Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] [verb] her " in BNC.
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| 1 | Heathcliff looked more like a gentleman than I had ever seen him , but his wife had not bothered to brush her hair or change her dress . |
| 2 | At around one year , she 'll hold out her foot or raise her arms when you ask . |
| 3 | Nothing could pierce the aura of her grief or interrupt her preoccupation with mourning . |
| 4 | The consequences of that assertion , if it is valid , are peculiar and alarming ; but fortunately I can examine it without criticising the sovereign or impugning her judgement , because ministerial advice that ministerial advice is not requisite is also ministerial advice , for which ministers must take responsibility and stand question . |
| 5 | She adored the game so much , Luke only had to shift his weight or touch her mouth to get her to do what he wanted , and she was so competitive she would bump anyone , at first even riding off ponies on her own side . |
| 6 | Wild exultation at having him so close made sure her momentary pain was no more than that , as he slipped easily into the rhythm that had her half sobbing with delight until his voice joined her own . |
| 7 | Behind Thorfinn , the door slammed shut with a force that made her bed jerk . |
| 8 | At that moment Ruby gave a growl that set her loose flesh trembling . |
| 9 | He swung away from her , walking over to the edge of the small pond , his body rigid with a tension that made her afraid to do or say anything that might unleash that anger once again . |
| 10 | That was when Luke chose to end it , raising his head and examining the agonised tension that held her face and the taut , smooth line of her exposed throat with dark , glittering eyes . |
| 11 | His bulk created an intimacy in the small workroom that made her wary , and the atmosphere , just for a moment , became charged , until he gave a little grimace which dispelled it . |
| 12 | She often brought in mussels , gritty with tiny pearls , for the evening meal , or sometimes nesting birds , or a hare that ignored her approach to its form till she had her hand on it . |
| 13 | Ariel was n't thinking clearly , her brain was fogged by the din around her and the rage of Sycorax , but the message in the stones summoned her to some action , something to break the silence and the stasis that held her prisoner . |
| 14 | Frederica slept in a windowless loft that held her suitcase , a camp bed , and no more . |
| 15 | There was a grim edge to his mocking that drew her attention , and Folly wished that she could see his face more clearly . |
| 16 | The electroshock therapy that followed her hospitalization of one unfortunate schoolboy left Marjorie a dull husk of her former self . |
| 17 | It was his unexpected kindness that caused her jaw to clench suddenly in an attempt to stave off the hot tears scalding her eyes . |
| 18 | Billing herself as the spirit of Patsy Cline , she ( and her band the Reclines ) cut the album that established her country claim . |
| 19 | Martha stood patiently for a long time while her mother tried one dress after another on her , hoping to find a colour that made her skin seem paler and a cut that disguised her skeletal proportions . |
| 20 | But Cooper 's figures also possess a larger than life boldness due not so much to childlike innocence but to the kind of confidence we imagine Eve and Adam had before the Fall , However , she is not confronting us with an easily gained optimism nor do her disembodied heads , upturned women and mild impassive eyes really evoke a vision of dream . |
| 21 | Then suddenly there was cool air on her face and light that hurt her eyes . |
| 22 | Words and pictures spun around behind her eyes with a speed that made her head start to ache . |
| 23 | She snaked her head forward and bit hard into his nose , biting down with all her strength , ignoring his shrieks of pain , trying not to gag on the blood that filled her mouth . |
| 24 | He raised himself up from her to look down on her face , to witness the sweet pleasure that parted her lips sensuously and filmed moisture to her brow . |
| 25 | In her later years a thyroid condition destroyed the figure that made her famous . |
| 26 | There was only the sound of the strengthening wind that stirred her wet curls and plastered the sweat-shirt tighter against her shivering frame . |
| 27 | In the last minute of a ferocious bout against Spain 's Miriam Blasco Soto , Nicola applied a stranglehold that stunned her opponent . |
| 28 | Had that been a spider 's web that touched her cheek just now ? |
| 29 | He risked a soaking of foam as he darted out to cut his mooring lines , then twisted Dream Baby 's wheel and thrust her throttles forward . |
| 30 | According to a report by the Automobile Association — Women and Cars — the typical British woman motorist enjoys driving , is confident behind the wheel and sees her car as a necessary tool for work and a social life . |