Example sentences of "her [noun] be [adj] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her raptures are extravagant and pathetically touching ; but she was pressurised into handing the infant , Allegra , over to Byron . |
| 2 | Her sister was headstrong and volatile , sometimes thoughtless of the feelings of those who cared for her , but she could also be charming and generous , compassionate and very lovable , and she was certainly no femme fatale , to lead a man to his doom against his will . |
| 3 | Her handwriting was small and neat , and Paul 's headaches had grown worse ; after the day 's work he preferred to dictate to Dinah , then get her to read the passage back . |
| 4 | While her handwriting was clear and she read fluently , Diana found the scholarly side rather confusing . |
| 5 | Now Léonie 's mane stuck out crisply , the blaze of a sunflower , and her fur was yellow as bananas . |
| 6 | Her chest was tight and her throat hurt . |
| 7 | Her technique is poor and her instruction often shows her lack of knowledge . |
| 8 | She is right , she does n't , though when I catch a glimpse of her left arm , her bruises are pink and prominent , crawling the length of it like squashed insects . |
| 9 | She munched continuously on her gums and her fingers were dirty and greasy down to the knuckles . |
| 10 | Clasped on her lap , her fingers were rose-tipped and heavily ringed . |
| 11 | Her fingers were gentle but firm , and he sprawled back on his elbows and watched her as she lifted his foot on to her lap and massaged all the tired muscles . |
| 12 | Her fingers were slim and feather-like . |
| 13 | Her hair is short and black . |
| 14 | Her hair was black as jet , falling beyond her shoulders , straight and heavy , blue lights glittering along its length . |
| 15 | Her hair was black and thick and looked tangled , as though she had just got out of bed and not brushed it . |
| 16 | Her hair was snow-white and brushed back into a neat bun . |
| 17 | Her hair was long and black as a raven 's feather , untied so one wing partially covered her patch-covered missing eye . |
| 18 | Chaman 's fingernails were brightly painted and her hair was long and straggly ; she had huge sagging breasts . |
| 19 | Her hair was brown and , to her , quite impossibly dull and lifeless . |
| 20 | Her hair was short and dark , and she had a long face with a mobile mouth and crooked teeth . |
| 21 | Her hair was dishevelled and her green eyes full of sleep . |
| 22 | Her hair was thick and coarse , her face raw and peeling from work in the sun . |
| 23 | Her hair was grey and well cared for and her apron was invariably spotless . |
| 24 | Her hair was stiff and phosphorous , a dome-like wedge . |
| 25 | Her hair was untidy and her face still on fire and she knew she presented a distraught sight . |
| 26 | And her hair was untidy and she was wearing an apron . |
| 27 | Her hair was untidy and her lipstick chewed away . |
| 28 | Her face was pretty and animated , even though her hair was untidy and her lipstick chewed . |
| 29 | Her hair was limp and needed washing , her face was pallid and there were dark stains under her eyes . |
| 30 | Her hair was thin and fair and long , caught back with an elastic band , and her face was thin and long too , wizened and pinched . |