Example sentences of "her [noun sg] around [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She played in the women 's basketball and used to ride her bike around the university . |
| 2 | Just when Tod has established our relationship with Irene on a secure footing , the kind of set-up that any sane man would kill for , with her punctual visits and affectionate phone calls , the movies we enjoy together , the fine dining , the peace and safety ( the forgiveness ) that her presence confers , plus the exquisitely torpid lovemaking which takes place right on the button every couple of months or so , and reaching the stage , now , where I think we can tackle her , gently but firmly , about her untidiness around the house , because it 's best to get these things out in the open , not to let them rankle and fester , and so on-guess what . |
| 3 | She ran her forefinger around the inside of the white pyrex bowl and said nothing . |
| 4 | From the very start , he had been in love with her , following her act around the clubs . |
| 5 | She was able to talk about herself in a more positive way , and this she attributed to having felt useful and capable when helping her sister-in-law around the house . |
| 6 | Within a few days she seemed very accepting of the situation , almost enjoying not having her husband around the house . |
| 7 | The owner of the Home may pop her head around the door and say , ‘ I 'm going into the town today , can I do anything for you ? . ’ |
| 8 | Ace poked her head around the stone with the idea of following , but covering fire from Richmann blasted chunks from the stone and forced her to duck back again . |
| 9 | She was nearly finished — polishing the taps — when Bryony poked her head around the half-open door . |
| 10 | The children were watching TV peacefully , but Annie saw her as she bobbed her head around the door , gave a pleased gurgle and started to scramble down . |
| 11 | Wendy put her head around the door . |
| 12 | She was crooking her finger around a cup of Earl Grey . |
| 13 | She smiled and ran her finger around the top of her coffee cup . |
| 14 | Donna nodded slowly , drawing her finger around the lip of the cup . |
| 15 | Donna did n't manage to get her finger around the trigger but she did pull the weapon clear , closing her hand around it and using it as a club . |
| 16 | It seems that , while she was married to Earl Spencer , she regularly had her lunch and her tea in one of her silk and antique negligees , gave orders that because the noise might disturb her , no-one should flush the loo before noon when she got up , and was forever tracing her finger around the furniture to make sure the servants had dusted properly . |
| 17 | She would even leave the company of the other horses and follow her owner around the paddock in the hope of a cuddle . |
| 18 | She went to the table , closed her hand around a bottle and slid it into her skirt pocket . |
| 19 | She burst out laughing at the absurdity of it , laughed until she cried , and when the tears came he groped across the table to touch her hand around the empty glass . |
| 20 | Light was fading as she wheeled her cycle around the side of their semi-detached house in Yonder , and propped it against the fence . |
| 21 | Old ships never die and doubtless she is still knocking around the East Coast , though I suppose old Payne may have made his last port by now I should be interested in an oil painting on canvas , or board ( which I suppose would come a bit cheaper ! ! ) showing her beating around the Foreland under sail in fairly heavy weather , say Force 6 … ’ |
| 22 | Thérèse felt her way around a barrel as tall as she was . |
| 23 | ‘ It 's nice to see a young lady what knows her way around a kitchen for a change . |
| 24 | Public criticism led to speculation she might be asked to pay tax , but with characteristic diplomatic skill she negotiated her way around the problem with the minimum of publicity . |
| 25 | Simone was busy unpacking the bags , finding her way around the kitchen , asking whether there was any garlic because she was pretty efficient at making garlic bread . |
| 26 | Already making her way around the house , she came to the front and asked a footman to carry a message to Rose Alderley . |
| 27 | She lugged her case up the wrong stairway , came out facing the open lough , had to find her way around the superstructure . |
| 28 | ‘ It wo n't cost much ! ’ he said quickly , as if vaguely aware that Leith was having problems learning her way around the domestic budget . |
| 29 | Once she could find her way around the palazzo she would n't feel quite so helpless . |
| 30 | Thus , in many post–1923 paintings there is a heightened realism that borders on the photographic , as is evident in the large-format flower paintings she began to making in 1924. 18 By so changing the apparent concerns of her art , O'Keeffe intended to end criticism that centered speculations about the meaning of her imagery around the fact that she was a woman artist expressing emotions that had not visual precedents — which was , of course , the way Stieglitz had promoted her from the beginning . |