Example sentences of "her [noun sg] around " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lissa drew her robe around herself in a protective gesture , her mind frozen over like a bleak winter landscape . |
| 2 | She played in the women 's basketball and used to ride her bike around the university . |
| 3 | She waited while her maids adjusted her cloak around her shoulders , and then took her cap from the page who held it and put it on . |
| 4 | But , pushing him aside , she gathered her cloak around her , made so bravely from those two old plush tablecloths , and began to walk downhill — the direction she happened to be facing — until she came to St Jude 's churchyard where she sat on a gravestone , her head in her hands , and shivered . |
| 5 | Pulling her cloak around her and laying her fork carefully along the wooden pegs on the side of the wain , Alexandra climbed the iron railings , already cold and slippery with new snow , and went off in the direction of the kitchen . |
| 6 | Just when Tod has established our relationship with Irene on a secure footing , the kind of set-up that any sane man would kill for , with her punctual visits and affectionate phone calls , the movies we enjoy together , the fine dining , the peace and safety ( the forgiveness ) that her presence confers , plus the exquisitely torpid lovemaking which takes place right on the button every couple of months or so , and reaching the stage , now , where I think we can tackle her , gently but firmly , about her untidiness around the house , because it 's best to get these things out in the open , not to let them rankle and fester , and so on-guess what . |
| 7 | She twisted her hair around her fingers . |
| 8 | She moaned shakily , the water washing her hair around her face like a golden fan . |
| 9 | The smile blossomed on his lips and , lifting his hand , he coiled a lock of her hair around his finger , drawing her closer . |
| 10 | She pulled her shawl around her and said : ‘ It has gone far enough . |
| 11 | She threw her shawl around her shoulders and hurried from the house . |
| 12 | She rubbed as if she would erase the images that flitted through her mind as she worked , like an unconnected pageant — the images , and the thoughts that crowded her mind around them . |
| 13 | ‘ What are you doing here ? ’ she asked ungraciously , drawing her sun-wrap around her . |
| 14 | In the early days she would go for an evening ‘ burn up ’ in her car around central London , leaving her armed Scotland Yard bodyguard behind . |
| 15 | She ran her forefinger around the inside of the white pyrex bowl and said nothing . |
| 16 | She rubbed the last of her bread around her plate . |
| 17 | From the very start , he had been in love with her , following her act around the clubs . |
| 18 | When it was the right shape she blew on it , then closed her fist around it and began to massage the bull 's neck and shoulders and back and rump , tapping it hard and rhythmically with the knuckles of the clenched fist . |
| 19 | She was able to talk about herself in a more positive way , and this she attributed to having felt useful and capable when helping her sister-in-law around the house . |
| 20 | Within a few days she seemed very accepting of the situation , almost enjoying not having her husband around the house . |
| 21 | ’ Maeve straightened up and pulled her shift around her . |
| 22 | Mammy Crystal poked her head around her door to shout . |
| 23 | The owner of the Home may pop her head around the door and say , ‘ I 'm going into the town today , can I do anything for you ? . ’ |
| 24 | Ace poked her head around the stone with the idea of following , but covering fire from Richmann blasted chunks from the stone and forced her to duck back again . |
| 25 | She was nearly finished — polishing the taps — when Bryony poked her head around the half-open door . |
| 26 | The children were watching TV peacefully , but Annie saw her as she bobbed her head around the door , gave a pleased gurgle and started to scramble down . |
| 27 | Wendy put her head around the door . |
| 28 | I feel better with some of her stuff around me . |
| 29 | Merrill hugged her jacket around her more closely as they turned into the wind and crossed the road to a small wine bar . |
| 30 | She smiled and ran her finger around the top of her coffee cup . |