Example sentences of "her [noun sg] [vb past] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nonetheless , sometimes her enthusiasm seemed to jar . |
| 2 | ‘ And one of the conditions of her bail was that she was n't to go anywhere near Times Square until her case went to court , ’ Carmen said . |
| 3 | Miss Marshall complained of unlawful sex discrimination and her case went to the European Court of Justice where it was decided that she had been the subject of such unlawful discrimination . |
| 4 | Her patience appeared to be inexhaustible . |
| 5 | As the younger one was reaching up to the mantlepiece with the flowers , her frock caught fire ; her sister ran to her aid , and soon both girls were engulfed in the flames . |
| 6 | Her sister listened to The Moody Blues , Jay listened to Bob Dylan , Joan Baez , The Kinks : she despised the early , clean-cut Beatles and mods . |
| 7 | Giap 's wife was sentenced to life imprisonment , and died in jail ; her sister went to the guillotine . |
| 8 | Her heart went to a 57-year-old man , her liver to a baby of eight months , her kidneys to a teenage girl and boy , and her corneas were used to save the sight of two people . |
| 9 | Her heart seemed to be beating very slowly and loudly as she looked down it . |
| 10 | Both eyes opened and her breath rushed out in a small burst of relief as she rolled over on to her back — and her heart slammed to a stop . |
| 11 | Her heart flew to her mouth as she yelped and turned tail . |
| 12 | Walking slowly , she allowed her eyes to roam over the seated lunchers , hoping to catch sight of Suzie 's dark curls , but although once or twice her heart leapt to her mouth in anticipation of discovery she was finally forced to admit defeat . |
| 13 | She was more than halfway through the set before she managed to screw up enough courage to glance down at Adam 's table , and her heart turned to cold stone as she spotted him in his usual seat , his dark eyes staring at her with their disturbing lack of expression . |
| 14 | And while her heart plodded to a dull beat , ‘ It looks as if I shall have to work the entire weekend , ’ he stated . |
| 15 | Her story came to an end . |
| 16 | and of course her mum moved to Cornwall and Deborah bought the house of off her , a bit cheaper than they would have bought on the they moved down to Cornwall and they bought a much smaller house , much , much smaller . |
| 17 | How could they possibly assess the value of the trinkets being imported — suitcases and crates crammed with carpets , pictures , furniture , diamonds , strings of pearls , ruby rings , emerald earring , tiaras , silver money transfers -all most every rich person in the country suddenly want this of her money telexed to accounts in Switzerland , Paris London , New York , the Cayman Islands . |
| 18 | He marvelled at how soft her skin felt to his touch . |
| 19 | Her skin seemed to be tingling . |
| 20 | She was told of the importance of completing the course , even though her cellulitis appeared to be improving . |
| 21 | Her discontent came to a head with the beginning of spring . |
| 22 | He did not move away from her so she slid from beneath the arc of his body , her napkin fell to the floor . |
| 23 | Her blood seemed to be pumping through her veins at twice the normal speed . |
| 24 | Her blood turned to ice . |
| 25 | And to eat there — how she longed to , to drop the few years that made her different from Cad , to lose the ripeness and rotundities that would always make her different from Cati , who was , really , almost boy-like with her stringbean limbs , yet not quite boyish either , angelic rather ; she was not afflicted with the need Rosa felt , the gap opening inside her , where a longing for something other than what lay within her sights sat in occupation , banging her drum and marking out a new rhythm and new steps for Rosa 's spinning wants , calling down the corridors of Rosa 's body to her innermost inguinal life , till her blood rang to the beat . |
| 26 | Anne laughed but she blushed too as her mind turned to John . |
| 27 | Her mind flashed to Donaldson . |
| 28 | Her mind flew to Miss Hatherby . |
| 29 | Her eyes fell on two empty jam jars standing on a shelf , and then her mind flew to the clumps of snowdrops she 'd noticed blooming near the entrance to the shearers ' quarters . |
| 30 | The following morning her child was delivered stillborn and her condition deteriorated to such an extent that , but for her expressed wishes , a blood transfusion would have been given . |