Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [prep] her [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | God keep your life , ’ she said and moved serenely toward her own house . |
| 2 | So far she had seen nothing but a normal barn — bales of hay , racks of apples , a few garden tools — but now she found herself forced into the other side of the top floor and it was certainly different , so different in fact that as Alain released her she walked forward of her own volition . |
| 3 | Back on the ship afterwards , she flashed the smile one more time — and then whisked away to her own cabin . |
| 4 | She was hesitant , shy , reserved , ‘ more than pretty ’ in the eyes of the ‘ eldest son she loved best of her many sons ’ . |
| 5 | She gazed dispiritedly at her own reflection in the mirror , seeing the dark shadows beneath her eyes . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm also an only child and my mother , who 's very English , also went home to her own folk after my father died in South Africa . ’ |
| 7 | I said with regret , ‘ Good night , ’ and she went abruptly into her own domain and closed the door . |
| 8 | Unobserved , Beth closed the door and went softly into her own room . |
| 9 | And she stared too at her own friends , who appeared to her suddenly in a new light , laughing and fiddling with their luggage labels , and casting their eyes around them as though unbalanced by the sudden variety of choice . |
| 10 | The young wife of the Eldest Son emerged slowly from her own home . |
| 11 | A woman of this world who had passed her eighteenth birthday without being contracted in marriage was entitled to go with any man she chose — but did so on her own terms . |
| 12 | With her back still turned to him , she grimaced wryly at her own fancifulness . |
| 13 | Remembered as a charming woman , she was also a ‘ character ’ , who ruled absolutely in her own department and dealt summarily with opposition . |
| 14 | It appears that she was the FRPS , who travelled widely in her own country , in Europe and the middle east . |
| 15 | It appears that she was an FRPS , who travelled widely in her own country , in Europe and the middle east . |
| 16 | As Luch hurried gently about her many tasks , she often wondered how Marion would manage with just her bowl of soup from the castle . |