Example sentences of "her [noun] [conj] [vb base] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I cried after the girl had gone and he seeing my distress and I explaining I feared your anger he put his arms around my neck and comforted me and said he was sure his real mother could not but love her sister and believe she had acted for the best . |
| 2 | ‘ He would listen to her opinions and treat her seriously . |
| 3 | Surely she was still as determined as ever not to allow anyone to creep through her defences and make her care ? |
| 4 | I had another cup and watched her take the rollers out of her hair and comb it carefully into a high , curly pompadour . |
| 5 | He wanted to put flowers in her hair and make her laugh ; but he would never be able to do that . |
| 6 | When she just kept on looking at him he threaded his hands in her hair and let it drift through his fingers , watching the deep red glow in the lights . |
| 7 | The woman who wept over the feet of Jesus in Luke chapter 7 and then proceeded to wipe his feet with her hair and anoint them with ointment , had her sins forgiven . |
| 8 | But to stay , to lie in his arms and each time know that he was dreaming of another woman , would not just break her heart but shatter it . |
| 9 | Beyond this there was little of importance which she could tell and Dalgliesh had briefly heard her story and let her go . |
| 10 | But the red bitch chose that same day to pick up the remaining puppy in her teeth and carry it by the scruff of the neck up the ladder and into the house . |
| 11 | ( I thought this very over-optimistic on her part but let her persist in the delusion . ) |
| 12 | She came to the last button and , plucking up all her courage , slipped the dress off her shoulders and let it drop to the floor . |
| 13 | I did n't actually take her by her shoulders and shake her , but it was close . |
| 14 | I get hold of her shoulders and give her a good shake . |
| 15 | She took the two gifts from her handbag and set them on the table . |
| 16 | Did she leave her card and tell you when she 'd be |
| 17 | He hardly dared hope that she would change her mind and marry him . |
| 18 | Also the dyslexic child is not necessarily unintelligent because he ca n't write something which you 've just written on the blackboard or which has only just been shown to him in some other way ; the dyslexic person ca n't look up at a blackboard , hold the visual symbols in her mind and get them down on paper in a different position . |
| 19 | She would fasten the ring about her neck and wear it for Johnny , as he had asked her to do . |
| 20 | And her daughter would put er arms around her neck and hug her . |
| 21 | She sat and sipped her tea and read it . |
| 22 | Any swain within earshot who approves of her scream , and feels similarly inclined , is at liberty to rush to her aid and stop her , which is the sign for other suitors to halt their pursuit and file back to bed again . |
| 23 | His firm prick forced her to open her lips and take him into her mouth . |
| 24 | She took his hand , curling her fingers into his to lift it to her lips and kiss it . |
| 25 | Held against his heart , feeling the steady beat beneath her cheek , she closed her eyes and let it wash over her in soothing waves . |
| 26 | The Lamia also had a peculiar ability to take out her eyes and hold them in her hand . |
| 27 | It was then that the lump in her throat would break and spill the tears from her eyes and cause her to make choking sounds which she did not try to prevent , knowing they would not penetrate Mrs Aggie 's deep snoring . |
| 28 | Anything but to raise her eyes and see him there where she ought to be . |
| 29 | Opo would ease between her legs and take her for rides . |
| 30 | She tossed the blouse on to a chair , took the glass Culley was offering , sipped , set it down , then unzipped her skirt and let it drop . |