Example sentences of "her [noun sg] [adv] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You know you 're not telling me the truth , Barbara , ’ said Cardiff , shining the torch in her direction now that Jimmy Devlin 's torches arrangement was lighting up the basement like the stage of some avant-garde theatre . |
| 2 | So saying , she bustled Theda back behind the curtain , bidding her change quickly that they might visit a milliner , and prudently went away to confer with Antoinette . |
| 3 | There seemed to be a block in her chest so that she could not breathe properly . |
| 4 | The terror bound her chest so that her breath came in the short , dry , painful gasps of a dying asthmatic . |
| 5 | She bit her bottom lip , brought her arms together at her chest so that her hands met at her mouth . |
| 6 | For whether or no she had been instrumental in the making of that despicable will , it was her presence here that had caused it to be made . |
| 7 | The older Colonel beamed about him and Hope tried to execute yet another manoeuvre with Miss D'Arcy — to get her to conspire ( silently of course and with the finest subtlety ) with him against her guardian so that the two of them could be saying ‘ what a dear old gentleman he is ’ and use this to draw closer together . |
| 8 | She had changed into a loose gauzy nightdress and released her hair so that it fell , witch-like , over her shoulders . |
| 9 | The tears were moistening her hair so that it clung to her cheeks , and they did n't look like stopping . |
| 10 | A breeze sprang up , playfully teasing the chestnut curls of her hair so that they fluttered and tumbled against the banner . |
| 11 | If the occasion arises that your parent is seriously ill and wishes you ( or some other relative or close friend ) to act for her and have access to some of her money so that you can pay her bills and buy her anything she needs , she can grant what is known as ‘ Power of Attorney ’ . |
| 12 | Without consideration he ripped the tape from her skin so that she winced with the searing pain . |
| 13 | It crossed her mind fleetingly that perhaps this was the attraction for Benedict Beckenham . |
| 14 | He did n't know whether Alice ever thought of it , or whether the trauma had erased it from her mind so that she now believed the version he had formulated , had taken the lie into her unconscious and made it her truth . |
| 15 | And then he pulled her in close again and ravaged her neck so that Robyn shrieked aloud and knew all the while that she was falling deeper and deeper … |
| 16 | She turned on her side so that , if the mouse on the ceiling began a stealthy movement , she would not see it . |
| 17 | When the Dauphine had just given birth ( in front of numerous ambassadors , foreign princes and courtiers ) , a sheep was skinned alive in her bedroom so that the exhausted mother could be wrapped in its fleece . |
| 18 | Her heart seemed to go climbing up inside her chest , but it was n't till Jake 's hand clamped over her mouth again that she realized she 'd been about to scream . |
| 19 | Anna could hear Edward calling but she kept in her hiding place , covering her mouth so that he would n't hear her laugh . |
| 20 | Her smooth , happy look was gone and she was screwing up her eyes and her mouth so that her whole face seemed crumpled . |
| 21 | The bird brought her food , dropping it into her mouth so that she should not have to stop for the nourishment she needed in order to have enough strength to carry on . |
| 22 | There are small twigs digging into her back , she is angry , pushes against him , but he pays no attention , carries on , his hands exploring , he is smiling down at her and when he lowers his head the water from his hair seeps into her mouth so that she tastes the lake , the fish smell of deep water , sees the sun brilliant through the branches behind his head , blinding her eyes , sun specks floating , she closes them as he moves against her . |
| 23 | ‘ Doan speak English , n the mother said in the voice of a record , turning the child on her lap so that its back now faced me . |
| 24 | She could taste blood now on her lips where her own teeth had bitten them , could see blood flecking her vision , hear it pounding in her ears as she ran , propelled by the first hot rush of her panic so that when she collided with the rough corner of a market stall she did not feel it ; when she stumbled again and scrambled to her feet she was unaware of her grazed hands and knees ; heedless of brewers ' drays , the hooves of heavy horses ; the outrage of the passers-by she pushed aside ; the woman with the heavy market basket she knocked over . |
| 25 | ‘ No man could come near to imagining the anguish experienced by a woman when she is forced to give away her child so that she herself may live ! ’ |
| 26 | In this , the offender re-describes his or her act so that its offensiveness may be overlooked or discounted . |
| 27 | Ambition and power could not be swayed by love or foolish dreams , and the message was not lost on Rachel as she faced the reality of her marriage now that the honeymoon — how clichés suddenly made sense ! — was over . |
| 28 | They had turned her pillow so that it was fresh , and the tawdry finery had long since been replaced by a smooth , pale quilt that reached to her breast . |
| 29 | ‘ I presume , Grimm , ’ she said , ‘ you can gimmick her armour so that she can be switched off by any of us if she misbehaves ? ’ |
| 30 | Suppose that a man enters premises as a trespasser and upon encountering a woman instructs her to remove her clothing so that he can have intercourse with her . |