Example sentences of "her [vb past] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A little voice inside her whispered that Luke had never intended his generous words to be taken literally . |
| 2 | She sat there in silence , and resentment made her cheeks hot : she resented the wasted hours of battle with her own desires , she resented her failed and needless attempts at empire , she was filled with hatred at the thought of lost anticipations . |
| 3 | ‘ Someone on the set who did n't know her asked if she really had been ill recently and I said no , she 's actually quite young and looks amazing underneath all that . |
| 4 | Hari looked into his dark eyes , they seemed to hold her mesmerized as he leaned closer , his mouth only inches from her own . |
| 5 | Serve him right , Virginia thought uncharitably , but some buried corner of her rejoiced that Guy had told the truth , at least on that score … |
| 6 | His deep , deep penetration of her came when they could hold back no longer , when the sensuality had swollen so painfully inside them that it cried out for release . |
| 7 | A serving-man , sent to the kitchens , reported that they were already busy , having had their instructions , and in due course she and the women attending her ate where they were , in the chamber . |
| 8 | When she was examined , she did indeed have a nasty attack of herpes , but the doctor who looked at her noticed that she was as brown as a berry . |
| 9 | A young woman who was with her hid when she heard the first shots and witnessed what happened . |
| 10 | As I followed her up the pathway , every inch of her breathed that she was being a good girl , and as the driver settled her in the front seat beside him she gave him a happy smile ; almost , one felt — seeing the hat-boxes and cases piled up behind them — they might have been starting out on their honeymoon . |
| 11 | Something in her leapt and then faded . |
| 12 | The phone on the wall close to her rang and she picked it up at the second ring . |
| 13 | For her stepmother to tell her meant that she and her father must sometimes talk about her , and that her father had undoubtedly on at least one occasion said that he thought Artemis had some ability . |
| 14 | Juliet wondered if she were overdressed , but the admiring look he gave her dispelled that thought . |
| 15 | It was hardly a stately progress , but as she made her triumphant way back the seas of people around her grew and grew , so that she was accompanied back into the parade ring by a whooping mob , pushing and shoving to get to her , all carried along on a tide of exultation . |
| 16 | Everyone close to her knew that Elinor 's unspoken dream was that Miranda — her only remaining unmarried granddaughter — should marry into the British aristocracy . |
| 17 | But a part of her knew that that was not the way . |
| 18 | She heard him call out and by the barks behind her knew that Hector followed . |
| 19 | As he prodded around all the dreamy romantic feelings she experienced when he kissed her disappeared and all she could think of was when would he stop , and could n't he please just hold her again , very close , with the firm bulge of his body against her , far more erotic through several layers of clothes than his scratching , poking finger . |
| 20 | The man standing behind her spoke as I was turning to walk away . |
| 21 | The nanny raised her horned and bearded head , thought for a moment and then bleated . |
| 22 | Yeah they 're all nice nice girls you know this is like the other week we was here playing the other team and one of the other team was swearing you know , and particularly you know the girls in , might have not they have the they used to play for Black Bear and you know the that lady that 's up there , she still swears and we stopped her from here used to f this , f that and f the other , we did , we stopped her said if you ca n't find a better word than that to use I should n't bother , you know As you know Shirl do n't like that . |
| 23 | She had believed him even now , even after what had happened and was happening , when he had said that his love for her remained as it had ever been , something eternal . |