Example sentences of "her [noun] 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clearly her ex-husband 's Australian girlfriend had decamped . |
| 2 | Then I asked her to describe her ex-husband 's character . |
| 3 | THE former wife of kidnapper and alleged murderer Michael Sams recognised her ex-husband 's Yorkshire accent from a tape played on the Crimewatch TV programme , a court heard today . |
| 4 | But lovely Leslie soon lifted the lid on her co-star 's antics for the camera — and made it clear she was there in more than an ad-visor-y capacity . |
| 5 | Mrs Thatcher once said that Northern Ireland was as British as Finchley , but the actions of her Government and her successor 's have consistently belied that . |
| 6 | When in turn these fantasies foundered on Christina 's subsequent defection to Rome and her successor 's preoccupation with challenging his Protestant neighbours for supremacy in the Baltic , Cromwell resorted to the popular policy of war against England 's traditional enemy , Spain . |
| 7 | There were the usual problems of moving — Valerie Eliot , apart from having to scrub and prepare the flat , was also forced to continue with her old secretarial duties since her successor 's father was ill . |
| 8 | He decided to leave this one for the moment but logged the fact that Jennifer Morgan had still been interested in , and comfortable with , the man who had become her sister 's fiancé . |
| 9 | It 's left to her sister , after decent legacies for both parents and small ones to charity , and to her sister 's children if the sister predeceases . |
| 10 | Sometimes she would be invited to her sister 's house , but not too often now , because it must be admitted that with the passing of the years Aunt Nessy had come to look a little eccentric . |
| 11 | ‘ Yes , ’ said Kathleen , and then , hastily , aware of her sister 's eye , ‘ I mean , no . |
| 12 | Oh , but I have said the wrong thing , she thought , for her sister 's face had tightened and her eyes burned with a coppery light . |
| 13 | She no longer looked forward to each day , so much had she come to dread her sister 's peremptory orders , the changes of routine , the explanatory telephone calls . |
| 14 | She heard her sister 's complaint and paid no attention . |
| 15 | She needed to confide in someone , to present the situation as clearly as she could , to ask for advice about her sister 's condition . |
| 16 | Isabel Lavender heard the click of the door , her sister 's sharp footsteps , the latch of the gate . |
| 17 | Kathleen Lavender turned away from her sister 's glance of triumph . |
| 18 | Three years later the tables had turned once more and now Dannii was being asked for interviews in Britain simply because of her sister 's fame . |
| 19 | She had not the least interest in the fortunes of Italy , did not care that once more liberty and unity were the watchwords , and it astonished her that Mrs Browning could seem as anxious about war as she did about her sister 's health . |
| 20 | There was no doubting her sister 's passion as she struggled to express her resentment , writing : — on my life Lily I declare I want only what is best for the child and would not be Cruel to him nor the cause of Cruelty and what you asked was Cruel the child knowing no Italian and being Fearful of leaving me the only Mother he has known and who he loves as his own . |
| 21 | But then , as Miss Blagden said , she was ill and depressed after her sister 's death . |
| 22 | Last night Christina was unaware of her sister 's death . |
| 23 | Anne could make out the ridges of her sister 's knuckles . |
| 24 | She would have been appalled to think she 'd added to her sister 's problems . |
| 25 | Laure 's distress was obviously compounded by her sister 's suicide . |
| 26 | In 1916 Vanessa had been lured back to Sussex by her sister 's description of Charleston Farmhouse near Firle , and by her prophecy — which Vanessa was to fulfil — ‘ if you get Charleston you 'll end up buying it forever . |
| 27 | The tiles around Virginia 's bedroom fire-place , with the central motif of sailing boat and lighthouse , were designed especially by Vanessa , moved as she had been by her sister 's novel , To the Lighthouse , which memorialised their childhood summers at St Ives in Cornwall . |
| 28 | Jo flinched at the insensitivity of her sister 's request . |
| 29 | Her sister 's head was bowed and her hands , clasped tightly into fists , were resting on her knees . |
| 30 | Rachel asked her to come back after the show , when someone would take her to her sister 's lodgings . ’ |