Example sentences of "[adv] her [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps her money was running out . |
| 2 | Perhaps her behaviour on Sunday night had not been so foolish after all . |
| 3 | Perhaps her plan had accomplished its objective after all . |
| 4 | But she had been battling against these odds for five hours , so perhaps her judgement was a little warped . |
| 5 | It 's not her dying while he 's there that panics him , I reckon ; it 's the thought of something messy or perhaps her dipping into another decade and making him one of the period characters . |
| 6 | But Breeze shook her head , thinking that perhaps her voice might wobble , and the old man came to her rescue by asking suddenly : ‘ Well , and when do you take up your duties in Edinburgh ? ’ |
| 7 | And perhaps her friend was right , Lisa thought to herself now as she sank back in her armchair in front of the gas fire , put her feet up at last and took a mouthful of her cocoa . |
| 8 | The lines from his nose to his mouth were deeper , his mouth was set in a grim line and his eyes were bleak , or perhaps her memory was at fault … but she knew it was n't ; she knew every inch of his face . |
| 9 | It seemed to Carolyn ( perhaps her memory exaggerated ) that her father never spoke at all . |
| 10 | But perhaps her presence can be witnessed at the time of death . |
| 11 | And Clara , as she went down , felt that perhaps her nervousness was just about to outweigh her anticipation . |
| 12 | Perhaps her life was easier because of that . |
| 13 | She told me that perhaps her agnosticism was a help in this respect , because , while she respected the faith of religious people and found religious ideas fascinating , she was not tempted to be dogmatic about what she believed . |
| 14 | Perhaps her nearsense completed for her — in her mind 's eye — those abbreviated gestures so that she perceived the weaving of a skein of death . |
| 15 | ‘ I believe that only God could have saved her , but for some reason — perhaps her fear or our fear for her — we could not realise His mercy . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ She was always very quiet and withdrawn , ’ was all Aunt Lilian would say , when pressed , and perhaps her interest really was in the young man 's academic future , not in her own , or mine , because she continued to coach him by post until two days before my birth . |
| 17 | She felt better for having made that decision ; perhaps her car would be ready by the time she came back . |
| 18 | Perhaps her mother would agree to her returning for a while to Framlingham … |
| 19 | On second thoughts , yes , perhaps her mother would , if she remembered her previous husband . |
| 20 | Perhaps her mother had convinced him that Shiona was incapable of such behaviour , or perhaps he had n't needed any convincing . |
| 21 | Perhaps perhaps her mother used to sing it to her did she ? |
| 22 | I feel close to her here , as if perhaps her Khou were hovering near me . ’ |
| 23 | Sadie would raid the bins for scraps when she could — perhaps her diet of rabbits needed to be supplemented . |
| 24 | Perhaps her tantrum had worn her out ? |
| 25 | ‘ I thought perhaps her ladyship , being , as I have heard , in such ill health , had need of my services as a man of God , ’ he ventured hopefully . |
| 26 | Perhaps her cure took place while she was still at Hampole and the Office refers to her as a recluse because that is what she later became , or perhaps she had become an anchoress while still at Hampole . |
| 27 | Perhaps her husband was faithful to her , as he swore ; in her present mood , that seemed just as deplorable as his imagined infidelities . |
| 28 | Perhaps her husband and Worsdale had agreed a certain meeting place inside or even outside the gallery . |
| 29 | Perhaps her husband was not such a shit after all , Blanche thought , just a human being who experienced the same tangled skein of feelings as held her then . |
| 30 | Perhaps her family were right ; maybe it was time she settled down . |