Example sentences of "her [noun sg] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | As she flopped down in a corner seat , Constance looked at the man pushing her case on to the rack opposite . |
| 2 | She dropped her robe on to the stool near by and stepped into the water , sinking slowly down into the warmth . |
| 3 | Phyllisia too stood up to her father when he says he is going to send her and her sister back to the West Indies . |
| 4 | Virginia pushed her bike on to the grass-verge and stood under the heavy foliage of the trees for shelter . |
| 5 | Drawing a deep breath , she pushed her bike up to the gate . |
| 6 | She nearly lost a shoe pulling her foot out of the hole behind her . |
| 7 | The thought of Norman 's discomfiture at finding her gone cheered her a little and she pressed her foot down on the accelerator , anxious to distance herself from the three of them , to reach the safety of home . |
| 8 | She put her foot down on the pedal and the car leaped forward . |
| 9 | The engine fired and she pushed her foot down on the accelerator so that the fierce roar echoed her feelings of pent-up frustration . |
| 10 | With the Further Education Centre now providing facilities for some 40 or more physical activity and Yoga classes , someone had to get her foot in at the door in those early days ! |
| 11 | On Thursday , her half-day off from the shop , as Rachaela was sitting in her chair listening to Tchaikovsky ballet music , the door sounded . |
| 12 | She was wearing the huge red skirt she had made out of some curtains someone had sent to the jumble , and a black polo-necked jersey , and she had tied her hair up with the Indian scarf Luke had given her for Christmas . |
| 13 | She washed hurriedly , then pulled on her old jeans and jersey and tied her hair back with the shoelace . |
| 14 | She looked about her at the freshness of the morning , then laughed and , pulling her hair out of the tight bun she had secured it in to ride , shook her head . |
| 15 | Despite the sunshine , it was a crisp , cold day , and she pulled up the collar of her black jacket , flicking the long auburn mane of her hair out of the way . |
| 16 | Leith , having popped along to her bedroom to take her hair out of the knot she had worn it in all day , was having serious thoughts about her actions — inviting him for a meal , for goodness ' sake ! |
| 17 | Her hair down from the secret of her ears , |
| 18 | Then to stop her crying , anything to stop that , he had to buy her the set of antique-look brass fire-irons she had set her heart on for the lounge , to give an extra touch of authenticity to the rustic stone fireplace and the imitation-log gas fire . |
| 19 | Rachel flopped exhausted into the long white sofa and wrote a long letter to Jenny , pouring her heart out for the first time in three weeks , telling her everything that had happened since she left . |
| 20 | Diana poured her heart out about the publicity , her sense of isolation and fears about what the future held in store . |
| 21 | We look forward to his arrival in Britannia again and Boudicca is saving some good legs for him , — in fact they belong to a soldier of the IXth Legion who did n't hear her shout ‘ Get outta the way you stupid git ’ when she was trying her chariot out on the new road . |
| 22 | The old lady took all her money out of the bank and made plans to leave Sheffield the next day . |
| 23 | The Collector 's eye came to rest on the corner where Miriam lay ; she was too weak to help Dr McNab now , but although she could no longer be of any service to the ailing figures who lay nearby , she had refused to let the Collector move her mattress up to the dais where the air was better and where cholera clouds would be less likely to hang ( if such things existed , which of course they had been proved not to by Dr McNab , but all the same … ) . |
| 24 | He rose and helped her to her feet , steadying her as she eased her weight on to the injured ankle . |
| 25 | She opened her car door , and tossed her handbag on to the passenger-seat . |
| 26 | Anne came into the kitchen , dumped her handbag on to the table and gawped in astonishment . |
| 27 | Bringing her mind back to the keys she suggested having a photograph taken so that there would be a record of them if it was ever needed . |
| 28 | ‘ Stupendous — spectacular , ’ she offered distractedly , forcing her mind back to the mind-fazing wonders of the gorge running between mountains of pure marble and through thirty-eight tunnels , and even spanned at one point by a bridge of marble . |
| 29 | He 'd looked as though he was really pleased to see her , not awkward or evasive , and as he continued to watch her she hastily dragged her mind back to the matter in hand . |
| 30 | She blinked , pulling her mind back to the present . |