Example sentences of "her [noun] [coord] [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps her very strengths , her enthusiasm and drive for so many causes , led to inadequate public recognition of her work . |
| 2 | Paige snapped the locks on her case and put the remainder of her possessions into her shoulder-bag . |
| 3 | She had a burning desire to pack her case and leave on the first mode of transport she could find — she would even settle for a donkey if there was one . |
| 4 | He had left her mid-kiss and come home . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Many , many of us have found inspiration in her teaching and have derived much pleasure from her comradeship . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 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 | I cried after the girl had gone and he seeing my distress and I explaining I feared your anger he put his arms around my neck and comforted me and said he was sure his real mother could not but love her sister and believe she had acted for the best . |
| 10 | We have a small group already praying for her protection and have seen our prayers answered . |
| 11 | At around one year , she 'll hold out her foot or raise her arms when you ask . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | ‘ He would listen to her opinions and treat her seriously . |
| 14 | In the summertime , on bright warm days when the sun was high in the sky , Endill would help her weed and tend the vegetables . |
| 15 | The riverbank rushed towards her with dizzying speed as the stiffness in her legs caused her stumble and lose her balance on the uneven ground . |
| 16 | Surely she was still as determined as ever not to allow anyone to creep through her defences and make her care ? |
| 17 | She would rebuild her defences and cope alone , the way she had always done . |
| 18 | All those things that had once appealed to every instinct inside her for excitement failed to arouse anything but a nagging desire to look at her watch and wonder what time she could reasonably convince André that it was time to leave . |
| 19 | We had not expected the Prime Minister to look at her watch and say , ‘ I see it 's only eleven , so we have half an hour in hand . |
| 20 | A gloriously unexpected legacy from a great-aunt had allowed her to use half to start buying her cottage and bank the other half for Dickie 's education . |
| 21 | ‘ Mind you ’ Maxim said ‘ I could go back to her cottage and have a second snoop taking my time . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | In particular the special garden for the blind was her favourite , where she would gently rub the sweet-scented leaves and herbs and flowers between her fingers and recall their names — the names she knew so well from the allotment we had had in South Shields . |
| 24 | She intended to pick up her cases and proceed with what she was here to do , go up and out into the street and thence to Streatham Street to find the hotel . |
| 25 | For that reason , the model adopted in medical education where the student is continually asked to articulate his or her experience and give reasons for acting in a certain way is particularly valuable . |
| 26 | But time was when she could have commanded a grown man to do her errands and pay her debts . ’ |
| 27 | Heathcliff looked more like a gentleman than I had ever seen him , but his wife had not bothered to brush her hair or change her dress . |
| 28 | The new blouse was pink and frilly , quite unlike anything the children had seen her wear before , and she had combed her hair and put lipstick on . |
| 29 | She whispered it against the warmth of his neck and he released one hand to spear his fingers in her hair and tilt her face to his . |
| 30 | I had another cup and watched her take the rollers out of her hair and comb it carefully into a high , curly pompadour . |