Example sentences of "her [noun sg] [adv] [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ruby did not want to , she wanted to talk about her technique even though it had let her down . |
| 2 | Theda stepped back and caught at the back of her hair just as it came tumbling down over her shoulders . |
| 3 | She had changed into a loose gauzy nightdress and released her hair so that it fell , witch-like , over her shoulders . |
| 4 | The tears were moistening her hair so that it clung to her cheeks , and they did n't look like stopping . |
| 5 | Her gown looked expensive , Ruth thought , but it would have suited her mistress better than it did its owner . |
| 6 | And Jay was pacing her attic , bars tightening and cracking around a heart that would not stop hurting ; she could not lay her body down though it screamed for rest and knots of fury made her neck and shoulders a steely hunch like a vulture . |
| 7 | Maggie would not close her eyes , because that would be cheating , but she shortened her focus so that it rested precisely on the window-panes , and although they were not dirty and the moonbeams seemed to shine straight through them , they were there . |
| 8 | ‘ But it is such an easy walk on such a cool day , ’ laughed Um Hamed , lifting her veil off her face and adjusting her mask so that it settled properly on her nose . |
| 9 | He watched her hand anxiously as it hovered above the door . |
| 10 | Watching through the kitchen window as the snow fell from a leaden sky , Seb suggested that Carrie ought to try to make her way home before it deteriorated even further . |
| 11 | I suggest that she wears the bracelet either above her elbow or round her ankle so that it does n't get entangled in her ribber . |
| 12 | Fran jerked her arm away but it did little to loosen the crushing grip of his powerful fingers . |
| 13 | She nodded , spilling juice down her front so that it trickled down the pop star 's face . |