Example sentences of "her [noun sg] was " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her toe was rigged up to a bell , and she would ring this , using a number code to spell out messages , and by this means she was thus able to communicate her needs , and keep up some sort of conversation . |
| 2 | Fox closed her shields down , tighter and harder than ever before , so that even her timesense was cut off , but still , now that Mouse had betrayed it , still she could feel the shimmery fragile links running between her and this stupid lackwit empath , this mutant mongrel animal — |
| 3 | As Mandy was speaking to lawyers , her ex-husband was revealing more of their secrets in a newspaper . |
| 4 | Kirner , a former state Education Minister and the leader of the party 's Socialist Left parliamentary faction , was considerably further to the left than her predecessor and , whilst her election was welcomed by the state 's strong trade union movement , it was condemned by the opposition Liberal Party and the business community . |
| 5 | Her enthusiasm was echoed by music store assistant Helen Dawson , 23 , from Bromley , Kent . |
| 6 | A more sophisticated girl would have realised that her enthusiasm was being ruthlessly exploited as the tasks she was given became broader and more demanding , but Constance happily did everything she was told . |
| 7 | Her enthusiasm was short lived . |
| 8 | Her enthusiasm was infectious . |
| 9 | Then , realising that for a supposedly experienced sailor her enthusiasm was a little over the top , she added quickly and with complete honesty , ‘ I 've never sailed a boat like Seawitch before . |
| 10 | Martha turned to her sister , who had been watching in awe as the miraculous answer to her prayer was provided . |
| 11 | Fortunately , her GP was well aware of RSI and quickly diagnosed what is called de Quervain 's tenosynovitis . |
| 12 | Her GP was called on February 6 and could not hear a heartbeat . |
| 13 | She watched , mesmerised , as he undressed himself , drinking in the strong lines of his body , aware that her absorption was delighting him . |
| 14 | Her voice acquired a jeering note , not unfamiliar to Roland , who wondered for the first time what his mother had been like before her disappointment , which in her case was his father and to some extent himself . |
| 15 | Her case was heard by a special committee set up by the DoH , following calls for more openness in the NHS . |
| 16 | Midland finally gave in when her case was featured on a radio phone-in about bad treatment by banks . |
| 17 | One who was told of its contents says : ‘ Her case was stated in very precise , legal terms . |
| 18 | He just wanted to warn her how hopeless her case was . |
| 19 | The first exhibit in her case was a painful quarrel , laid out before the court in its naked entirety . |
| 20 | Two days later she was arraigned for violating the new law , although her case was overtaken by challenges to the constitutionality of the legislation . |
| 21 | Looking in her direction was an embarrassment . |
| 22 | Her expertise was gaining recognition . |
| 23 | The sun hit her face , her throat where her shirt was unbuttoned . |
| 24 | The air was now quite acrid ; Helen saw that the sleeve of her shirt was covered with dark specks of ash . |
| 25 | Sarah wore almost the same clothes , except that her shirt was red . |
| 26 | Henry could not quite work out why , since her pleasantness was not always followed by a request for money or some other favour ; perhaps she was remembering something he had quite forgotten , an incident during their courtship perhaps ( they must have had a courtship ) or a Henry , now lost to Henry himself , who could have inspired feelings such as pleasure . |
| 27 | And when told it was Victoria after the Queen and that the Queen was a wonderful lady , and her Prince was wonderful , too , she 'd had to bite her tongue to prevent herself from saying , ‘ Aye , she 's a wonderful lady all right , she 's still for bairns your size working twelve hours a day . |
| 28 | But she had been battling against these odds for five hours , so perhaps her judgement was a little warped . |
| 29 | Miss Muir , 59 , who with her husband Harry Leuckert has built up an impressive collection of art pieces , declines to discuss the gift , but stresses that her donation was a private gesture . |
| 30 | Her donation was revealed last night as two voice experts gave verdicts on a recording said to feature Diana chatting intimately to a man on the phone . |