Example sentences of "her [noun sg] [was/were] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We told her her present was on the way . |
| 2 | Her hair was like a bird 's nest , her skin grey , her leg bleeding . |
| 3 | I do not know whether we dragons loved her or hated her ; her will was like iron , as fast clad as our scaled hides , but her heart was like a songbird in the morning and she was as lovely as the lilies of the field . |
| 4 | Her story was like a tale from a book . |
| 5 | Herbert or Algy or Whatever — the very same who had said ( how original ! ) that her skin was like a peach … |
| 6 | Sara wore a thin mackintosh over a blouse and skirt ; her handbag was on the floor at her side and a furled umbrella rested against the desk . |
| 7 | And her handbag was in a box in the kitchen in the first box that you put in the van . |
| 8 | Her handbag was in the bedroom . |
| 9 | Sandy tried to think of something to say , something that would explain how she felt ; but the image that formed in her mind was of a punchbowl brimming with vomit , and she knew instantly that she was about to do likewise . |
| 10 | Her mind was on the gardener 's boy , |
| 11 | The papers lay there unread , however , because her mind was in a turmoil . |
| 12 | All her concentration was on the squirt . |
| 13 | Her breath was tearing at her throat , the stitch in her side was like a knife , but still she raced on . |
| 14 | Her entry was for a suit for Dame Edna Everidge to wear to visit her bank manager . |
| 15 | Making lunch for Lucy and Francis , giving her lifts here and there when her car was off the road , calling her just to see how she was , ordering her home when she looked exhausted , plying her with remedies if she had a cold , rubbing her back if she was tense . |
| 16 | A MOTHER-of-three was killed instantly when her car was in a pile-up with a police Volvo answering a 999 call . |
| 17 | Her bedroom was at the back of the house . |
| 18 | Her bedroom was in the basement . |
| 19 | And Her Majesty was in the parade ring to assess the runners and riders for the big race , the Queen Mother Champion Steeplechase . |
| 20 | Her mouth was within an inch of his chin and they clung to one another for a heart-stopping moment , getting breath and balance back , before he thrust her aside . |
| 21 | Her mouth was like a flower , and her eyes were large and soft , sometimes black , blue or grey , sometimes all three colours together . |
| 22 | Her mouth was like a rosebud — take it or leave it . |
| 23 | Beryl and her freind were in the living-room , across the passage . |
| 24 | Taken by Mr Browning to view it — though since it had already been rented her approval was of no importance — she was at once charmed . |
| 25 | Miss Grimes answered the bell quickly , for her room was on the ground floor . |
| 26 | Not surprisingly she passed a less than restful night , only falling asleep as the light started to penetrate the thin curtains , and when she did finally surface the sun was high in the sky and her room was like an oven . |
| 27 | ‘ You c-ca n't … ’ she spluttered , trying not to panic that , if she 'd got it right — and she could n't see how else this swine of a man could threaten her — he was saying that her job was on the line ! |
| 28 | The core of her body was in a moment melted . |
| 29 | The gentle curve of her body was like a piece of rock smoothed by the sea . |
| 30 | At this point Jess saw the horse and rider coming towards them , but her attention was on a voice behind her . |