Example sentences of "her [noun sg] at the " in BNC.

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1 Ms Hoey , who strengthened her majority at the last general election in Vauxhall , which she first won at a by-election , has also caused a stir over Northern Ireland policy .
2 The appointment ended three weeks of political uncertainty during which Sheikh Hasina Wajed , leader of the second-largest party , the Awami League , challenged Begum Zia to demonstrate her majority at the first session of the newly elected Jatiya Sangsad ( National Assembly ) , scheduled for April 5 .
3 With a hopeless shrug of resignation she hurriedly put on a slim linen dress , which she had only thrown into her case at the last minute .
4 He deposited her case at the front door then strode back to his car , and she watched him go with hatred , her eyes moving over his powerful body , so lean , so tall , so impeccably dressed .
5 Leonie von Wilckens has been working in this area for over thirty years from her base at the German National Museum in Nuremberg , home of a major textile collection .
6 The idea of macro-connectionism is to shorten the distance between the expert 's reasoning at the start of a project and the capture of his or her expertise at the finish .
7 As the local group leader approached to attach the symbolic necktie to her shirt at the enrolment ceremony , Sibylle whispered to her : ‘ But Annemarie , I do n't like Hitler . ’
8 By Val Woan and Harry Dean MUM-TO-BE Paula Gilfoyle expressed her horror at the thought of someone hanging themself just 24 hours before she was found hanged , Liverpool Crown Court was told today .
9 MUM-TO-BE Paula Gilfoyle expressed her horror at the thought of someone hanging themself just 24 hours before she was found hanged , Liverpool Crown Court was told today .
10 They waited in her suite at the Richemond for the hire car to take them to the airport .
11 Because she knew he would be meeting her at the road alone , she had risen very early and bathed and scented herself with special care in her suite at the Continental Palace that morning .
12 If we ascribe this to the archetype of the Great Mother , then it seems that her presence at the time of death reveals one of her most compassionate aspects .
13 If Rune had n't insisted on her presence at the presentation she would still be in England .
14 Now he said , ‘ Not content with pestering her all week , you take up her freedom at the weekend !
15 When she had finished her course at the university , the pull of her home town had been a strong one .
16 It had been one of her favourites , during her course at the college .
17 She was combing her hair at the mirror .
18 She glared at him , hating the treacherous little ache in her heart at the thought that he might be in league with Harry Martin .
19 Fran forced herself to sound cool and friendly , to betray no hint of the fear twisting her heart at the thought of what she might discover .
20 And even if it was n't too personal , did she really want him to know that some wee devil of tenderness pulled at her heart at the grey lines of weariness etched into his face ?
21 Shelley felt a tug at her heart at the sudden attraction of him , the perfect body and the face that looked so much more natural and attractive out here in the warm southern wind .
22 But once Mona , daughter of the PLO 's chief fund-raiser , had admitted that he had enjoyed a summer holiday on her money at the time of the Gulf crisis , the gap-toothed Lothario was on his bike .
23 As a cop arrived , his cyclops helmet protruding above the heads of the crowd , the woman was lowering her bucket at the end of a rope , shouting to a gaggle of little painted boys for a refill .
24 Paige very nearly shot out of her skin at the sound of Travis 's voice .
25 DEBORAH Warner , who stunned us with her Titus Andronicus and Electra , makes her debut at the National directing Brecht 's The Good Person of Sichuan in the Olivier .
26 MEANWHILE , Tanfield No 20 made her debut at the Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway last weekend .
27 Making her debut at the Royal National Theatre in February , Frances Barber stars as a hotel manageress in Richard Eyre 's revival of the Tennessee Williams classic , The Night Of The Iguana .
28 ‘ Those , ’ said Aunt Lou , lowering herself stiffly into a chair and pointing with her stick at the walnut cabinet , ‘ are yours ’ .
29 Leaning on me , she had an arm free to wave her stick at the horizon .
30 She put a hand on his shoulder and marched him into her tack-room at the end of the yard .
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