Example sentences of "[pron] [noun pl] her " in BNC.

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1 She counted to ten as she had been taught when about to deliver a big speech , but when she tried to force some words of outrage from between her teeth her tongue clove to the roof of her mouth and the most she could do was make a small cry of protest deep in her throat .
2 Gray 's ‘ Elegy ’ , of course , can be read as a lament for the undeveloped mind : ‘ But knowledge to their eyes her ample page / Rich with the spoils of time did ne'er unroll …
3 But as she raised the mug to her lips her hand shook and , instead of the sip she had intended to take , she ended up gulping and burned her mouth .
4 Today , today Dawn looks so drab , my sister Dawn , she 's got trousers and my and my top and my top and she loves her kebabs and her her legs her dry , right .
5 There 's no nudity of men right , it 's all nudity of women , like when Sharon Stone sits there with her legs her open and she ai n't go no knickers on .
6 To her criticisms her mother would say : ‘ Well , what do you expect for an egg ? ’
7 But unlike her workmates her privates were threatened in other quarters .
8 His cheek was against her hair , and in spite of all her reservations her body seemed to have grown limp and voluptuous .
9 Although she has deplored leaks — and instituted more leak inquiries and prosecuted more civil servants for breaches of confidentiality than any of her predecessors her press office appears to have developed the technique of leaking against fellow Cabinet ministers to a fine art .
10 Mixed with the need to tidy up the garden was a desire to show her neighbours her new purple , slim pants and striped purple and yellow jacket .
11 If a woman brewed a better beer than her neighbours her house became the favoured one in the locality — the local .
12 She rubbed her face and when she dropped her hands her eyes had welled up with tears .
13 Now on top of her injuries her insurance is set to go through the roof
14 Ndembu say that the sapling 's pliancy stands for the girl 's immaturity and youth : the tree is sometimes stated to be the novice 's ‘ matrilineage ’ , and its leaves her ‘ children ’ .
15 She has always in her thoughts her parents ' mean condition and I shall do nothing for them , at least at present , because I will keep the girl humble .
16 Joanne does n't come from a wealthy background and yet , by hard work and determination and not a little goodwill from Slater himself ( who coaches her free of charge ) , she is making things happen in her tennis life .
17 Ha ha , I bet she winkles her way in if there 's a free lunch going .
18 A genuinely corinthian sailor who spurns sponsorship , she shoe-horns her racing and preparation into a few weeks ' annual holiday taken from London-based solicitors Farrers and Co .
19 For at least seven months she breast-feeds her baby .
20 Of Mona Washbourne 's central performance , Punch wrote , ‘ She hag-rides her three grown sons — a dreamy transvestite ( James Cossins ) , stammering Jack Hedley and Michael Crawford 's adenoidal Tom .
21 It was a dangerous moment , fascination obliterating resentment , but when Luke suddenly turned his eyes her way again , the contempt Maria saw in them restored hatred .
22 This time when he opened his eyes her face was turned towards him .
23 ‘ It seems like a good time to — ’ At the cynical lift of his eyebrows her voice trailed off .
24 One harbours superior thoughts as to just where and in what circumstances her hosts can have possibly imagined her wearing such things , until one recalls that only seconds before one was counting the endless number of stoats ' tails that have gone into the making of the coronation robe .
25 To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what initiatives Her Majesty 's Government have proposed for reform of the United Nations .
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