Example sentences of "her [noun sg] [adv prt] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 " Hullo my darlings , " Nicandra stood in a blinding shaft of sun , one hand held her shirt up to her chin , " How are you ? "
2 She was flustered , and tried unsuccessfully to push her shirt back into her shorts whilst speaking to Stephen and holding the phone .
3 Some girl 's going out with a boy , he zipped her tent up over them and she was so shocked she pulled her trousers down by accident .
4 Carlie lifted her hair up off her neck .
5 She sat back on her heels , pushing her hair back with her wrist as they raced up to her .
6 She made the shallow end and stood up , plastering her hair back with her hands .
7 He reached out a hand and brushed her hair back over her shoulder .
8 She had scraped her hair back from her forehead and tied it in a ponytail with a pink ribbon .
9 She watched her mother smooth her hair back from her brow , draw in a long breath , then say , ‘ Well , well !
10 ‘ I do n't mind , ’ Anna cried , flinging her hair back from her face .
11 She clipped the long , dark swathes of her hair back from her face with a couple of combs ; then she slowly walked over and looked at herself in the mirror .
12 She sat down at the table for two Roman had selected , and tossed her hair back from her face ; Roman had pulled the pins out as soon as they had left the hotel and placed them in his pocket .
13 She swung her hair back from her face impatiently , aware of the heat of the evening even though the car they were travelling in was air-conditioned .
14 Loretta pushed her hair back from her face with a cluck of impatience .
15 All in all , she thought , flicking her hair back from her face , he was quite an unusual person .
16 She looked tired , she thought , pushing her hair back from her face , but not markedly different from the previous evening .
17 Ruth shook her head and then with her free hand scooped her hair back from her face .
18 She tossed her hair back from her shoulders , annoyed that she 'd felt obliged to explain .
19 The way Mandy had swept her hair back from her face in such untamed curls , and the skilful dusting of make-up , accentuated the highness of her cheekbones , the delicacy of her nose , the soft fullness of her lips .
20 Carefully , she drew her hair back from her temples , securing it with a pair of jet clips that had been her grandmother 's .
21 She sat bolt upright , pushing her hair back from her face guiltily .
22 ‘ Yes , definitely , ’ he said softly , brushing her hair back from her forehead .
23 She hoped he would approve of her smart black dress and the way she had pulled her hair back from her face and pinned it in a classical knot at the back of her head .
24 He stroked her hair back from her forehead .
25 Only then did she realise that , her actions automatic that morning , she had forgotten to scrape her hair back in its comparatively recent workday knot .
26 Someone who 's forever pushing her hair out of her eyes , or stuffing it up in a clip on top of her head simply looks harassed .
27 Kruger stroked her hair out of her face , and let his fingers linger about her chin and throat .
28 She tossed her hair out of her eyes and looked down as Adrian approached .
29 But when she brushed her hair out of her face and peered cautiously over at the bench Guy lay in the same position , completely unmoving .
30 Sara , still in her jeans , pushed her hair out of her eyes .
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