Example sentences of "[conj] her [noun] [prep] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The investor could back his or her judgement by either buying the share itself or if it exists , the option on the share . |
| 2 | Although it is possible for such a person to claim community charge benefit during that time , thus reducing his or her liability by up to 80 per cent. , we accept that the administrative burden imposed on both the individual and the charging authorities is unnecessarily heavy . |
| 3 | Even if you listen out carefully before you transmit , you have no guarantee that another pilot is not going to press his or her PTT at exactly the same moment as you do , with the probable result that both messages are drowned out and the Air Traffic Controller 's ears are assaulted by a high-pitched screech . |
| 4 | It became clear that her reasons for not wanting to come forward were based largely on feeling guilty about her children being affected or at risk . |
| 5 | SIR — Jean Howard ( letter , April 8 ) may have given the impression to your readers that her knowledge of Ultra material ‘ never released to the public ’ proves her theory about the military insignificance of Tito and the Partisans . |
| 6 | Silence hung heavily between them as Gina hesitated , torn between her own instinctive need to put as much distance between herself and this overpowering Norseman as possible , and her fear of not acting in Suzie 's best interests . |
| 7 | Special thanks were due to Chris Markham who had had overall responsibility for organising the day and her band of very efficient and hard-working helpers . |
| 8 | Quite apart from her reluctance to give her family any more ammunition to treat her like a witless child , Guy Sterne 's arrogant interference had merely burdened Charles and her father with yet another worry to add to their depressing catalogue of troubles . |
| 9 | Spying on the woman and her lover from afar with his telescope , he disrupts their encounter by reporting a gas leak in the apartment . |
| 10 | Freddie had managed to get into the hall by now , although even here his hostess had contrived to place her formidable bulk before the front door , her expression revealing , only too plainly , her disappointment at his early departure and her failure at not having conducted the evening more to her advantage . |
| 11 | She joined AIB Bank in Bankcentre branch in October 1980 and her career since then has taken her to 100 Grafton St. , 1985–90 and Mary Street from then until her transfer to Cabra in July 1992 . |
| 12 | She had been relying on her blade , her teeth and her hands for too long . |
| 13 | Nevertheless the effects of the war on the USA were immense , and her commitment in both manpower and resources was enormous . |
| 14 | Hyacinth , quieter now , glanced around the room in embarrassment and her mother at once shooed out the smaller children . |
| 15 | and her mother in there I do n't know . |
| 16 | Yet it was that which struck me more than anything , remaining unspoken ( and unwritten ) but powerful and obvious : how each young woman chose to express herself and her individuality through how she looked became an essential subtext to the book . |
| 17 | Gilly gets off to a bad start in life by having a mother who deserts her when she is only three years old but her problems since then are all of her own making . |
| 18 | Clytemnestra thinks her mad because her exasperation at not being understood or believed drives Cassandra to a hysterical frenzy of gestures and grimaces ( Agamemnon , lines 1061–5 ) . |