Example sentences of "her [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And then her poor face melted like a candle into nothing and how I cried at what I had done to make her lose all her features . ’ |
| 2 | She might even be weaving a spell to tangle her feet or make her lose her way in the wood ! |
| 3 | The cat spat suddenly , startling her and almost making her lose her footing on the branch , but Virginia kept her head as well as her footing , and , pulling back one of the branches forming the fork , lifted the cat free . |
| 4 | I was working her hard by now , trying to make her lose control . |
| 5 | The doctor offered Rose slimming tablets to help her lose even more weight but he said he was not very hopeful that she would lose it from her legs . |
| 6 | But seeing Damien made her lose concentration and before she knew what was happening she found herself boxed in yet again . |
| 7 | The pain had made her lose her breath for a few seconds . |
| 8 | And then he would remember how it was , there on the island in the lantern light ; how he had watched her lose herself in the tune she had been playing ; how her voice had seemed the voice of his spirit singing , freed like a bird into the darkness of the night . |
| 9 | The illusion that she was a spectator , and this was the play , was making her lose touch with reality ; and making her forget the enormity of her present predicament . |
| 10 | Gina stopped where she was , her fingers clenched in the palms of her hand as she fought to control the surge of irritation which threatened to make her lose her temper completely , while Rune 's brilliant gaze held her in thrall , intimate , deliberately self-assured . |
| 11 | He 'd done it again — made her lose her temper all over again , and she could n't even understand why . |
| 12 | The sneer in his voice made her lose her temper . |
| 13 | I made her lose her temper by sending John to taunt her . |
| 14 | He had played the worst of tricks on her , making her lose all her self-respect , and it was something that would rankle in her heart for the rest of her life . |
| 15 | So , hoisting her bag over her shoulder with an element of pride that for a brief moment made her lose sight of how important it was to try and pin him down for an interview , she made for the door . |
| 16 | Janet Aughton has been battling for two years to get her two sons , Steven who 's 7 , and six year old Jason … moved from the council school they attend in Gloucester.She says the two children are gradually going blind because of a hereditary defect that 's already made her lose her sight . |
| 17 | It was always farming circulars for her father , copies of the newspaper to which he occasionally contributed articles on sheep , seldom anything for her mother beyond invitations the senders knew they were safe from her accepting , or appeals for money from charities , the Scottish Women 's Institute , funds to save a painting for the Glasgow Art Gallery . |
| 18 | As she moves , the ears on her legs keep her oriented in the direction of the call . |
| 19 | The surface above her bulged out into a number of large teardrop shapes which hung above her for a moment , trembling slightly , before depositing the Doctor , Miles , Cheryl and Bishop beside her . |
| 20 | He took her with him on his visit because he could n't bear to let her disappear without finding out more about her . |
| 21 | Fernando Serra loved her and would n't just let her disappear out of his life forever . |
| 22 | He wrote to Mary admitting the ‘ ardent attachment ’ he had so long felt for her , and asked her to confirm a rumour that she too was now engaged . |
| 23 | Although the poetic writing of this author is undoubtedly praiseworthy , I am sure it is the near pornographic content that actually makes her sell . |
| 24 | ‘ They 're aw' the same , ’ Isa lifted her knitting out the carrier together with a badly printed pattern clipped from a copy of The People 's Friend that she had found on the train to Wemyss Bay . |
| 25 | The woman busied herself in the kitchen and produced a plate piled high like a cairn with potatoes , and a huge pot of tea , and then resumed her knitting by the fire opposite her husband . |
| 26 | But they were kind : the man roused himself at my request to hammer a protruding nail in my shoe that had caused me discomfort , the woman interrupted her knitting to refill my pot of tea and make sure the meal was to my liking . |
| 27 | With that she got up , put her knitting away and said she would go with me as far as our house . |
| 28 | I did as she suggested , keeping my dressing-gown on , and watched her settle herself in the arm-chair and get her knitting out . |
| 29 | Mavis laid her knitting aside and came over to the bed , where , to my redoubled annoyance , she sat down and took my hands . |
| 30 | " Oh — all right , then , " she said , concealing her disappointment " She got up and gathered her knitting together . |