Example sentences of "[conj] hers " in BNC.
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| 1 | But when they met , dinner at home , dinner out , dinner at Dionne 's , they had taken to sleeping together , sometimes just that , warmth in Dionne 's huge silky bed or hers , and sometimes a deep and wonderful sexual fusion , neither planned nor yearned after . |
| 2 | Today , markets have judged that Mr Lawson 's endeavours to hold the pound at above DM3 had reached their limit — or hers . |
| 3 | With this policy rewards are seen to be under your control — not his or hers to manipulate . |
| 4 | Remember how you would gladly have given your life to have saved his or hers ? |
| 5 | It was hard to tell now if it was Luke 's sweat or hers that drenched her rug . |
| 6 | ‘ Is that his story or hers ? ’ |
| 7 | William kept close to Hari 's side , though for his own protection or hers Hari was n't sure . |
| 8 | A litigant who seeks redress for a public law wrong in a private action must establish , in order to have standing , that the public law wrong has invaded some legal right of his or hers , recognized in private law , or has caused him or her some special damage . |
| 9 | But there were also cases which held that the applicant for mandamus had to show that some legal right of his or hers had been infringed by the challenged decision . |
| 10 | Yours or hers , the law 's the same . |
| 11 | Teds passing round the hat for Jubilee Year — theirs or Hers , we might ask — a welcome for a new generation of Teddy Boys , nostalgia for the old dances that shocked a still older generation , Yorkshire 's oldest Ted holding court , delighted shoppers : the process of rehabilitation , aided and abetted by total amnesia for even the recent past , seems complete . |
| 12 | What seems to the individual to be a free and spontaneous response can be seen from " outside " to be the product of social and ideological conditioning , or even in some instances of a concerted campaign to mould public opinion in such a way as to produce exactly the response which each individual feels and believes to be authentically his or hers alone . |
| 13 | I have n't actually got a , a poem for this , I was saying to you that I would use this , I intend using this as a writing exercise , because the , the colour of her mouth and the colour of the piece of boot in the background , just stands out to me , it says , its about to me hidden desire of some sort , either the artist 's or hers or mine I do n't know |
| 14 | The defendant must establish not only that the plaintiff consented to the risk but also that he or she agreed that if he or she was injured the loss should be his or hers and not the defendant 's . |
| 15 | There 's blood on my hands , mine or hers I do n't know . |
| 16 | It was pinned in banknotes on the robes of the local thaumaturge as his statue — or hers was carried through the village , or dropped into the collecting pouches the sacristan poked into the pews . |
| 17 | It was n't IMP 's fault , or hers , that he had started at Jerez in third position , but she 'd been a convenient whipping-boy for his suspicions . |
| 18 | He had gathered her closer in his arms , he was holding her so tightly that she could n't tell whose heartbeat it was she felt throbbing within her bones , his or hers . |
| 19 | Patricia Hewitt could have appended the letters to her own , although hers was written some ninety years later . |
| 20 | But except hers still looks horrible though in n it . |
| 21 | I 'm incredibly lazy but I do think I 've found the right way or at least a better way than hers to live . |
| 22 | But his sense of the absurd is no less than hers . |
| 23 | Marie was sure that this was because he did n't want to make his family out as ‘ better ’ than hers : he knew she lived on a scruffy council estate with a bad reputation . |
| 24 | They stand the dolls together and Julie says , ‘ Mine is bigger than hers ’ . |
| 25 | He had a pale face , deep blue eyes , hair darker and straighter than hers , and a mouth which curved and turned up at the corners in an almost feminine way . |
| 26 | Although his family are distant relatives of the Gilbey gin dynasty , his connections , background and personal wealth are far more humble than hers . |
| 27 | She had clung to him then , inordinately grateful for his food and shelter , and for the shelter of his body , which was stronger , more resolute than hers . |
| 28 | Hawk was gentle , and she sensed his feeling of loss was even greater than hers . |
| 29 | Kate felt inordinately pleased at his offer , even though she was astute enough to know that it came from a desire for any company , rather than hers specifically . |
| 30 | My language was considerably worse than hers . |