Example sentences of "her [noun] [conj] [pos pn] " 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 | If she knew the truth today , her sympathy and her sense of drama would be equally engaged , and with her money , her right to know , to know everything . |
| 3 | She put her case and her violin down against the wall . |
| 4 | Once she had thought he was coming in her direction and her heart had begun to pump with excitement but he had walked straight past , heading for the bar that was selling soft drinks only ( with a crate of beer hidden under the counter for the benefit of the band ) . |
| 5 | She wanted to do that with him , yes , actually that ; she thought about it on and on and waited all week for the moment that might or might not come on Sunday morning in church when , as her cousins went first down the aisle , Tristram glanced in her direction and their eyes met and she was able to send a thought message which said to him , yes , I have n't forgotten . |
| 6 | It was only in the mid twelfth century that the growing concentration of mercantile wealth led to the recognition of the oligarchy as the permanent government , which ruled Venice throughout the later centuries of her glory and her decline . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | He could see that her body was naked beneath the midnight blue silk of her robe and her scent overpowered his senses . |
| 9 | His chin grazed her navel as his lips traced the line of her belly , moving upwards to her breasts . |
| 10 | The intensity of that face turned her mourning and her stillness into the mere dark casing of a lantern . |
| 11 | Mrs Geary exclaimed , her genius and her dedication alight . |
| 12 | The clipped remark choked off the rest of her sentence and her hopes . |
| 13 | And that 's the reason they believed why her vegetables and her yams grew so . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | ‘ Now that her marriage has finally split , there are only two things that she cares about in life : her sons and her charity work . |
| 16 | She glanced down and saw to her horror that her stomach was growing . |
| 17 | To her horror and my shame I free fell 20 feet , landing on my back next to her , and was unconscious for some time . |
| 18 | when the till drawer opens , give the customer her change and her receipt |
| 19 | Leaving her sister and her son in the car , she walked the half-mile to the telephone box . |
| 20 | On it were small framed photographs of the Emperor , the Prince Imperial , her sister and her mother , as well as other friends and relations . |
| 21 | When I regressed her , Eileen did in fact describe to me a happy , boisterous childhood with her sister and her six brothers — all of whom took great delight in spoiling their baby sister . |
| 22 | This woman I 'd never seen , darker than me , darker than mum , my height but four times as big every other way , her hair hanging down in a big shaggy mane that looked as if she cut it herself once a year , big wooden earrings in her ears and a dress down to the floor with embroidery all over it and her feet stuffed into ugly shoes that were made of leather She told us that She wanted us to admire them , because this was a big day for her , Auntie Muriel had got dressed up to come to the city and see her sister and her sister 's child . |
| 23 | It is also dated , self-indulgent , idiosyncratic and devilishly difficult to marry to the central theme which revolves round Marlene 's work , her rapport with her sister and her sub-GCE niece , Angie . |
| 24 | She knew that Harry regarded her sister as his private possession , and was not surprised to see him stamping up and down and growling like a baited bear . |
| 25 | Joan , who supervised Highgrove and Princess Anne 's Gatcombe Park household laundry with her sister until their retirement , says : ‘ The Prince has always been very kind . ’ |
| 26 | In some cases , a mother-in-law may openly draw unfavourable comparisons between her son-in-law and her husband ( who may be deceased and perhaps over-idealised in her memory ) . |
| 27 | 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 . ’ |
| 28 | She was reminded again of that other time — of hands , cruel and insistent , travelling over her body ; of a man four times her age who in one brutal movement had stolen , as if by right , both her maidenhead and her innocence . |
| 29 | Mrs. Mounce kicked off her beaded moccasins , curled up in the armchair with her cup of tea , and began to tell Tessa about her hubby and his job , about Dotty and the work they were having done in the house , and about their friends . |
| 30 | You could 've fooled me , ’ she lashed at him on a half-sob , her arms crossing her chest while her hands made an effort to massage the shoulder soreness caused by his gripping fingers . |