Example sentences of "her [noun] that she [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | KATRIN KRABBE 'S hopes of avoiding a four-year doping ban received a boost yesterday when it was revealed that influential scientific reports backed up her case that she did not take banned steroids . |
| 2 | It seemed rather typical of her luck that she had ended up with the wrong sort of cat , and she could n't help wondering if Miss Hardbroom had made sure that the misfit kitten had been given to Mildred , rather than someone like Ethel . |
| 3 | It had seemed right in that split second ; now she wished with all her heart that she had n't done it . |
| 4 | And the best of everything , Ronni found herself thinking , though wishing with all her heart that she had n't thought it . |
| 5 | He smiled and there was no triumph , only genuine pleasure that she had accepted his offer , and Ruth knew in her heart that she had nothing to fear from this man . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's not that , ’ Fabia began , certain in her heart that she had now scuppered every last chance of that interview with Ven , but with Cara having more than enough to worry about with Barney still so poorly , not wanting to give her something else to be upset about . |
| 7 | She knew in her heart that she did not need drugs , she needed rest , patience and understanding from those around her . |
| 8 | Jane Pargeter was not particularly popular on the programme either , but several people who had been at the party supported her story that she had not left the party at all until Nicola 's body had been found . |
| 9 | She 's got ta go tell her mum that she does n't me , she does n't want any meat on the erm pizza cos it 's meant to be a vegetarian . |
| 10 | In Jean et Blonde , the hero 's beloved , although English , is described in terms of perfection , and the fact that ‘ There was just a suspicion in her speech/ That she had not been born at Pontoise ’ is a very minor and venial offence against courloisie . |
| 11 | Her friend Rory Scott remembers her eating a 11b bag of sweets in short order during a bridge evening while her admission that she ate a bowl of custard before she went to bed added to the perplexity concerning her diet . |
| 12 | It was no good saying in her defence that she 'd only meant to be Cara Kingsdale for an hour , because things had n't worked out that way . |
| 13 | It was the day she made up her mind that she met Andrew on the Moor . |
| 14 | ‘ Do n't you see — ca n't you remember how it was ? ’ he asked , when everything was so indelibly imprinted on her mind that she knew she would never forget a moment of it . |
| 15 | There was no doubt in her mind that she had met a truly extraordinary mathematical brain , and words like child-genius and prodigy went flitting through her head . |
| 16 | He had jolted open a door in her mind that she had been keeping carefully shut . |
| 17 | Except that there was the very disturbing thought lodged somewhere in her mind that she did n't want it to be harmless . |
| 18 | He could tell by her eyes that she had closed her mind to him . |
| 19 | Looking at Winnie , who , it might be , closed her eyes that she did not see his teeth . |
| 20 | The walk there took only about ten minutes and she thought that even with the frightening weakness in her legs that she had discovered the first time she got out of bed she ought to manage that distance . |
| 21 | After all , it had n't really been her fault that she became mixed up in Jack 's business affairs . |
| 22 | He 's wonderful ! ’ she said and looked at the counsellor like someone confessing to her girlfriend that she has fallen in love . |
| 23 | Earlier she had , despite Newman 's warning , made a brief call to INCUBUS headquarters , leaving a message for her boss that she 'd left for England . |
| 24 | Ondine , the sea nymph ( Margot Fonteyn ) so used her feet that she appeared always to float through water . |
| 25 | This was the first time she had seen Naylor since her discovery that she loved him . |
| 26 | She did not consciously know that , with Luke 's swift co-operation , she had rid him of his tie , nor that she was left unaided to tear at his shirt buttons with frantic fingers ; and it was only through her senses that she knew when she came to hard flesh and soft springy hair , her palm sliding damply over his chest , fingers catching luxuriously in the light tangle of hair covering it . |
| 27 | Now and again there was a light in his eyes , a far-off look , that was so appealing to her senses that she had to break it to ease her own pain . |
| 28 | She murmured that Nicola Sharpe had told her editor that she had been given a really good story by someone in the Drugs Squad . |
| 29 | and they 're not a bad price for all that , you see and I 'd get rid of her wardrobes that she 's got |
| 30 | So vivid was her imagination that she became adept at having conversations with him in which he was always making her laugh , always being to her the sort of person she longed to have as a life companion . |