Example sentences of "to her [noun] [prep] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 It was a long while before Mary could forgive her husband 's infidelity , and she had never seen or spoken to her sister since then .
2 And he felt the strange eagle in the cage next to his waiting for a reply to her question about where he had come from .
3 ‘ And I am still your maid , ’ McAllister had said gaily to him , but , of course , she was now less and less of a maid and more a member of the family , working side by side with Matey in cheerful equality , living and playing with them in the evening , and when Dr Neil spoke of the wedding day again she said that she must write to her uncle at least , before anything could be arranged , and let him think that she had done so .
4 In any event , if luck was on her side , and by her reckoning it was high time luck paid her a visit , the garage might well have delivered her car to her hotel by now — or at least have telephoned to say that it was ready for collection .
5 Penny , 29 , then ITN 's woman in Moscow , flew back to her post at once .
6 She was sixteen , working as a sewing machinist and engaged to her boyfriend with when she became pregnant .
7 ‘ Good morning ! ’ she offered , but felt suddenly so light-hearted , she could n't believe she had but minutes earlier been so cross , and went quickly to her room to hurriedly get her hairdrier into action .
8 In contrast to her outburst of yesterday , her manner was entirely composed .
9 From the yet more gloomy expression on his normally lugubrious face it was evident that he had resigned himself to her companionship at least as far as his hotel perched up far above the sea .
10 I know , I mean er I mean yeah I 've got used to her sort of like criticizing everything and everyone in sight cos I mean that 's all she ever does is to criticize and complain .
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