Example sentences of "[adv] [subord] her [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All the communication was by telephone , and the finding child was instructed to look only where her partner told her to look and to make use of the telephone to discover the exact location of the object . |
| 2 | She really was n't any good at this game of deception — especially where her friend was concerned . |
| 3 | There had been a month or so where her face had been seen almost daily on TV : they had not yet quite forgotten . |
| 4 | Her afternoon shoes , slightly better than her morning ones , were ranged neatly beneath them . |
| 5 | In a way , Aunt Alicia knew her father better than her mother ever had . |
| 6 | … the elderly woman adapts herself to her stage better than her husband . |
| 7 | That instant of frightening acceptance was pushed violently aside , buried deep , deeper than her memories of a carefree childhood , deeper than the terrifying nightmare that had followed . |
| 8 | That may have been the occasion on which , according to tradition , Betsy went to her quarters and changed her clothes as disaster threatened , her fear of the elements being less than her horror of being washed ashore in less than spotless undergarments . |
| 9 | If she had had any talent , if she had been born in another period and perhaps if her spirit had been lodged in the body of a man , she might just have been heroic . |
| 10 | ‘ But you must realise that Stella could be away for quite a period — especially if her appendix is to be removed . ’ |
| 11 | But , once upstairs , she knew she would have a job to get out again , especially if her father knew her destination . |
| 12 | She had n't last time I , cos we were talking about er when I say talking I do n't mean nastily but the last time I saw Janet I asked after Wendy and she said she was still working and enjoying her job and the children were growing up and she did n't mention any other children so cos her husband works away a lot of the year does n't he ? |
| 13 | But she looks troubled , unsure of herself — perhaps because her bosom is merely average , one has seen bigger . |
| 14 | Had she been less committed to parenting , perhaps because her children were older and seen to be less in need of her support , or had it been an event which threatened a role or idea to which she was less committed , perhaps losing a part-time job which she did not enjoy , the effect would be less threatening . |
| 15 | She disliked Milan 's climate and saw no reason why she should spend all her time in that city merely because her husband needed to be there for business . |
| 16 | This decision filled her with profound gloom ; not only because her home had been so special and so very much loved , but also because the selling of Rose Cottage could do nothing but plunge her into financial disaster . |
| 17 | It was only because her mother approved so strongly of Pogo that she was allowed to go out with him to places like this , and then , as often as not , her mother insisted that Aubrey went too . |
| 18 | And , and that 's only because her husband were on a promise from her . |
| 19 | Jezrael hung on only because her hands were twined through the strapping . |
| 20 | He knew only because her lips were moving : he could n't hear a word she said . |
| 21 | Shelley was n't moved by motor cars , especially while her mind was working out where Miguel was taking Victoria , and why he was footing her dress bills . |
| 22 | That must be disturbing him greatly ; for , after all , though the Rabbi was not her blood relation and she had known him only since her marriage , even for her it was an intolerable wrench . |
| 23 | He had lavished all his love on her , more so since her mother had died almost eighteen years ago , and , similarly , he was the only one who ever saw her vulnerable side . |
| 24 | Pam Nelson may not yet be a household name but if this young American progresses in the same manner as previous Pilkington Glass U.21 Champions Steffi Graf , Arantxa Sanchez , Jana Novotna and Manuela Maleeva , then it will not be long before her name appears in the latter stages of the world 's leading tournaments . |
| 25 | It may not be long before her view is upheld . |
| 26 | Witty , and sharp , Sarah was seen by her contemporaries as the queen of the season especially after her father had organized a splendid coming-of-age party in 1973 at Castle Rising , a Norman castle in Norfolk . |
| 27 | When she 'd been very little , not too long after her parents had died , she 'd had bad dreams . |
| 28 | The whole place had the glamour and attractiveness of an elderly whore still on the game long after her teeth have gone . |
| 29 | Compared with Maud she was too tall and thin , and her mouth was too wide , but she had a simple grace which remained in his memory long after her features were blurred by time . |
| 30 | Yeah but she did n't , well she did n't live long after her stroke did she ? |