with some appearance of fatigue upon the upper step of the porch, facing each other, each leaning against a supporting post.
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17  There was something in her attitude, in her whole appearance when she leaned her head against the high-backed chair and spread her arms, which suggested the regal woman, the one who rules, who looks on, who stands alone.
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