Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] [vb past] her " in BNC.

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1 My small table and chair were always placed on the dinner table near her left elbow , and Glumdalclitch stood near me , in case I needed her help .
2 For a loathsome instant I felt her awkward quivering weight on my back as she found her feet , and her voice saying …
3 Of course I saw her naked .
4 Of course I called her Mum , but it took me quite a little while to accept her as my mother .
5 They were characteristics which earned her respect and friendship all round the world as , among other things , she twice reached the semi-finals of the Australian Open , twice the quarter-finals of Wimbledon and the semi-finals of the doubles at Wimbledon with her great friend and fellow Scot , Joyce Hume .
6 The indescribable sting wrenched a high-pitched squeal from her throat , as she clutched the leather skirt which covered her burning seat .
7 She was always a busy , tidy little girl , going around the house at night making sure all the curtains were drawn and tucking up the zoo of small furry animals which crowded her bed — she has kept them to this day .
8 He had made the ring which adorned her finger , and the brooch at the neck of her dress .
9 If Simon had n't had other things on his mind — if he had n't been distracted by you — ’ the word burst from him with a violence which made her recoil ‘ — he would never have made that fatal error . ’
10 It was n't just the overwhelming sense of power that seemed to emanate from him as he stood there , it was something in the startlingly blue eyes which raked her slender figure and delicate features with an intensity that almost took her breath away .
11 An in between she travelled , extensively and alone , in South and Central America — trips which crystallised her desire to work on environmental issues .
12 To give Perdita a break , Luke took her away the following Saturday to see a high goal match at the famous Hurlingham Club which left her speechless with wonder , then on to Buenos Aires to an English production of The Merchant of Venice throughout most of which she slept .
13 In Fiona 's case it was the Inverness Nordic Ski Club which put her name forward .
14 She was suffering from a stiff neck which gave her pain whenever she turned her head .
15 The protest is by Hong Kong 's Foo2 against Cyclone and Great News , second and third yesterday behind the 83ft Drumbeat which claimed her third handicap win of the series by 3 ½min .
16 ‘ Come with me , ’ he ordered softly , his amused eyes narrowing to that unnerving lidded appraisal which turned her stomach upside-down .
17 Two wholly unnecessary words which skimmed her cheeks to a blush .
18 Yet it was not the message of saintly benevolence but the jarring note of conflict , belligerence , and confrontation which marked her style from the outset .
19 The injuries to the head , consistent with about 15 blows , would have caused her to lose consciousness which made her helpless to resist the acts which caused her death , he said .
20 A warning pulse quickened within her body , but there was also a kind of excitement , a high tension which disrupted her normal caution .
21 Amanda Fergusson was directing her field-glasses at the Monastery of Saint James , and her face bore an expression of prim pleasure which shocked her companion .
22 A two year old girl is seriously ill in hospital after a head-on crash in Northamptonshire which killed her mother .
23 He shot her a dark , smouldering glance which quickened her pulses .
24 He was feeling in an inside pocket , an action which prolonged her uncertainty .
25 There were long lecture tours , streams of letters , articles , political brushes with Joseph Chamberlain and two well-received books which fanned her fame and appetite for recognition .
26 There were deep lines at the side of the woman 's mouth which pulled her lips downwards ungraciously .
27 Mrs Cook , a heart patient , was suffering from a condition which made her agitated and likely to fall out of bed .
28 The glance she sent her cousin was slyly mocking .
29 However , it was Johnnie Spencer who won her heart and , after a short courtship , they married at Westminster Abbey in June 1954 .
30 ‘ Not right at this moment , ’ he drawled , and he was so close that their bodies were only inches apart , and as he looked down at her mouth with narrowed eyes she felt her heart begin to race madly .
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