Example sentences of "her [noun] [adv] [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He laughed under his breath and looked at her with reluctant appreciation , but Alyssia did n't notice because she was staring out of the window at the passing scenery , keeping her fingers tightly crossed that the car would n't stop wheezing and die completely on them before they reached Nice . |
| 2 | By the end of the afternoon she had replaced her wardrobe from top to tail , had acquired an evening dress that was out of this world , and had had her hair freshly washed and styled . |
| 3 | Athelstan 's pleasure increased when-he saw that Benedicta , her hair now braided and hidden under a wimple , had a small basket by her side in preparation for their journey to Smithfield . |
| 4 | She would have her hair nicely done and I might be doing a bit of sewing . |
| 5 | And then her heart almost stopped as she remembered — and wondered instantly how she could ever have forgotten . |
| 6 | She would then , on the vague premise that they might meet , have had her words all sorted and ready , and would have told him that Rosemary , in the flat opposite … |
| 7 | Ruth struggled for words , her mind so confused that she could n't rein a coherent thought to the surface . |
| 8 | Isabel lay looking up at him , her lips softly parted and moist from his kisses , eyes heavy-lidded with love and longing . |
| 9 | Yet her face reamined tilted up towards his , her lips softly puckered as though to welcome a kiss . |
| 10 | Mildred kept her eyes firmly closed as the chief magician opened the box and intoned the release spell . |
| 11 | Blinking her eyes rapidly to try and clear her head , Sarah said , ‘ Come inside and I 'll go and look . ’ |
| 12 | What she never admitted was that in the beginning , she had been terrified of this new mode of travel and the first few miles had been passed with her eyes tightly closed and her lips moving in prayer . |
| 13 | And her eyes too shone as she looked at the two men sitting there . |
| 14 | ‘ Oh , Luke , ’ she groaned , her eyes still closed and the tormenting vision still vivid on her mind . |
| 15 | Her rival never rebuilt and had to give up . ’ |
| 16 | If her brothers even suspected that she had been with a boy , all hell would break loose . |
| 17 | And then her legs gently folded and she subsided slowly on the step , ungainly as a marionette . |
| 18 | Not a muscle of Nan 's face moved , her stroke never faltered as she brushed and watched the flakes fall down on the newspaper she had spread beneath . |
| 19 | WENTWORTH 's Sally Prosser retained her eight-stroke overnight lead when she added a 71 to her opening 64 in the second round of the JAL Malaysia Open at Rahman Putra in Kuala Lumpur yesterday . |
| 20 | When his hands cupped her swollen breasts she tilted her head back willingly , her mouth already open as he bent his dark head to hers . |
| 21 | When the lights came up the girl looked at the audience , her mouth slowly opened and on her face was an expression of incredulity . |
| 22 | Her performance brought the house down and as they stood to go back and see her Maggie suddenly realised that Mitch was no longer there . |
| 23 | Her hand trembled but she could n't even tear her gaze away to check whether any of the liquid had spilt , as Rune 's low , intense voice continued smoothly . |
| 24 | Her feet still hurt and she felt the tingle of cramp in her right arm where Jane 's head rested heavily . |
| 25 | Elaine Fifield did not always keep her feet fully pointed nor knees stretched , even when on pointe . |
| 26 | Her ordeal finally ended when her car broke down on the A559 , near Cransley Private School in Great Budworth , Northwich . |
| 27 | So , for example , the consent of the victim is no defence to a charge of murder or , in the case of an assault , ‘ that the victim thought his or her punishment well deserved and submitted to it ’ . |
| 28 | Getting the car right is far more important than any girlfriend at this moment , ’ Kate answered , her brow already furrowed as she studied the print-outs of the car 's performance . |
| 29 | Each goal is planned for a week but some may possibly require longer ; our dieter will have to take extra time if it is taking her body longer to adjust than she anticipates at the start . |
| 30 | In spite of herself , Shiona was aware of a warming of her skin from her scalp to her toes , and her reaction both humiliated and angered her . |