Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [prep] her [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , Bryony wants to sit in her own chair today , so you sit on your own chair . |
| 2 | Then lived-in look that Rachel has cultivated in her own home is a happy marriage between practicality and her English roots . |
| 3 | The hardest lesson for Gilly to learn is that she and nobody else is responsible for her own actions and that she has to live with her own mistakes . |
| 4 | She looked at Fergus 's dim reflection , distorted in the glass , then tried to re-focus on her own image . |
| 5 | India-May had that glazed look , as if she was describing a miracle , a miracle that she 'd witnessed with her own eyes . |
| 6 | So many years had passed since she 'd sat with her own grandmother in just this sort of quiet companionship . |
| 7 | Suddenly afraid of what she had unleashed , Shae backed away , barely realising she 'd stepped into her own room till he closed the door behind them . |
| 8 | If she had , she might now be wearing the crown of England instead of being holed up in Gloucester Castle , her supporters scattered and dwindling , and what little popularity she had once possessed destroyed by her own hand . |
| 9 | There were all sorts of disadvantages to that , but she did want to look at her own presentation and movement in the classroom . |
| 10 | She would like to talk to her own mother about the children , but there is no contact at the moment because Mr Smith told Susan 's mother to ‘ xxxx off ’ when he thought she was interfering in the family . |
| 11 | She would like to talk to her own mother about the children , but there is no contact at the moment because Mr Smith told Susan 's mother to ‘ … off ’ when he thought she was interfering in the family . |
| 12 | This place she chooses to think over her own hopes |
| 13 | Rachel returned that smile , a glimpse of future pain and ecstasy , then turned to move among her own family and friends . |
| 14 | Many widows like to stay in the home of a family member for a few days or weeks afterwards , but if she is going to return to her own home at some time , this should not be delayed for too long . |
| 15 | Nao Naomi realizes there 's no point talking about it now , the dye has been cast the decision has been made , the commitment has been entered into , whatever the cost she was going gods way , there was nothing more to be said about it we find that a de a decision made before god and we all make those decisions , means nothing at all unless were determined to carry it through , whatever the cost may be , three women here make their decisions before god , they make their choices , Naomi she chooses to return to Judah once again and enjoy the inheritance god has given her , Auper she chooses to return to her own country and her own god , as far as were concerned that 's the end of the story , but Ruth she chooses , she expresses her faith in the one true god , she turns her back on the old ways and decides to follow gods way , no matter what the cost , she would of said with Joshua , but as for me and my husband were gon na serve god , whatever the cost , I du n no what 'll be and she did n't know what she was letting herself in for , and the , I counted it , although I do n't know what it is , I counted that cost , I 'm willing to pay it and Jesus said that that is the acid test of disciples , said to count the cost and weigh it up and Ruth had done that , then to make their decision and because if we make a decision without counting the cost , without weighing it all up , like Auper you 'll go back , it wo n't last , there is that choice for every one of us day by day , who will we serve , not to be like Joshua , its for us , never for any body else , I will serve the lord because and this is the reason for it , not because you 've done nice things for me , I will be your saviour because he is god , that 's the reason for our serving god , not because he blesses us because he blesses people who do n't serve him , blessing is not exclusive to gods people , blessing , god blesses across the board , god is generous he 's gracious , he causes the rain and the sun to shine on the just and on the unjust , blessing is not the ground for serving god , but because he is god that 's sufficient reason for our committing ourselves to him . |
| 16 | Lan , for her part , hoped fervently that her innocence would be self-evident , and as she watched her prostrate grandfather 's lips moving soundlessly she began to phrase in her own mind the plea for leniency she intended to submit to the ancestral spirit . |
| 17 | And when something odd began to happen in her own body , a sensation she wished to call ugly because she had never felt it before and did not wish to feel it now with him , she released her temper again , thrashing about quite wildly beneath him to hurt herself and make the treacherous feeling go away . |
| 18 | Turning to stare at Ellie , who was rather horrified by Phena 's behaviour — something she would never have done to her own mother — she accused , ‘ You 're his granddaughter ! ’ |
| 19 | For Miss Lavender would not , perhaps , have cared , Miss Lavender would never have cried at her own funeral . |
| 20 | Unfortunately , she had to withdraw from the Symposium , feeling that the effort was too much considering the work that she still required to do on her own Flora . |
| 21 | Mr Stewart added : ‘ If there is a snagging and should the fishing vessel not have a pinger attached to its gear , that should not be taken some way as meaning that the fishing vessel having contributed to her own misfortune . |
| 22 | It would not be easy telling him to go but it was something she needed to do for her own peace of mind . |
| 23 | ‘ I 'm not so sure about Thomas , ’ said Ethel , ‘ but she 'd have stuck to her own circle . |
| 24 | Well , she decided emphatically , whatever Luke was , Rob was pleasant company , and surely what she chose to do in her own lunch-hour was entirely her own affair . |
| 25 | As she stared entranced at her own image , Folly felt a warming in her cheeks , and watched as a flush spread down from face to neck to breasts , dying the tender peaks a deeper hue . |
| 26 | If she comes from a family where she felt undermined by her own mother the effect upon her is compounded . |
| 27 | The ambience Iona Abbey aims to provide in terms of welcome and acceptance is one she hopes to recreate in her own home : ‘ When people live together , they share life-stories over the washing-up , ’ says the woman poised to play hostess to up to eight guests , for a possible five days every week . |
| 28 | Their world contrasted remarkably with the world which Brian perceived and had contrived to project into her own experience , a cold and bitter world of aspiration , envy and the eternal prospect of imminent financial collapse . |
| 29 | She started the course in July 1989 and chose to study by the distance learning method , which meant working in her own time . |
| 30 | But if she is allowed to go at her own pace , without criticism , while she is dealing with the chaos within , you will find that her mood will gradually become more optimistic and her feelings of despair less frequent . |