Example sentences of "[adv] her [noun] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suddenly her daughter telephoned me and said , ‘ My mother asked if you could come as she has agreed to let you have those two things you wanted . |
| 2 | Apparently her parents think she 's staying with wanted to know if she could send them our phone number and say she was staying here . |
| 3 | Dana could seem ruthless ; only her twin knew it was her inner insecurity that made her present such a cold , unforgiving face to the world . |
| 4 | Resolutely , she splashed her face with icy water , repaired her make-up , and went back to her desk to face the nightmare with only her dignity to mask her pain . |
| 5 | Only her anger gives her the energy to lift her arm to look at her watch . |
| 6 | Upon closer inspection , only her eyes give her away , quick with the flicker of paranoia , scanning the room like marbles . |
| 7 | Only her eyes flashed her dislike as she held on to her composure . |
| 8 | When her son was badly injured in a road accident , she nursed him to the point of exhaustion , refusing outside help , and comforted herself with the thought that if only her family knew what she was going through , they would rush to her rescue . |
| 9 | He touched her burning forehead with firm , cool hands , put a thermometer between her dry lips and later pulled down her nightgown to tap her bare chest with two fingers of each hand . |
| 10 | She leaned across and took her ticket , the cold rush of air as she wound down her window making her shiver , in spite of her warm suit . |
| 11 | To Peggy Say , Anderson 's sister , it seemed that some particularly keen sympathy compelled North never to turn down her requests to see him , when all she would do was sit at his desk upbraiding him and complaining and crying ; and when all he could do was repeat , cryptically , infuriatingly , that the government was doing everything it could possibly think of . |
| 12 | Sarah pushed and thrust to get rid of the burden she had carried for nine long months , and she screamed until Maggie forced gin down her throat to quieten her . |
| 13 | Though he moved silently , the slivers of ice sliding down her spine told her he was close behind . |
| 14 | She was fed up with her life in London , a whirlwind of social engagements which recently had seemed unbearably shallow , and more to the point she needed time to put her engagement to Jonathan , or rather her decision to break it off , into perspective . |
| 15 | She almost flinched , but somehow her pride rescued her from that , although she felt as though he 'd stuck a knife in her heart and started to revolve it . |
| 16 | Somehow her insecurity changed his mood . |
| 17 | And as everything slipped away she could only hold on to the thought that somehow her murderer knew who she was . |
| 18 | She dodged away among the throng , her red hands now clutching her pockets and the tartan shawl tied over her chest to keep it on . |
| 19 | Molly Pargeter , a woman of forty , whose hair was kept in place with difficulty , might have looked like one of the larger Graces in the paintings she admired had not her size caused her such embarrassment that she lowered her head and stooped a little as she walked . |
| 20 | Whether or not her swingometer led her to an appropriate purchasing decision , he has n't heard ; in fact , she was dowsing only the organic wines , so it was n't a completely random process . |
| 21 | It was not her place to tell anyone . |
| 22 | But the chemistry that governed sexual attraction had its source in the mind as much as in the flesh , and all too soon her mind betrayed her . |
| 23 | It was n't often that men shrugged off her attempts to pay her way . |
| 24 | She took off her gloves to blow her nose at an awards ceremony in Scotland , and flashed the sparkler to the 60 guests . |
| 25 | And once her nephew-in-law sought her out to ask whether she would like to discuss with him the forthcoming Derby and which horse was likely to win the race . |
| 26 | Once more her father gave her a scathing look . |
| 27 | Involuntarily her eyes followed his and she saw Ian and Joanna talking to friends . |
| 28 | As he took the jar from her , their fingers brushed , and a jolt as startling as that of static electricity made Robbie give a little gasp and involuntarily her eyes met his . |
| 29 | He followed her , howling and swearing , so that Teresa , who had come out of the kitchen at the tremendous noise , cowered against the door and put up her arms to protect herself from what she believed would be an attack . |
| 30 | And with that she turned on him herself and raising up her wings struck him such a blow with her talons that he rolled back out of control in the air , the tops of the pine trees below spinning before his eyes . |