Example sentences of "her heart have " in BNC.

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1 She felt as if her heart had turned into a fist and was trying to punch its way out of her chest .
2 Breeze spoke casually , giving no sign of the fact that her heart had missed a beat — as it often did nowadays , when Roger 's name was mentioned .
3 Once she had thought he was coming in her direction and her heart had begun to pump with excitement but he had walked straight past , heading for the bar that was selling soft drinks only ( with a crate of beer hidden under the counter for the benefit of the band ) .
4 She had attacked Ray Doyle because her heart had ached for her dead colleagues .
5 When she saw Andrew it seemed to her as if her heart had stopped beating .
6 Her heart had failed and she had n't regained consciousness since she was carried from the drawing room .
7 Her heart had sunk down into her shoes .
8 Once , when she caught Cissie with her head down , drying herself in the heat from the fire with her hair hanging over her eyes and dangerously close to the flames , her heart had turned somersaults .
9 Her heart had been beating fast and her hands were shaking , but as he kissed her and his body pressed close against hers , the length of his body hard against hers , those signs of fear gradually ceased and she grew weak and curiously fluid in his arms .
10 Focusing resentfully on the dark , angular face , her heart had flipped over suddenly in her chest .
11 It seemed to her that her heart had been crushed in metal hands , icy cold and shining .
12 Her heart had stopped within her .
13 He could not possibly mean here in the bay , yet her heart had jumped in confusion for a moment .
14 ‘ Will anywhere be open this late on Christmas Eve ? ’ she prevaricated , although her heart had leapt instantly at the thought of being with him for a little longer .
15 Stoically she continued to meet his gaze with an expression of polite interest carefully assumed to disguise the way her heart had increased its beating .
16 Jenna asked when her heart had slowed down and his hands ran over her with the dominance of ownership .
17 Maggie was thankful that her heart had settled down a bit and was not now hammering in her chest like a wild bird .
18 Isabel knew her heart had ceased beating because now it shuddered into action again , racing so fast that she began to feel faint .
19 Her heart had been lost to him the first moment she had set eyes on him .
20 The thundering in her heart had grown so enormous that she would not have heard a thing had there been an earthquake .
21 It was n't right the way her heart had leapt when he 'd touched her .
22 Her heart had turned to liquid inside her .
23 In spite of all her fine resolutions , her heart had slammed against her ribs at the sight of him and suddenly she felt decidedly weak at the knees .
24 He said it lightly but as she followed him from the staff-room she was aware that her heart had begun to beat very fast .
25 She had known as soon as they had arrived at the lodge that her heart had made the right decision , even though it felt irresponsible and utterly childish to be spending a summer like this , at her age , and after all the work she had done to put the initials MD after her name .
26 Her heart had taken wing as she and Mandy had walked down into the lodge .
27 Her heart had been on her sleeve when Mandy had opened that door , and she felt utterly and abjectly humiliated .
28 Her heart had accelerated alarmingly and that same hot electrical charge had raced across her nerve-endings .
29 She had thought she was just physically attracted to him , but the way her heart had leapt when he 'd returned just now was something else .
30 Her heart had been beating painfully fast , and now she became aware of the rapid pulse in Travis 's neck where her cheek rested against it .
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