Example sentences of "her [noun sg] [v-ing] [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tears stung her eyes a moment at the thought of her sister losing her identity ; Jezrael asked herself if the grief was for Ches or selfishly for her own loss . |
| 2 | He moves his head again to get comfortable , her hair brushing his jaw . |
| 3 | Kate lay back against the pillows , her hair framing her face in a golden aureole . |
| 4 | A second later she had fallen to the ground , her hair covering her eyes so that she had only a vague impression of the man bending over her . |
| 5 | To her amazement , she found these thoughts constantly interrupted by , it seemed , a quite different section of her mind wondering what Mike 's kiss would have felt like . |
| 6 | With his hand cool and firm on the back of her neck holding her head in place , she could hardly refuse , and in any case it was sensible advice . |
| 7 | She had two policewomen with her , one sitting by her side holding her hand , and the other at the foot of the bed . |
| 8 | Finally the tram got underway and as it started to pull up at the end of the track by the foot of Duke Street Hill Carrie was already out of her seat and waiting on the platform at the rear of the vehicle , with Fred at her side gripping her arm for fear that she would fall off before it actually stopped . |
| 9 | ‘ Those bruises were caused by her assailant gripping her arms during the attack . ’ |
| 10 | She leaned across and took her ticket , the cold rush of air as she wound down her window making her shiver , in spite of her warm suit . |
| 11 | Ruth looked down fondly at Lilian , who lay placidly on her lap sucking her thumb , and she smiled . |
| 12 | It seemed to be about a young woman , thinking aloud as she went about her home doing her chores . |
| 13 | A eight-year-old girl has been orphaned after a fire swept through her home killing her parents and little brother . |
| 14 | Mary , Queen of Scots , descended her rostrum extending her hands in greeting . |
| 15 | She stood up , her indignation fuelling her feelings , all the pent-up resentment of years coming to the surface . |
| 16 | In the icy post-mortem , held in assembly the following day , the greatest crime we were condemned for was not the shouting and shrieking , but the fact that : ‘ One gal was sitting on her desk combing her hair ! ’ |
| 17 | She intends to spend her retirement tending her garden and will help with some out-of-school activities such as outings and taking the football team to its matches . |
| 18 | She presents her body resting her weight on one leg with the other bent to the side . |
| 19 | Elaine can not bear the thought of her husband using her handkerchief . |
| 20 | You will recall that Mrs Carrington spoke of her husband losing his rationality , and yet that he wanted to retain control over his fate . |
| 21 | Muttering under her breath , she flung back the covers and swung her long legs out of bed , the flimsy material of her nightdress caressing her thighs as she padded barefoot to the kitchen to fetch a couple of aspirin . |
| 22 | She had worshipped Hendry as she watched him on TV marching to his second Embassy world title last April and made nightly notes in her diary detailing her adulation . |
| 23 | She lingered still beneath the rushlight , the mark on her finger drawing her eyes irresistibly . |
| 24 | An elderly lady who owned one of the bigger villas , Mrs Richards was a well-known figure on the complex , trotting along to the sauna with her parasol shielding her face from the hot sun , and eating paella regularly at Don Pedro 's restaurant before taking a dip in the pool . |
| 25 | ‘ I asked you to leave , ’ she said , the effort of reining in her anger making her voice tremble . |
| 26 | Antoinette 's legs , white and bare , black and white folds of her dress skimming her knees , her sandalled feet bound in black straps . |
| 27 | Her voice betraying her anxiety and doubt , she demanded , ‘ Were you ? ’ |
| 28 | TATUM O'Neal has a new man in her life following her rift with husband John McEnroe , it was claimed yesterday . |
| 29 | Does he think she will spend the rest of her life milking his cows and goats ? |
| 30 | That really is the limit : there 's a string of her spit linking my cheek and her chin . |