Example sentences of "her [noun] [subord] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Catherine , who had been more reliant on her sister than doctors realised , died of heart failure while under sedation on a life support machine . |
| 2 | When he turned into the car park of an attractive roadside pub Leonora went off to ring her sister while Penry gave their orders . |
| 3 | She was to stay with her sister until Isobel decided definitely whether to remain in Tollemarche or return to England , and occasionally she became a little bored and was glad of Hank 's lively company , though to her annoyance , he treated her as if she were a ten-year-old . |
| 4 | She gasped out the words as his dark head bent towards her , but instead of kissing her lips he let his mouth trail over her neck , nuzzling under her hair until shivers started to race down her spine . |
| 5 | It was her own fault for asking , and she paid the price , pain tearing at her heart as Damian bent his head and continued making love to her until she reached a bitter-sweet ecstasy in his arms , and after that she never mentioned love again . |
| 6 | Ruth could feel the tightening of her heart as Fernando gathered her into his arms , his kisses more urgent as the time slipped perilously away . |
| 7 | She was about to plunge into her story when Bridget spoke first . |
| 8 | She had made her decision before Glyn came . |
| 9 | Within an hour the two women had decided which patterns to order , and Myra settled at her typewriter while Claudia perched on the edge of her desk to phone Dana . |
| 10 | The useless question had no sooner formed in her mind when Rainald moved . |
| 11 | Marriage had now come to occupy the same central position in her mind as religion had formerly : on it all her hopes were based . |
| 12 | She had to lift up a few loose strands from her neck when Lowell fastened the beads . ’ |
| 13 | Charity felt a tickle on the back of her neck as lightning split the air . |
| 14 | Then , turning , she made way for him to enter , and went immediately to the window seat where she had been sitting wrapped in her duvet when Peter had disturbed her . |
| 15 | Flopping inelegantly into a comfortable big armchair , Rory nodded her thanks as Adam handed her a mug of coffee , and took a sip of the hot reviving brew . |
| 16 | Certainly Dotty was less effusive in her thanks when Stella brought her up a tray of tea in the interval . |
| 17 | The rest of her sentence died on her lips as Penry took her in his arms with a sound somewhere between a sigh and a groan as their lips met and their bodies flowed together in a deep , primeval need which united them almost at once in a storm of love and need as fierce as the one which raged , unheard , outside . |
| 18 | Katherine had barely had time to pull off her wire-framed pince-nez and press the palms of her hands to her eyes before Gerard had returned . |
| 19 | Then she remembered the ending of that interlude and her pain and bewilderment must have shown in her eyes because David spoke , but so softly that only she could hear . |
| 20 | She closed her eyes as pain lanced through her . |
| 21 | Kathleen restrained the urge to roll her eyes as Jack led ‘ Queenie ’ to the little theatre at the back of A and E. |
| 22 | Nicky rolled her eyes as Robert lit a cigarette . |
| 23 | She closed her eyes as blackness welled up to overtake her . |
| 24 | Melissa was about to get back into her car when Bonard called her name and came over to speak to her . |
| 25 | She chose the latter and alighted from her carriage as Timothy began to move away . |
| 26 | Billie stretched her legs while Jenny refuelled and Adam bought some food for the next leg in the cafeteria at the rear of the terminal . |
| 27 | The web tangled and clung mawkishly around her reasoning as Fernando lowered her to the bed . |
| 28 | Ellen had been so sympathetic earlier , had believed at once in her innocence when Isabel had told her what had happened . |
| 29 | yeah , but when come , come on Saturday she looked in her ears cos Sharon said she had to go back with her , she says I wait do n't go ears are cleared |
| 30 | She 'd have to take off her thick blue jersey soon , and she could n't remember how many buttons had come off the shirt underneath , and it was sleeveless , and she had n't shaved her armpits since Philippa asked her to supper last week . |