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

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1 Even she was surprised at Gedge 's tenacious loyalty to her ideology when she called at a local shop with him .
2 Barefoot and in a panic , she missed the bottom step of the wrought-iron spiral staircase , stubbing her toe and grazing her right shin .
3 Léonie pointed her toe and wrote an imaginary signature in the dust .
4 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 .
5 I was reluctant to kiss my mother , afraid that somehow her weakness and unhappiness would infect me .
6 She was on the point of telling him about her investigations but it was all so uncertain and there was no point in raising false hopes .
7 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 .
8 SINEAD HAS really pulled it off in a big , bold way ; her honesty and emotional intensity permeate every bar , every nuance of every lyric .
9 Harry was touched by her honesty and , as always , aroused by the way she spoke so openly about her physical desires .
10 Undressed , I lay alongside the one hundred and fifty-sixth of her kind and shuddered as her fingers touched my erect penis .
11 You might recognize her by her kind and open face , a simplicity which you could easily overlook .
12 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 .
13 And another thing , she did n't have to do well her mother 's erm her mother-in-law seems a bit erm bad tempered with her , like , she 's is that she did n't have to tell John , her ex-husband that there 's anything the matter like and and , and that 's when she she , all she wants to do is get him against me .
14 Cher , 46 , stuck her nose in the air , brushed past her ex-husband and said :
15 Yeah , she ca n't obviously talk to her husband about it because George is her ex-husband and he
16 She would continue to define her ex-husband as diminishingly efficient , and he would go on seeing himself as an ill-equipped buffoon who had stumbled into six years of brazen luck .
17 Mary telephoned the therapist 2 months later because she felt unable to decide whether to return to her ex-husband or to stay with her boyfriend .
18 If the person was asleep when the drugs were ‘ done ’ she would miss her opportunity and still be in difficulty .
19 Despite her early film success with Desperately Seeking Susan , Madonna has impressed more with her enthusiasm than ability in movies such as Shanghai Surprise , Who 's That Girl ? and Dick Tracy .
20 On the stump in the Tory marginals during the election campaign , her enthusiasm and self-deprecating humour — ‘ No one knows who I am .
21 Perhaps her very strengths , her enthusiasm and drive for so many causes , led to inadequate public recognition of her work .
22 But it explained the numbers that did n't add up — though not why Brigitte Schickert was shown on her certificate as having died in Dornhausen when everybody seemed to know she had been taken to hospital .
23 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 .
24 She took the cigarette stub from her holder and replaced it with a fresh one .
25 The girl started the engine of her Saab and followed the taxi .
26 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 .
27 Repetition is likewise the musician practising her scales until she can be consistent every time , so that while she performs she can think about the music itself rather than the individual notes .
28 An oriental girl dressed as a matador wrenched off her domino and threw herself at me .
29 She gives fellow sufferers her sympathy and sound advice
30 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 .
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