Example sentences of "her [noun] if she " in BNC.
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| 31 | She would need all her wits if she were to stand any chance of getting away from him . |
| 32 | Maginnis had been listening to almost two hours of complaints about the police when a woman announced that she would clap her hands if she heard of an RUC constable 's death . |
| 33 | In spate it was a terrifying torrent which uprooted whole trees and smashed them to driftwood ; in drought it was an evil-tempered stream which grudged them water and tugged the pots from her hands if she did not hold them with all her strength . |
| 34 | Well she copes because she had the same problem as me with her hands if she 's writing for long , her hands ache , so she can write a longer letter if she types , so I said I , I did n't really , I like a hand written letter best it seems more personal somehow , perhaps they do , having a typed letter means you can send a longer one , they all mean |
| 35 | She needed some more wood for her carving if she was to complete all the ‘ little comforters ’ , as she called them , during her three-week holiday away from the travel agents where she worked , small , smooth-shaped pieces of wood , lovingly carved and polished by herself to fit easily into the palm and which , much to her surprise and delight , were eagerly accepted by the large rehabilitation hospital in the next town that cared for the blind and mentally sick . |
| 36 | You know what might happen to a girl in her position if she 's not looked after , I do n't need to tell a man of your experience that . " |
| 37 | The hall should have only a minimum of furniture in it , and nothing too near to the bottom of the stairs which could increase her injuries if she fell . |
| 38 | Instead , she felt herself flush deep red as she started to withdraw , trying to calculate her chances if she made a run for the exit instead of the changing room . |
| 39 | Well , she was generally fed-up , knowing she had to keep resting her ankle if she was to be up and about as soon as possible . |
| 40 | She was afraid of losing her identity if she became his wife |
| 41 | But then she would expl exude an atmosphere , the house could breath evil through her walls if she concentrated hard enough and the smiles would be wiped off the faces of those to whom money was no object . |
| 42 | She had been ‘ petrified ’ she would lose her boyfriend if she told him and feared if she told her employers , she would lose the job she loved . |
| 43 | Most of the family were present when Anne asked her mother if she could have her dress altered , and after she had gone to see the Misses Dolan Tony said , ‘ I think it 's a shame Anne ca n't go out and enjoy herself . |
| 44 | Indeed , although she is now nearly ninety , one senses that Lady Amory would do almost anything in her power if she thought it would benefit Knightshayes , the garden she created with her husband , Sir John Heathcoat Amory , after the Second World War . |
| 45 | There should also be more investment in counselling for unwillingly pregnant women , more support for the lone mother who would keep her pregnancy if she could see a way of coping , and fewer politicians using our bodies as debating points to be scored over opponents . |
| 46 | Until then she had been tortured by fears that she might not recognise her son if she should see him . |
| 47 | ‘ Do n't worry , Bob , I 'll lock her in her office if she becomes a nuisance . ’ |
| 48 | She described how she walked around for months ‘ with a pain , almost a physical pain , in my heart ’ ; of how she avoided friends and pulled her hat over her face if she met them in the street ; of how , at last , she knew she must express her thousand emotions about her little grandchild in the way she knew best , in clay . |
| 49 | ‘ She 'd crack her face if she tried , ’ thought Gazzer . |
| 50 | She suggested that the wedding reception should be held at the Redmond house , telling Julia that it would help her mother to get over the loss of her house if she could organise the wedding . |