Example sentences of "her [noun] [conj] [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She took the cigarette stub from her holder and replaced it with a fresh one . |
| 2 | An oriental girl dressed as a matador wrenched off her domino and threw herself at me . |
| 3 | She went and took a grey pleated skirt from her case and zipped herself into it . |
| 4 | With a snort of laughter , she returned to her case and humped it on to the bed . |
| 5 | Hearing his feverish mutter of gratification as his hands parted her robe and found her flesh unconfined beneath it , save for a little pair of loose silky pants , she accepted a power almost equal to his over her . |
| 6 | They cut , and the actress scrambled up and examined her knees ; a woman from Wardrobe ran up and gave her a change of mack , and bent to apply panstick to her hands where they had been dirtied by the wrecker's-yard floor ; she checked her hose and brushed her hair and the actress shook her head slowly from side to side so that it fluffed . |
| 7 | Changing his mind , and watching in the mirror , he slipped his hands underneath her jaw and pulled her gently up again . |
| 8 | I would like to thank for the enthusiasm and commitment she has given to her ante-natal classes and I know that past ‘ students ’ will have been greatly reassured during their pregnancies by , appreciated her teaching and enjoyed her sense of humour . |
| 9 | As she climbed the stairs Sally could hear the low voices and the giggles coming from the bedroom she shared with her sister and knew what it meant . |
| 10 | It was all she had left now , so she had thanked her sister and left it at that . |
| 11 | She glared at her sister and kicked her under the table . |
| 12 | She squatted by her sister and cuddled her because she was small and plump and happy . |
| 13 | Once she had turned the corner and the house was hidden from view , she jumped off her bike and pushed it through the maze of potholes that pitted the drive as it meandered the half mile to the main gates . |
| 14 | The pain radiated across her chest and pierced her neck . |
| 15 | She began to scream , high , sharp screams that tore at her chest and hurt her throat . |
| 16 | She brought her knees up to her chest and wrapped her goose-bumped arms around them . |
| 17 | Nan had seen Benny studying her foot and thought it must be paining her . |
| 18 | And now she did what she had promised herself she would do , and lifted her foot and aimed it at the nun 's shin . |
| 19 | I was quite open to her presence and accepted her as part of the household and she charmed me very nicely — she was good at that . |
| 20 | In an instant the coldness of her fury evaporated and her heart was flooded with a tide of raw emotions — excitement , confusion and a desperate yearning that tore at her insides and left her breathless , as though she had been knocked to the ground and run over by a steam train . |
| 21 | She raced upstairs to her apartment and threw herself on the bedcover , a Welsh patchwork quilt in a soft pattern of cream and pink . |
| 22 | Storming over to the table , she snatched up her briefcase and flicked it open . |
| 23 | She thought about it all morning , and was so depressed by the afternoon that she put on her cloak and found her way to where Gabriel lived . |
| 24 | Peg ceased her knitting and raised her head . |
| 25 | The choice was taken from her when a gust of wind suddenly snatched the door from her fingers and slammed it tight shut . |
| 26 | With a lunge , he grabbed the bag from between her fingers and flung it across the parquet , where it landed with a thump before skidding to rest beneath a radiator , then before she could react to such a flare of violence he was reaching out for her , dragging her into his embrace , his lips ravening hungrily over her own with a fever of desire that sent shock waves of fear and desire quivering through her . |
| 27 | ’ She snapped her cigarette in her fingers and burnt her knuckle . |
| 28 | He touched her fingers and searched her face with suspicious eyes . |
| 29 | Mother licked cream from the ice-cave interior of the meringue , then broke off part of the superstructure with her fingers and popped it into her mouth . |
| 30 | Aggie turned her head slightly away , took up the knife that was lying to the side of her plate , cut a piece of meat in two , then picked it up with her fingers and ate it ; then she turned to the child and said , ‘ What 's your second name ? ’ |