Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [subord] her [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or rather , Lucy pretended to watch as her mind raced . |
| 2 | After murmuring words of consolation , I asked her how she 'd felt when her husband gave up being a butcher and devoted his life to carving the gods . |
| 3 | She had disdained the smaller waves in the shelter of the islands , but now she seemed to tremble as her hull soaked up the ponderous force of the ocean . |
| 4 | Gradually Louisa began to wonder whether her father had been right after all , whether she had been as unwise as he claimed to shut herself away in this sequestered place . |
| 5 | She could not sleep and , remembering that Ronald Travis would be on duty , decided to wait until her parents had gone to bed , then slip outside and go to the signal box to see her lover . |
| 6 | Mrs Thatcher finally decided to go when her Cabinet colleagues told her that she could not win through . |
| 7 | She started shivering as her sweat dried in the freezing winter air . |
| 8 | Lesley started haemorrhaging before her baby was due . |
| 9 | Blanche decided to strike while her defences were down . |
| 10 | She looked to see whether her words had offended Sharpe , and was evidently reassured . |
| 11 | She lay frowning until her mind cleared . |
| 12 | The 16-year-old victim , who had been browsing at stalls , fell screaming as her attacker tried to escape . |
| 13 | Ace 's boots absorbed most of the impact of landing , but she was glad she remembered to roll as her feet touched the floor . |
| 14 | And th did you a did ask if her mum was gon na take you and bring you back ? |
| 15 | She had to wait until her passport came back because she had cashed a traveller 's check to pay the bill . |
| 16 | Nicole Lynch , 18 , had suffered since her birth from impaired sight , speech and bodily control as a result of cerebral palsy . |
| 17 | Masha had suffered when her husband had applied for a visa . |
| 18 | Rohan had noticed where her eyes were fixed . |
| 19 | It would be sensible to cut off most of her hair , but so much of it had grown when her parents were alive that it seemed somehow unfaithful to their memory to scissor it all away . |
| 20 | At one point he corrected her too easily made assumption and then pointed out to the therapist that he had shown his feelings : his voice had risen because her remarks had made him angry . |
| 21 | Emmie had cried until her eyes were hot and her throat dry and aching . |
| 22 | Jules continued to chatter while her mind digested the fact that she was holding Lucenzo 's handkerchief — yet the initials on it were LC . |
| 23 | Her appearance had changed since her illness , but there was a strange beauty in her pale face . |
| 24 | This was how he remembered her , rather than as the cancer-pained rag doll he had nursed until her death . |
| 25 | Well , it was somebody who wanted to know if her treasurer man was here ? |
| 26 | I was to learn that her English always tended to deteriorate when her emotions took hold . |
| 27 | If she heard laughter that was n't there it was not her ears but her brain which was at fault , and she wished to preserve her experience intact in order to present it freshly to the specialist whom she intended to consult when her holiday was over . |
| 28 | Rachel got clumsily to her feet , and walked to the door although she wanted to run because her legs were shaking and she could feel his narrowed blue eyes burning into her back . |