Example sentences of "her [noun] and " in BNC.

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1 Barefoot and in a panic , she missed the bottom step of the wrought-iron spiral staircase , stubbing her toe and grazing her right shin .
2 Léonie pointed her toe and wrote an imaginary signature in the dust .
3 When , however , we examine her definitions and her evidence we find that the differences she discovers in performance skills are no more than differences in explicitness , of the kind noted by Labov .
4 I was reluctant to kiss my mother , afraid that somehow her weakness and unhappiness would infect me .
5 Sinead has really pulled it off in a big , bold way here ; her honesty and emotional intensity permeate every bar , every nuance of every lyric .
6 SINEAD HAS really pulled it off in a big , bold way ; her honesty and emotional intensity permeate every bar , every nuance of every lyric .
7 Harry was touched by her honesty and , as always , aroused by the way she spoke so openly about her physical desires .
8 Undressed , I lay alongside the one hundred and fifty-sixth of her kind and shuddered as her fingers touched my erect penis .
9 You might recognize her by her kind and open face , a simplicity which you could easily overlook .
10 Er right Mary Whitehouse to come we 'll be talking about sex and the Buddha of Suburbia and er whatever else sort of takes her fancy and we are going to liven up the traffic I think at er round about one twenty five and find out what 's happening there .
11 Cher , 46 , stuck her nose in the air , brushed past her ex-husband and said :
12 Yeah , she ca n't obviously talk to her husband about it because George is her ex-husband and he
13 If the person was asleep when the drugs were ‘ done ’ she would miss her opportunity and still be in difficulty .
14 On the stump in the Tory marginals during the election campaign , her enthusiasm and self-deprecating humour — ‘ No one knows who I am .
15 Perhaps her very strengths , her enthusiasm and drive for so many causes , led to inadequate public recognition of her work .
16 The Duke of Edinburgh himself addressed the gathered winners — and there was a further thrill when distinguished actor Ron Moody presented her certificate and badge .
17 She took the cigarette stub from her holder and replaced it with a fresh one .
18 The girl started the engine of her Saab and followed the taxi .
19 Nor did she suspect that every Thursday Topaz shed her humility and piety and swore at Oswin in a language the words of which Beatrice would n't begin to understand .
20 An oriental girl dressed as a matador wrenched off her domino and threw herself at me .
21 She gives fellow sufferers her sympathy and sound advice
22 She followed him up the room , repeating her sympathy and when that did not hold his attention , she began to apologize for her lateness in coming to speak to him about the tragedy .
23 And he had confided in Patricia with the subconscious desire of winning from her sympathy and condolence .
24 If she knew the truth today , her sympathy and her sense of drama would be equally engaged , and with her money , her right to know , to know everything .
25 She began to go through the whole thing in her prayer and then realized that God of course would know anyway , so she simply asked if it could be that Timothy Gedge was possessed by devils .
26 Ellen was polishing the furniture with beeswax , but collected her cloths and went out of the room wordlessly when Paul entered , shutting the door after her .
27 An inquest into Beverley 's death found she died of natural causes but had slipped through the net of caring representatives like her GP and social worker .
28 The inquest heard that Leonie had been seen regularly by her GP and had been referred for psychiatric treatment .
29 During the three days when Cresson was ricocheting between Matignon and the Elysee , arguing her case and fighting to stay in office , she maintained her usual impeccable Parisian tenue de ville , hair and make-up perfectly in order at all times .
30 The doorbell rang a few minutes after she had opened the lid of her case and returned downstairs to make herself a cup of tea .
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