Example sentences of "her [noun sg] and [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Flustered , she handed him her case and he took it with a strong hand , his face hard . |
| 2 | He looked in her direction and they exchanged smiles and Ruth somehow felt that if Steve thought she was in trouble and needed bailing out he would come over immediately . |
| 3 | ‘ A woman sees the home as her base and she dresses to complement that environment almost as part of the decoration . |
| 4 | The door opened as she was counting her change and he looked suspiciously at the coins in her palm . |
| 5 | He released her as suddenly as he had come to her support and she grasped quickly and covertly at the back of another chair , not wanting him to know that her numbed leg was tingling painfully now . |
| 6 | ‘ You 've done great too , ’ she hugged her sister and they wheeled one another round on the garden path until the flowerbeds were in danger . |
| 7 | One rather exciting will home made will I hasten to add I dealt with last year , the lady of some who was not getting on with her husband and I think although I 'm not absolutely sure that the handwriting is that of her sister and we have this form filled in and it mentioned the bank or special savings account and it mentioned the premium bonds and it mentioned everything in the back bedroom and the linen in the linen and the linen cupboard because she 'd brought all this lot and it failed to appoint an executor and it failed to deal with the residuary estate it meant that technically there was a partial intestacy , as there was a partial intestacy the rules applied to that , first person to inherit ? |
| 8 | Theresa Nolan , after having a medical termination on psychiatric grounds , had left a suicide note for her grandparents which they had confirmed was in her handwriting and which made her intention to kill herself plain beyond any doubt . |
| 9 | Sarah 's hand went to her chest and she struggled to find breath . |
| 10 | I mean I did n't realise cos she had these lumps coming out of her chest and I thought she had cancer . |
| 11 | She swam for 40 km ( 25 miles ) in the shark-infested Indian Ocean , but she had cut her foot and she saw half a dozen sharks trailing her . |
| 12 | The action jarred her foot and she winced , but it did n't seem to ache as much as yesterday . |
| 13 | Slowly , gently , he eased off her T-shirt and she smiled with pleasure as his breath was sharply exhaled at the sight of her semi-nakedness . |
| 14 | Gives her income and it 's balanced by her allowances and if you move not sufficient to , for the income to exceed that then at the same time it goes into a bank or building society you apply for them not to deduct income . |
| 15 | She unfastened her cloak and he took it from her , noticing as he did so the brocade gown that so exactly matched the colour of her eyes . |
| 16 | His hands slid into her hair and he lifted her face to him . |
| 17 | She stood up , her eyes burning , and began walking steadily towards the water , but before she could get there she felt his hand in her hair and he pulled her to face him . |
| 18 | I washed and curled her hair and she wore a lovely pink bodice to go home in . |
| 19 | Branches clawed at her hair and she felt like she had done years ago , waiting for Jezrael to catch up , knowing she was going to be late for school , but she could n't leave her sister to struggle in on her own . |
| 20 | And when her maids had got her dressed and done her hair and she had breakfasted by her tall windows overlooking her manicured rose-garden and a green , daisy-starred meadow , she had nothing to alarm her throughout the day but the possibility of a visit from the formidable Mrs Covington-Pym or the awkwardness , as she took her carriage-exercise , of encountering the wife of her dear friend Mr Adolphus Moon who had made himself so very agreeable . |
| 21 | He leaned closer still , his warm breath ruffling through her hair and she had to fight against an almost overwhelming desire to lay her head on his broad shoulder and feel his arms close around her . |
| 22 | The other snaked into her hair and she tried to twist away from him , her eyes blazing in fury , but he was too strong , and his mouth claimed hers in a kiss that was brutal in its intensity . |
| 23 | She dodged sideways but her frozen muscles would n't respond and she half fell , clawing upwards again like an athlete on the starting-block but another shot scorched through the mud in her hair and she slumped to her knees in despair . |
| 24 | The words murmured through her hair and she nodded , barely able to speak . |
| 25 | Lucy 's hand moved through her hair and she clenched her teeth against the tantalising sensation . |
| 26 | She had taken off the ribbon that kept back her hair and it hung about her shoulders , much longer than Seb had realised . |
| 27 | ‘ That afternoon the matron of Abigail 's hospital rang from Bristol to tell us her lungs had finally got the better of her heart and she 'd died an hour ago . |
| 28 | Pain struck at her heart and she said thickly , ‘ I … |
| 29 | Ronni could hear the beating of her heart and she fancied she could hear the beat of Guido 's , too — beating with hopeless love for Silvia . |
| 30 | As soon as the camera lights were switched on , it triggered the churning emotions in her heart and she broke down and wept inconsolably . |