Example sentences of "her [noun pl] [conj] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 When , however , we examine her definitions and her evidence we find that the differences she discovers in performance skills are no more than differences in explicitness , of the kind noted by Labov .
2 She was on the point of telling him about her investigations but it was all so uncertain and there was no point in raising false hopes .
3 Repetition is likewise the musician practising her scales until she can be consistent every time , so that while she performs she can think about the music itself rather than the individual notes .
4 Between them , the deceased Dr Alethea Ward and the surviving Rita Ablewhite directed Liz Ablewhite towards Cambridge , and Liz in her turn handed the same knowledge on to her stepsons and her daughters .
5 I pinched her withers and she did n't complain … it had to be something else .
6 However , she is prepared to relax her views as she is currently looking for an accountant who is willing to do her books in return for , er , payment in kind .
7 She wanted to check on some of her cultures before they left the building , so they went up to the third floor and along a corridor lined with rooms numbered for experimentation and behavioural study .
8 And that 's the reason they believed why her vegetables and her yams grew so .
9 Elizabeth had done all she could in the circumstances to provide the best possible start in life for her sons once her husband had died .
10 ‘ Now that her marriage has finally split , there are only two things that she cares about in life : her sons and her charity work .
11 In spite of frequent and prolonged separation from them , she was devoted to her sons and they to her , and the death of her elder son , Lionel , from tuberculosis in 1890 was a shattering blow .
12 Anna only went to her meetings if she was accompanied , and never after dark because she trusted no-one else to guard the children .
13 The words of the text are as follows : ‘ This was woman herself , with her sudden fears , her irrational whims , her instinctive worries , her impetuous boldness , her fussings and her delicious sensibility . ’
14 Er I 've got some notes here which I can go through would n't actually be necessary but When Sally-Ann 's going through her notes if anyone else would like raise anything which backs it up or disagrees with it or whatever then , you know please you know butt in and say whatever think might might be relevant at the time .
15 Lindsey was putting the finishing touches to her notes when someone tapped at the door and a dark-haired girl popped her head round .
16 Although the blindfold was removed as she was ‘ kicked out of the car ’ , Joanna did not catch a glimpse of her kidnappers or their vehicle .
17 She approached her employers because she had decided she would like to set up her own business .
18 Now he pretended to be waving his cape at the bull and executed a neat veronica , then she kicked her leg up backwards and touched her heel with her fingers while he looked scornfully on with one hand behind his back palm facing outwards .
19 This generous man with guinea-gold hair had come into her life so unexpectedly , but she just knew that like a guinea he would slip through her fingers before she had a chance to know him better .
20 When the woman put her hand up to protect herself the man grabbed two rings off her fingers but they were later recovered in the car .
21 I released her fingers but I could n't drag my eyes away from the gleam of gold as it winked tantalisingly at me .
22 ’ He reached out to touch her fingers where they rested on the table .
23 She felt the wetness spread , down over her fingers and her thighs .
24 Then the flames licked at her fingers and she dropped what was left of True Love at her high-heeled feet .
25 The heavy panels gave way at last beneath her fingers and she lurched out on to the terrace , crossed it , then raced over the wide sweep of lawn .
26 A shudder ran through him at the touch of her fingers and he drew her closer , crushing her against the powerful length of his body so that she could feel his heart thundering against her breast .
27 His mouth smothered hers again and she was aware of his taut , hard body lying across her own pliant form , aware of the roughness of his chest , the sculptured contours of muscle that rippled through her fingers as they clutched and stroked at his skin .
28 Crouched in the shadows , Scathach watched , but his eyes were on Tallis , not on her fingers as they moved swiftly over the charm .
29 He let her go , but retained hold of her fingers as his face became serious .
30 She watched him through her fingers as he went down the garden and bent over the hole .
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