Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] her [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Had she known more about healthy eating and what was right for her body , she might well have been able to prevent most of the problems that she experienced . |
| 2 | It did n't seem possible for her love to deepen and grow , but it did . |
| 3 | He said that in her disdain for the laws of our land she had humiliated the honour of her family name ; there was no other course possible for her family to take . |
| 4 | Yet I vowed to do as much as possible for her comfort and happiness , to write to her and see her regularly , too . |
| 5 | Such dreams were defeated by the means she 'd first thought would make it possible for her baby to be returned to her . |
| 6 | The honourable member has been on to say that his mother was upset about her appearance here , not least because she felt it was invading her privacy . |
| 7 | That spat did little for her confidence as she faced a battery of cameras waiting outside Goldsmiths Hall . |
| 8 | A quick examination put her at ease but may have done little for her embarrassment ; the culprit was a misplaced liquorice all-sort . |
| 9 | Glancing at him , she was tempted to tease him about the sugar he had borrowed earlier , but if she did that it would amount to a tacit admission that he was right about her behaviour . |
| 10 | Margaret Olmer found her working-class foster parents in the Midlands very anxious to learn as much as possible about her background : |
| 11 | After a short silence , Kathleen took courage , feeling sorry for her sister . |
| 12 | She was very sorry for her mistake and was therefore punishing herself by agreeing to marry him . |
| 13 | But she does not feel sorry for her friend Liz Headleand . |
| 14 | The others seemed to forget Heathcliff , but I noticed Catherine could not eat much , and I knew she was sorry for her friend . |
| 15 | ‘ I ca n't bear her really , but I feel sorry for her husband . ’ |
| 16 | and the other one was erm a mother of two and she said that even when she was younger she was always overweight and she could never sort of go out with anybody nice and she just settled for anybody sort of thing , I felt sorry for her husband , mind you saying this like , cos he looked a bit thick and er |
| 17 | They were not selfish , and were genuinely sorry for her disappointment . |
| 18 | Liza , rather to her surprise , found she was grateful for her presence . |
| 19 | Following this example , and that of Cathy Donaldson , Elizabeth Anne Crawford also took ‘ time off ’ from work , and we were most grateful for her banking expertise . |
| 20 | Miss Fogerty was humbly grateful for her goodwill , but would never have dreamt of imposing upon it . |
| 21 | I was grateful for her championship and her charity . |
| 22 | She soon realised that Stephen 's mother thought she was demeaning herself by ‘ hobnobbing with the peasantry ’ but Stephen was grateful for her interest and that was all that mattered to Tamar . |
| 23 | But I was grateful for her interest , so I explained about our Council 's scheme : the converted houses where the old ladies and gentlemen live , each with their separate apartments , their own furniture , but a common dining-room . |
| 24 | I have seen frequently over the last year and I have been very grateful for her friendship , not to mention the clothes she has lent me which her daughter has outgrown . |
| 25 | And Macintyre are grateful for her visit . |
| 26 | Moore was grateful for her kindness and her anxiety . |
| 27 | Occasionally she could see a gleam in Rachel 's eye , as though she might suddenly ask him if his intentions were honourable , but for the first time in her life she learned to be grateful for her mother 's good manners . |
| 28 | Phoebe was suddenly grateful for her mother 's calm and decision ; if anyone could get rid of the London fire brigade it would be Rachel . |
| 29 | Normally she was not at all shy about her body . |
| 30 | The colonel said Inez was a distant relative and he wanted to know if there was anything odd about her disappearance . |