Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] her [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the money for Dr. La Rue 's post at the museum runs out later this year , there will be no-one to carry on her research and restoration work . |
| 2 | Clutching her bag , she tried to get up again , but they were hanging on her shoulders . |
| 3 | As they tramped up the hill , Elizabeth 's hair started to soak and drip down her neck , under her silk-lined hood . |
| 4 | One example of bad practice of this kind occurred where a hospital refused to re-admit a patient three days after discharge , and the senior social worker in desperation on a Friday afternoon sent a taxi driver to pick up a vulnerable old woman , to gather together her things , and take her into a residential care home . |
| 5 | She stood frozen , still clutching the black dress against herself , looking at her husband and seeing only her world crumbling around her . |
| 6 | She laid down her teacup . |
| 7 | She laid down her orange juice . |
| 8 | As calmly as she could , she laid down her knife and turned a steady grey gaze on his face . |
| 9 | She laid down her letters and stared blankly at the wall . |
| 10 | Isabel Lavender laid down her dessert spoon . |
| 11 | But when her sister had trailed dejectedly from the room , Isabel Lavender laid down her pen . |
| 12 | She was in the middle of writing a report for the monthly meeting of the board of governors but she laid down her pen immediately . |
| 13 | Doggedly she kept her head down over the jewel-coloured designs , trying to concentrate , but after another few seconds she gave up and laid down her pen with elaborate resignation . |
| 14 | Isabel Lavender laid down her spoon . |
| 15 | Blushing and slowly understanding , Alexandra laid down her spoon . |
| 16 | Shiona laid down her spoon . |
| 17 | Leonora went on with her meal in silence until the bowl was half empty , then laid down her spoon . |
| 18 | She laid down her rake and ran in to administer a good belt of a stick to whoever might be making little of her darling . |
| 19 | She laid down her napkin . |
| 20 | Isabel laid down her cards . |
| 21 | Florence Ames ate the last half of her second chocolate éclair , laid down her fork , wiped her mouth , finished her coffee , wiped her mouth again . |
| 22 | Janice laid down her coffee-cup with equal surprise . |
| 23 | She laid down her cup and leaned towards him across the table . |
| 24 | She laid down her glass before she dropped it . |
| 25 | Shiona laid down her magazine . |
| 26 | Josie laid down her comb , and picked up a couple of big plastic clips from a box on the makeup table . |
| 27 | Mrs Frizzell licked her finger and smoothed down her eyebrows with it . |
| 28 | And then she moved and with trembling hands smoothed down her skirt . |
| 29 | Because she was beautiful , with her flaxen blonde hair tumbling down her back and those unusual dark eyes and eyebrows that gave her a look of the exotic . |
| 30 | ‘ That , ’ said the ‘ chair ’ grimly , gathering together her papers , ‘ was Priscilla Ormsby Gore . ’ |