Example sentences of "[conj] her [noun] of [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The process includes asking the originator to describe the idea , obtaining the reasons for his or her belief of its potential value to the company , and discussing the degree to which technical and marketing concerns have been addressed . |
| 2 | It would also mean , as Charlotte knew , that awareness of what was happening would remain under one roof , that her judgement of what should and should not be done could be neutralized along with Ursula 's . |
| 3 | It seems that her analysis of what my generation needs in the form of political inspiration , while being ultimately sound in its conclusion , misses a vital point . |
| 4 | Labov reports ( personal communication ) that in his early work he once played back to a woman a tape-recording of her own casual speech to prove to her that her image of her accent was inaccurate . |
| 5 | He did not love her , but she would make a remarkable duchess , and the fact that she had inherited more than her share of her papa 's famous shrewdness was a bonus which would assist the Blaines and make their future secure . |
| 6 | In his letter announcing the betrothal , João had said that he would come to Ireland in the summer in order to take Sara back to Lisbon before the autumn storms , so her expectation of his arrival mounted with each passing day . |
| 7 | The tape — and her disclosure of its existence — would gain her Golding 's confidence . |
| 8 | In particular , her hatred of her body and her description of her breasts as ‘ useless lumps of flesh ’ echo the feelings of other girls I spoke to about the female body . |
| 9 | She surrendered herself to the melting awareness that was building within her , and her exploration of his mouth matched his in eagerness and abandonment . |
| 10 | She had followed her mother 's commandments and her idea of what was right and wrong for long enough . |
| 11 | She would continue to do that , for what was alive of Daniel was their past together and her memories of it ; to ignore her pledge , to reject their shared experience , would be to complete the work of the Nazis . |
| 12 | Notwithstanding this assault on our raison d'être , I do n't regret my involvement , and wish to point out that without both the enthusiasm generated by Johanna , and her experience of what was required from the group , my own involvement would have been non existent . |
| 13 | He had had Havvie Blaine investigated when he had heard of Sally-Anne 's engagement to him , and her rejection of him had saved him , and her , a deal of pain and trouble . |
| 14 | Towards Wellington she could be both critical and devoted , and her portrait of him is the most useful . |
| 15 | She rules them , and it is a rule based on their trust of her and her knowledge of them . |
| 16 | It is the staff 's role to give an assessment on the girl and her basic care of the baby and her anticipation of its needs . |
| 17 | At the same time the end of the period during which the woman has been potentially , at least , a mother may be marked by changes in self-regard and her view of herself as a sexual being . |
| 18 | Matey might not work so hard as McAllister did , or perform such menial tasks , like scrubbing the kitchen floor and whitening the front doorstep — which was next on McAllister 's list of duties — but she did her share and was never idle , even in her spare time — hence her membership of the ladies ' sewing circle and her encouragement of her housemaid , McAllister , to accompany her to it . |
| 19 | How for heaven 's sake did Fen expect her to sleep — like this — her every sense screaming his proximity and her need of him ? |
| 20 | People who meet her in the course of a briefing or a visit are constantly surprised by her knowledge , the intelligence of her questions , and her retention of what she has read — often on quite scientific subjects . |
| 21 | Fru Møller , loyal to her country in general and her corner of it particularly , assured the newcomer that in living memory it had hardly ever done so . |
| 22 | Bergman ( 1979 ) also includes Signed Swedish under the title of a language , but her description of its history ( and this history is repeated in many countries ) makes it clear that the system has been constructed with specific aims in mind . |
| 23 | But her assessment of my ability to stand up and shout in a crisis is pretty much a front . |
| 24 | But her acknowledgement of her feelings for him was still new , and even while wanting to be with him she felt nervous , terrified that by some small look or too-ready smile she might give away her feelings — that she did n't want to say that goodbye — and that to do so would break her heart . |
| 25 | Lydia was contrite , not because of her treatment of Finn but because her rejection of him made Betty 's kindly presence with her seem not only pointless but rather foolish . |
| 26 | Sex education as a subject is important in any discussion of the work of Mrs Whitehouse , because her experiences of it as a teacher and parent , indirectly , if not directly , led her into the public domain of the politics of sexual morality . |