Example sentences of "her [noun sg] around the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | She was nearly finished — polishing the taps — when Bryony poked her head around the half-open door . |
2 | She burst out laughing at the absurdity of it , laughed until she cried , and when the tears came he groped across the table to touch her hand around the empty glass . |
3 | ‘ It wo n't cost much ! ’ he said quickly , as if vaguely aware that Leith was having problems learning her way around the domestic budget . |
4 | Meredith put her arm around the young girl 's shoulders sympathetically . |
5 | Grown-ups have things to do , you know , an' they ca n't always explain them … well — ' She put her arm around the narrow shoulders and pulled the child into her side , and when again the arm came around her waist and the head was pressed between her breasts there arose in her that pain that was both an ache and a pleasure : a pleasure that had no future that she could see ; a pleasure that she had been deprived of all during her womanhood . |