Example sentences of "her [noun pl] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ellen was polishing the furniture with beeswax , but collected her cloths and went out of the room wordlessly when Paul entered , shutting the door after her . |
| 2 | She countered by deliberately breaking the rules , exhausting her opponents and winning by default . |
| 3 | If not directly representing the official political party just yet , she was anxious to push her views and get her army of young fans to follow suit , and help save the planet . |
| 4 | Iris clasped her ankles and rocked gently to and fro , shaking her head . |
| 5 | With a sigh of relief as the second tile slotted into place , she replaced the chisel in her back pocket and began to edge backwards until Leo could grasp her ankles and guide her feet to the top of the ladder . |
| 6 | Iris rocked to and fro , clasping her ankles and shaking her head . |
| 7 | The boy who deliberately confused English and German to create a language all to himself , the girl who pulled off her toenails , the boy who refused to speak for days on end , the girl who hid all her possessions and swore that others had stolen them - all these and many more were classed as difficult but just about manageable . |
| 8 | Diana will put on a united front for the sake of her sons and spend Christmas Day at Sandringham with the other Royals . |
| 9 | THE Philippine President , Mrs Corazon Aquino , lashed out at her enemies and mobilised popular support behind her beleaguered government yesterday at a rally attended by thousands of Filipinos . |
| 10 | President Corazon Aquino of the Philippines lashed out at her enemies and mobilised popular support behind her beleaguered government during a rally attended by thousands of Filipinos . |
| 11 | She tied up her ribbons and laid William gently in the cradle before saying , ‘ I think he will sleep now . |
| 12 | Robyn glances up from her notes and sweeps the audience with her eyes . |
| 13 | She finished her notes and looked at the list of suspects . |
| 14 | Now she felt the need to be alone for a while in order to look over her notes and see if they would help her in her plans for the future . |
| 15 | A little later , Emily was looking through her accounts and came across a bill for French calf ; thoughtfully , she turned it over in her hands , Hari would need to buy the calf too and the usual practice was to pay for it at the end of the month . |
| 16 | ‘ He would listen to her opinions and treat her seriously . |
| 17 | He was an Alsatian/Labrador cross and Dawn , perhaps because she could see that he was just a big , overweight softie and no threat whatsoever , dropped her defences and began to relax in his company . |
| 18 | He motioned an unwilling Adjutant and Sergeant out ahead of him and stood by the open door , frowning so deeply that Clarissa would have followed if Charity had n't risked leaving her defences and staked all on a final devastating attack . |
| 19 | Had she been of any other class , he would long ago have stormed her defences and conquered . |
| 20 | Surely she was still as determined as ever not to allow anyone to creep through her defences and make her care ? |
| 21 | She would rebuild her defences and cope alone , the way she had always done . |
| 22 | ‘ She became plain both in Speech and Habit ’ , alienating her employers and losing her pupils . |
| 23 | What is perhaps of great importance is the fact that she challenged the decision of her employers and won the case against all odds . |
| 24 | In an instant the coldness of her fury evaporated and her heart was flooded with a tide of raw emotions — excitement , confusion and a desperate yearning that tore at her insides and left her breathless , as though she had been knocked to the ground and run over by a steam train . |
| 25 | His deep chuckle curled round her insides and squeezed . |
| 26 | Later , in her bedroom , her ladyship showed me her bruises and asked : ‘ Sue , what has happened to Diana ? |
| 27 | Her behaviour towards Falati was in breach of a promise she had made to her husband before the trial that she would curb her temper and her excesses and maintain a low profile , the ANC sources said . |
| 28 | Aunt Sarah 's rug needle dropped from her fingers and clattered on the stone floor . |
| 29 | She held out a thin hand covered with huge , glittering rings that were loose on her fingers and said , ‘ Come and sit here , pretty child . |
| 30 | She pinned them bravely to the shoulder of her dress , touched the blooms lightly with her fingers and said to the room at large , |