Example sentences of "her [noun pl] to " in BNC.

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1 After her interview with J. D. O'Connor she had mitigated her whoppers to Matey and Dr Neil by moving on to the West End , where she walked along Oxford Street , entering Mr Gordon Selfridge 's store , gazing as raptly at its wonders as though she were truly the poor girl whom she pretended to be , the whole place seeming quite different now that she no longer had her papa 's bottomless purse at her command .
2 Andrew sold her hunters to her , not neglecting a nice little profit , after Nicandra had schooled them into perfection .
3 ‘ I am certain of it , ’ he replied , but promptly settled her heartbeats to a dull , steady rhythm once more by adding , ‘ because of your car , did n't I have good reason to contact you ? ’
4 Mrs Peel thought the EP to be more sympathetic than the other professionals she had encountered and that made it easier for her to convey her views to him .
5 Her footmarks to the edge
6 He used three of them for Tessa , the legs of one pair tying her ankles to the chair legs , her hands pulled behind and tied together with the second pair .
7 He coiled the rope around her thighs , so she had no leeway to wriggle , and then , taking a long copper stick , he secured her ankles to either end .
8 The testatrix has made it amply clear that she wishes the land to pass from her sons to their descendants .
9 Apparently the intention of the testatrix to bind her sons to performance of a trust in favour of their descendants is not sufficiently clear .
10 Instead , she will hand over her sons to their nanny and detectives on Christmas Eve , for delivery , with their presents , to Sandringham .
11 The princess is expected to take her sons to Althorp House later this week to attend the traditional children 's Christmas party , to be hosted by her brother Earl Spencer .
12 Her face was a tragic mask , that of a woman who has sent all her sons to a war and waits hourly for the death telegram .
13 She was a powerful voice and an iron hand : she brought up her sons to be , in her own phrase , Soldiers in Christ 's Regiment .
14 She reports one recent incident and her reactions to it :
15 Harry glanced swiftly at Madeleine , but she had turned her back on him so he was unable to see her reactions to father 's comments .
16 She 'd always had a passionate side to her nature , she thought , suddenly making sense of her reactions to life .
17 Each individual , simply by making his or her reactions to media offerings known to those who produce and market them , can have a definite effect on the subject matter and moral tone of future offerings .
18 ‘ I 'm not saying kissing you was n't quite pleasant , as kisses go , ’ she informed him as calmly as she could , desperately trying to disguise the way her heart was pounding with fear as she recalled her reactions to that kiss .
19 In her notes to designers , with accompanying photographs , she would tell them , ‘ We definitely need a version of this , ’ or ‘ This will be the trend for autumn , ’ or ‘ These are the sort I am after . ’
20 He did , however , deplore her socialist tendencies and her readiness to advertise her opinions to the world in her books .
21 Shocked at her lack of morals and the ease with which he 'd reduced all her defences to nothing , Meredith moaned and tried to push him away .
22 She had courage , and with the help of her union was able to take her employers to court .
23 But while a cruise across the Mediterranean with Clive Kemp had posed no problems at all , the very thought of being alone on a boat with Nathan Bryce for however long it took to sail two thousand miles brought her out in a cold sweat and turned her insides to jelly .
24 Eyes that turned her insides to jelly , scrambled her mind , made her feel dumb and stupid and childish .
25 That his warm breath on her face churned up her insides to such an extent that she was forced to lie rigid ?
26 She felt the strength of his body pressing against her own , turning her insides to a quivering mass .
27 It is likely that some degree of unity could have been achieved between them had not Mrs Webb become convinced that the division was irreconcilable and determined to make every effort to bring her proposals to fruition .
28 Jezrael hated being the only one there who wore a bodysuit but she would have hated more the embarrassment of displaying herself with all her imperfections to the crude and lumpen miners .
29 Coolly Bunty turned to give a final look in the mirror ; then put her fingers to her lips and , as she passed Conroy , pressed them against his .
30 She touched her fingers to her pulse and drew her breath hard .
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