Example sentences of "in her [noun] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At once they broke off , and in her honour played What a skin , what a bloom … |
| 2 | In her haste to answer it , my wife did n't fasten the gate at the top of the stairs properly . |
| 3 | In her haste to confront him , she had not secured her belt properly . |
| 4 | She had worshipped Hendry as she watched him on TV marching to his second Embassy world title last April and made nightly notes in her diary detailing her adulation . |
| 5 | The pain in her voice cut him deeply . |
| 6 | ‘ Quiet , man ! ’ she barked , the strength in her voice surprising him . |
| 7 | Catherine was sounding tough and rational , but something in her voice made him feel this whole discussion was uncomfortable for her . |
| 8 | What he heard in her voice made him frown and try to warn her . |
| 9 | Something in her voice made him ease back on the throttle , decide not to pass the Renault Turbo lorry he 'd been stalking . |
| 10 | The anger in her voice took him aback . |
| 11 | The sincerity in her voice surprised him . |
| 12 | The sheen on the long hair quickened his desire and the music in her voice surprised him . |
| 13 | The bitter sarcasm in her voice stopped him . |
| 14 | A technical flaw in her papers invalidated her nomination , but the fact that the returning officer was prepared to accept her candidature ended the controversy about women 's eligibility . |
| 15 | Everyone in her orbit knew she never touched alcohol . |
| 16 | She was too tall and sensual of feature , too voluptuously loose in her movements to command his respect . |
| 17 | As one further measure of the rapport that was established , most respondents eventually became assured enough in her presence to express their feelings about being the subject of research . |
| 18 | ‘ The queen-dowager urges me in her letters to do my utmost to discover news of her sons . |
| 19 | She had been rapt at his every phrase , pen ready to score out any word or even a comma in her essays to please him . |
| 20 | Soon other macaques in her troop imitated her and the habit became more widespread . |
| 21 | She fell asleep at last , but in no time at all the pain in her back wakened her again ; insistent , demanding . |
| 22 | Ann in her turn thanked everyone who had sponsored and collected the money . |
| 23 | She walked faster , trying to run , but the grit in her sandals rubbed her heels . |
| 24 | He thought , eating it , that he must be careful not to be too metaphorical in his instructions , since , in her anxiety to obey him to the letter , she might feed him a diet of unrelieved soup and rice pudding . |
| 25 | But the wine in her system made her incautious ; she fumbled with the chain , and was in the act of opening the door when doubt entered her head . |
| 26 | Shannon fought against him as hard as she could , but his hands in her hair held her face captive just where he wanted it , and she was pinned to the ground by his weight . |
| 27 | A tiny remote voice in her brain told her she was crazy , that this whole thing was crazy , but it was instantly silenced , reason standing no chance against the far stronger forces of sheer need . |
| 28 | Gender factors are seen to be an integral part of mental illness in women and a woman 's limited resources are often a significant factor in her ability to extricate herself from oppressive , unsupportive environments . |
| 29 | And when the nerve-ends in her skin detected his body warmth across the short distance that separated them , her whole body responded , vibrating like a violin string . |
| 30 | His haste gave her an uncanny feeling he was trying to escape from an unseen force — or perhaps from herself — and in her efforts to reach his side she panted breathlessly , ‘ Do you intend breaking into a gallop — ? ’ |