Example sentences of "her [conj] [vb past] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was something of kinship about her that registered on a purely instinctive level , and in a way that the thing could not interpret . |
| 2 | Aunt Margaret glanced round for something with which to distract her and darted to the corner where the cage was . |
| 3 | Well , she 'd lost her bonus now , she observed ruefully to herself as the tall dark stranger turned once more to look at her and remarked in a scathing tone of voice , ‘ I would say that , considering the state your car 's in , about the only thing it 's good for is to be used as a battering-ram . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ She told me that you phoned her and asked for a meeting in town . ’ |
| 5 | The shop-woman smiled at her and asked after the bereaved family . |
| 6 | She wept softly , while he held her and believed in the augury that this happiness could not possibly end in death on a battlefield , for such an end would be against all that was good and sweet and lovely in the world . |
| 7 | He turned away from her and walked to a tall window which overlooked a formal garden with little hedges , statues and fountains . |
| 8 | He released her and walked to the parked car . |
| 9 | Matthew turned his eyes away from her and walked to the window at the end of the drawing-room . |
| 10 | She wrapped a towel around her and ran to the sitting-room , swearing under her breath . |
| 11 | Laughing , she dodged his attempts to catch her and ran to the door . |
| 12 | She turned from her and ran down the stairs and into the yard , there to stand for a moment petrified when she saw the young fellow lying on his side , the blood oozing from somewhere above his ear . |
| 13 | Dada took the book from her and looked at the first page . |
| 14 | When they stood up she thought with ill-humoured relief that Nicole was about to step into her car and drive away , but Piers turned to her and said in a flat voice , ‘ I 'll see you later . |
| 15 | He looked at her and said in a hard voice , ‘ I do n't suppose you know what it 's like to feel simply damned useless . ’ |
| 16 | Jenna grinned at her and got into the car , looking around with pleasure as Marguerite reversed from the garage and turned to the track . |
| 17 | She turned up the volume of the calypso tape Elaine had given her and sang at the top of her voice , thinking about whether to have a formal dinner party for the charity night , as Pauline suggested , or a more casual fancy-dress party on Halloween , which was what she would prefer . |
| 18 | ‘ Shelley — ’ But the last stroke had sounded , its echo drifting away into the night , and with a frown of anxiety , he pulled himself away from her and disappeared through the door . |
| 19 | She sat on the corner of the old sofa with her legs folded under her and stared at the window , willing the oil lamp not to sputter and distort the sounds that belonged to the night : the true night that lay outside in the garden and the valley and held dominion over the hills . |
| 20 | Dad heard her and came down the stairs . |
| 21 | I did not know what it could be , but I tried to reassure her and went up the road to where the policeman lived . |
| 22 | The second man released her and went into the hall to collect two coats and a hat . |
| 23 | Then , with a sound of disgust , Feargal pushed past her and went into the house . |
| 24 | She never knew how often Lachlan looked at her and thought of a slenderer , more elegant figure . |
| 25 | Later , as she pulled the sheets around her and listened to the night sounds from her bedroom Juliet rememberd the birds on the river , and the cool grass beneath them , and the love they 'd shared . |
| 26 | Then he looked at her and smiled in a shamefaced way . |
| 27 | The relief of escaping from his company was so intense that she felt as if she 'd been wired up to an electric charge for the last few hours and someone had finally taken pity on her and turned off the power . |
| 28 | She closed the door gently behind her and turned towards the road . |
| 29 | She walked up a gravel drive crowded with large cars , past an old-fashioned wooden pavilion and two clay tennis courts , ignored the adult game going on in front of her and started around the boundary to the second and much smaller game in the far corner . |
| 30 | Isabel saw his face go taut an instant before he whipped an arm around her and dived for the floor , taking her down with him . |