Example sentences of "her [adj] [noun sg] was the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The clash came as Mr Kinnock exploited the apparent contradiction between Mrs Thatcher 's claim that she did not know why Mr Lawson resigned and the former Chancellor 's assertion in last Sunday 's Walden interview that he had made it quite clear to the Prime Minister that Sir Alan Walter 's continued presence as her economic adviser was the only issue . |
| 2 | Now her sole companion was the television , which was intrusive after two weeks without it . |
| 3 | There were many highlights in her career as a campaigner for women 's rights , but it may be that her greatest contribution was the way she inspired others . |
| 4 | Shiona watched it , reflecting that the reason for her sensitivity was that her private life was the only area of her existence that gave her absolutely no satisfaction at all . |
| 5 | her strong suit was the family chronicle and , if this was to be extended over three or more generations , enough leading personages had to be kept in the land of the living . |
| 6 | Her favourite scene was the sequence of Susan , partially concussed , menacing Ian with the points of a long pair of scissors , threatening to stab him until she gives in and vents her rage instead on the mattress of her bed . |
| 7 | Her relaxed manner was the reason , Dexter had concluded , why she often coaxed answers to some of the most prickly questions . |
| 8 | Her opposite number was the Lord Provost of Edinburgh , the Right Honourable Norman Irons . |
| 9 | Her present situation was the result of her growing confidence in her own ability to cope with events and her increased understanding of the language . |
| 10 | Across her bare throat was the legend " VRON " — again the double quotes with their exotic , their impossible promise . |
| 11 | Now the skin had puckered into a million wrinkles , and on her shapeless face was the stamp of unutterable age . |
| 12 | Her only companion was the bright light that was set high in the wall and was shielded behind a thick glass cover with bars . |
| 13 | Her only outlet was the success of her sons . |
| 14 | Her only reference was the behaviour of Huntingdon and his set in Acton Bell 's novel — the gambling , the womanizing , the drink , and the meanness of temper such vices induced . |
| 15 | One told me how on a cold winter 's day of driving rain , her only refuge was the car parked outside the house . |
| 16 | She was referred to in the temple archives at Knossos , although as far as we know her nearest sanctuary was the Cave of Eileithyia at Amnisos ( Figure 16 ) . |
| 17 | Her first target was the state 's car-insurance industry , which is seeking its largest rate increase in 32 years ; she reckons this is unjustified . |
| 18 | Her admitted object was the instruction of the kitchen maid , who had absorbed none of Mrs Geary 's genius . |
| 19 | A wedge approach to three feet produced an eagle three at the ninth , while her solitary lapse was the four she made at the short 16th . |
| 20 | Full awareness was returning to her , her head had ceased to swim , and all that was left of her recent encounter was the pain in her face , and her consequent anger at every member of the male sex . |
| 21 | Her new dress was the very latest fashion , vastly expensive , unmistakable plumage . |
| 22 | Having delivered the presents , however , her next stop was the basement , which had been hastily and frugally fitted out to house the appeals office , with its six telephone lines and fifty cramped volunteers drafted in to handle the money as it flooded in . |
| 23 | Her next stop was the Church and Father McCormack . |
| 24 | We drew up short term goals but Mrs Allen was not particularly interested in these — her main concern was the long-term aim of having a healed leg wound . |