Example sentences of "her [noun sg] at the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The appointment ended three weeks of political uncertainty during which Sheikh Hasina Wajed , leader of the second-largest party , the Awami League , challenged Begum Zia to demonstrate her majority at the first session of the newly elected Jatiya Sangsad ( National Assembly ) , scheduled for April 5 . |
| 2 | He deposited her case at the front door then strode back to his car , and she watched him go with hatred , her eyes moving over his powerful body , so lean , so tall , so impeccably dressed . |
| 3 | With a hopeless shrug of resignation she hurriedly put on a slim linen dress , which she had only thrown into her case at the last minute . |
| 4 | Because she knew he would be meeting her at the road alone , she had risen very early and bathed and scented herself with special care in her suite at the Continental Palace that morning . |
| 5 | Shelley felt a tug at her heart at the sudden attraction of him , the perfect body and the face that looked so much more natural and attractive out here in the warm southern wind . |
| 6 | And even if it was n't too personal , did she really want him to know that some wee devil of tenderness pulled at her heart at the grey lines of weariness etched into his face ? |
| 7 | Everything I 've said about the training of Dawn might lead you to think it 's just a question of patience and keeping her weight at the right level , but there really is much more to it than that . |
| 8 | Was he furious because she 'd led him on only to change her mind at the last minute ? |
| 9 | It 's not fair on a man if a women undresses and then changes her mind at the last minute . |
| 10 | ‘ Oh , she changed her mind at the last moment . |
| 11 | Mrs Chalker , who lost her seat at the general election , faced giving up her job as Minister of the Overseas Development Administration and Britain 's leading representative at the European Bank , leaving a gap in the British team but will continue in her post from the House of Lords . |
| 12 | We lined up on the foredeck to give the traditional three cheers for her Majesty at the appropriate moment . |
| 13 | She lost her nerve at the last minute . |
| 14 | ‘ She took her insulin at the right time , and ate properly ? ’ |
| 15 | She straightened , holding the small of her back and her bulge at the same time . |
| 16 | In between driving lessons — she passed her test at the second attempt she was much in demand as a babysitter by her sisters ' married friends while Sarah used her to make up numbers at her frequent dinner parties . |
| 17 | She spent £3,000 on driving lessons over four years before passing her test at the 29th attempt . |
| 18 | It made him laugh to see her standing there , shaking her fist at the departing van . |
| 19 | Arriving on her broomstick at the prison-like school gates , Mildred peered through the railings into the misty playground . |
| 20 | The audience held its breath … and I secretly prayed that the manager would support me — unlike her counterpart at the Philharmonic Hall who earlier this year asked a young disabled woman to leave the hall because she ‘ offended ’ the visiting conductor . |
| 21 | Lucenzo burst into laughter himself , and she wished he had n't , a sharp jolt of awareness rocketing through her body at the dazzling transformation of his face and the deep , warm sound that had travelled through her to her tingling toes . |
| 22 | One woman found that when different family members were all demanding different things and her attention at the same time , ‘ something blows ’ . |
| 23 | ‘ It having been stated to Samuel Whitbread Esq. , and to me … that Mary Flint , now in the Bedford Infirmary , is in danger of death in consequence of the wounds and injuries which she received from you , we intend to take her examination at the said Infirmary on Tuesday 8th October inst. at 1 o'clock of the afternoon of which I give you this notice that you may if you think proper be present . ’ |
| 24 | Lips compressed into a thin line of tension , she strode along the corridor and into her office , wrinkling her nose at the musty smell of stale air . |
| 25 | Without her even being aware of it he had somehow moved into the cabin , leaving her standing at the open door . |
| 26 | Helynsar ran well in the later stages of her race at the last meeting when Treat Me Good scored and she may be worth following against a moderate lot in the Moira Novices Chase . |
| 27 | Almost violently , she raised her body , ducking her head at the same time , her feverish lips seeking the scorching lure of his again , the demand for his kiss born out of an intuitive need to let him silence her , so that he might not hear the words and other sounds which would tell him just how complete his dominion of her senses already was . |
| 28 | She nodded her head at the cardiac monitor screen over against the far wall . |
| 29 | Red lights seemed to explode inside her head at the outrageous arrogance of his words . |
| 30 | and she was having her drink at the same time |