Example sentences of "of [art] [noun] that [verb] her " in BNC.

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1 She was fascinated by the Saloon , set out for dinner with silver and glass ; she hovered over the display of figureheads ; but it was the rigging of the clipper that caught her imagination most .
2 In the end , he got Shrimpton the job , and that shoot was one of the assignments that launched her career .
3 Rehearsals began the following day , plunging Shannon into a hectic whirlwind of activity that seemed to have no let-up as the week progressed , but she was glad of it — glad of the work that kept her mind as well as her hands busy .
4 Carol Jackson rolled onto her back and gazed at the ceiling , aware of the movement from the adjacent room and also of the perspiration that sheathed her body .
5 The letter which concluded the day for Viola Machin was not one of the ones that pleased her most .
6 Tired by her journey from the north of England and the heat , she had decided to defer unpacking until the next day , standing her cases temporarily to one side of the curtain that divided her cabin from the small galley .
7 She drank in the clean masculine smell of him , revelling in the power of the arms that held her so tightly , the tenderness of the hands that caressed her heated skin .
8 She has grown into an elegant and gracious woman , but lost none of the spark that made her such an endearing young bride .
9 Yet , while she was finding him most difficult to forget , the realisation only then struck her that she knew neither the name of the garage that housed her car , nor the place where it was situated !
10 Holly , her twin , now seven and living with her parents in Houston , Texas , will remember nothing of the sadness that marred her recovery .
11 She was wearing a short black skirt and a tiny scrap of a top that emphasised her heavy breasts .
12 Of a dive that took her 1,250 feet down to the floor of the Pacific , Sylvia Earle said , ‘ The light was faint but , when my eyes adjusted , the world I saw was incredibly beautiful .
13 Before she could stop him , his mouth was against hers , parting her mouth in a travesty of a kiss that forced her lips against her teeth .
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