Example sentences of "to her [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My hon. Friend rightly draws attention to her many constituents who are now home owners and thus have the privilege of owning their own homes — a right which would have been denied them if we had listened to the advice of Opposition Members . |
| 2 | It 's all very well keeping mentally flexible and all the rest of the who-har , but if you , er , my , my mother stopped and said to her many years ago , she said , you do n't look your age , you do n't act your age , you do n't sound your age , you do n't think your age , but you are your age , and this is absolutely true , as you grow older , nothing will stop the fact that your arteries get a little harder , so that , you know , that you get raised blood pressure quite easily if your agitated and you are , for some reason you , you have to puff a lot more , I was reading about this just recently , and these are changes that take place whatever you do , you can exercise , and you can take vitamins and you can keep your weight down , but you age . |
| 3 | She licked the tissue and removed the black smear , restoring herself to her former state which had been , and still was , in her own view , quite satisfactory . |
| 4 | On November 11 , Diana 's doctor , Michael Linnett , mentioned his concern about her health to her former West Heath pianist , Lily Snipp . |
| 5 | Julie was given help to increase her level of mobility while in hospital and advice on how to return gradually to her former activities in the future . |
| 6 | She went round to her former home in Hardwicke , Gloucestershire , where she was beaten unconscious by Probyn , who put her back into her Renault 19 car took her to the River and some how pushed her in . |
| 7 | She deposited the tray on the desk , then took her own tea and a small piece of cake back to her former post , slotted a new tape into the machine for the next instalment of the story and settled down to enjoy the rest of the afternoon in peace . |
| 8 | ACTRESS Mia Farrow gave a Valentine 's card to her former lover Woody Allen showing a steak knife plunged into her chest , his friends said last night . |
| 9 | In time she was allowed to send letters to her former husband and to her children . |
| 10 | In this sense he is symbolic of the nationalistic cause , either to restore Germany to her former glories , or to justify and inspire territorial ambitions . |
| 11 | She shuddered and returned to her former seat . |
| 12 | Jenna knew without being told that Marguerite was finding this difficult ; each mile had added to her own anxiety , and Alain 's mother was feeling many anxieties too . |
| 13 | He was giving words to her own struggle , but before she could feel too much empathy a light went on inside her . |
| 14 | She to play the part this time of chaperon to her own servant ? |
| 15 | Now she wants to cruise the canals of France in a barge , tend to her beloved garden in Kennebunkport and read to her own grandchildren , instead of other people 's . |
| 16 | Finally , Sarah turned to her own daughter . |
| 17 | Then , deciding to turn it to her own advantage , she said coldly , ‘ I do n't know , but I think Joanna would be foolish to trust a man who is your friend . ’ |
| 18 | She felt she could no longer trust her own ideas , the disagreements she had had with Clare , Bryony and Sue must be due to her own ignorance . |
| 19 | A movement in the room beyond caused her to fly along the corridor , and as she was passing the kitchen door she blew out the candle and groped her way to her own door . |
| 20 | On the face of it , our young lady is singularly lacking in family connections ; yet , from her appearance , she has not been left to her own devices . ’ |
| 21 | She was left to her own devices when she arrived , no-one from the royal family least of all her future husband , thinking it necessary to welcome her to her new world . |
| 22 | Once or twice , when Harry and Fleury had had to leave her to her own devices for a few moments in order to fight off the sepoys , she had become very upset and had made little attempt to conceal the fact . |
| 23 | Only a few years before , Camille had been acutely concerned about her mother 's appearance , sometimes refusing to be seen with her in public , but now it seemed that she no longer minded : she had expropriated from Scarlet 's wardrobe those few articles that she felt would suit herself and had thereafter left her mother to her own devices . |
| 24 | She had arranged to meet Luke in the bar for a drink , and she hoped that he had a dinner engagement so that she would be left to her own devices afterwards . |
| 25 | If Rainbow were left to her own devices , she would undoubtedly now choose to remove herself from the taxi altogether , and pace back and forth in the lay-by , enjoying the comparative peace of the rain and the fumes and the roar of the juggernauts until she could get the show back on the road once more . |
| 26 | Left to her own devices , Lucy wondered what she should do next , then realised she had little option but to wait until she ran into Silas . |
| 27 | She probably would have done if she had been left to her own devices ! |
| 28 | Penry was tactful enough to leave her to her own devices once he 'd directed her to a chemist . |
| 29 | In the end Diana , who had an epidural injection in the base of her spine , was able to give birth thanks to her own efforts , without resorting to forceps or an operation . |
| 30 | The inference was that the fresh statement was made to her own solicitors . |