Example sentences of "[vb past] her [noun sg] [subord] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At six-thirty Kegan passed her taxi as it swung out across the courtyard . |
| 2 | Susan closed her eyes , and imagined her arm as it had once been . |
| 3 | She dressed in black trousers and a white blouse with long full sleeves , brushed her hair till it shone and twisted it into a tight knot on top of her head , thinking with satisfaction that Roman would n't like it but she was n't about to let him dictate how she wore her hair , or dressed . |
| 4 | Starting in her stomach , a warm glow suffused her body until it set her fingertips tingling and her scalp crackling . |
| 5 | She bit her lip till it hurt . |
| 6 | She turned her back to him and fiddled with a trolley , and bit her cheek till it bled . |
| 7 | From time to time one of the phones rang , and she stared at it and held her breath till it stopped . |