Example sentences of "her father [verb] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | Artemis saw her father turn his horse towards her and raise a hand . |
| 2 | Izzie leaned across her father to hold his hand . |
| 3 | Whether or not he believed Maureen 's claim that her father met his death at the hands of political opponents , Brian Berg was dutifully pursuing that line . |
| 4 | Her father took his drink from the table near him . |
| 5 | The Princess had become patron of the hospital , where her father made his miraculous recovery after his cerebral haemorrhage in 1978 , and in May 1988 she had agreed to attend a gala performance of The Magic Flute at the London Coliseum . |
| 6 | She watched her father straighten his back , then , after a moment 's hesitation , say , ‘ Yes , sir , yes . |
| 7 | She weighed 71b 12oz and while her father expressed his delight at a ‘ perfect physical specimen ’ there was no hiding the sense of anticlimax , if not downright disappointment , in the family that the new arrival was not the longed-for male heir who would carry on the Spencer name . |
| 8 | Her father raised his hand once , hardly sparing a second glance . |
| 9 | As her father began his fight back to health , Diana 's mother took a hand in guiding her career . |
| 10 | They would put on their old trousers and wellingtons , and go down to the allotment , to the damp-smelling shed where her father kept his gardening things . |
| 11 | She tried to keep her tone light , matter-of-fact , but her mother swung round from the sink where she had just begun to prepare vegetables for lunch , and her father lowered his paper and peered over his glasses at her . |
| 12 | Understandably Diana found it hard to concentrate on the cookery course she had enrolled in a few days before her father suffered his stroke . |
| 13 | Her father shook his head . |
| 14 | She put her name forward to the chairman of the local party only to find later that he had approached her father to get his consent then double-checked by asking her husband for his permission too . |
| 15 | Her father nodded his approval and for one moment Rachel thought he was going to ask the new MO 's name . |
| 16 | He would persuade her that he loved her , ask her to promise to run away with him if her father refused his consent to their marriage , and , when he finally asked her father for her hand , threaten him with the prospect of his daughter 's elopement — he and Jared Tunstall both knew how self-willed his daughter was , and that any threat from her would not be idle . |
| 17 | Her father recounted his latest golf tournament , Guy talked to Charles about sailing , then opened up the conversation by introducing a surprisingly shrewd appreciation of the arts into the debate , when it became clear that in addition to racing yachts around the Isle of Wight he made frequent visits to see the RSC at the Barbican , and was something of an expert on modern ballet . |
| 18 | Her father cleared his throat . |
| 19 | Her father cleared his throat , her mother looked flustered and Rachel wished the ground would open up and swallow her . |
| 20 | Her father cleared his throat . |
| 21 | ‘ When Agnes disappeared , ’ replied Monks , ‘ her father changed his name and moved to a lonely place in Wales , where no one would know about the family shame . |
| 22 | Her father handed his topcoat to Letty and made his way into the drawing-room . |
| 23 | She , still thrilled with the beauty of the world , refused to go until at last , angered , her father used his powers of enchantment to put the giants into a deep sleep and turned his daughter Tamara in to a silver flowing stream . |
| 24 | She went to link her hands sympathetically through Lucie 's arm , but her father snatched his arm away , whining in a sarcastic , piping voice , ‘ 'We were going to pass a purse around ! ’ |