Example sentences of "her [conj] [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She drove slowly in Conterchi so as not to miss the turning and Italians hooted at her or raised their fingers in gestures she knew to be obscene . |
| 2 | He was attentive and thoughtful , without fussing over her or searching her face for signs of tiredness or ill-health . |
| 3 | She has a very strong sense of duty and a great capacity for making relationships , and so far , by some miracle , perhaps because of the very close bond between her and her mother , her experience does not seem to have coarsened her or made her cynical . |
| 4 | She must be mated again , and the first mate has to guard her or risk his groundwork going to benefit another . |
| 5 | She held out a piece of black cardboard with a silver star stuck on it , and when her mother made no effort to take it from her or exclaim her delight and approbation , she stared up at her and then said , ‘ Mammy ? ’ |
| 6 | Reminding Riva , as if she needed it , of how certain laws ordain that a woman put to shame must be dragged to the temple mount and forced by priests to drink the bitter waters that will either poison her or prove her innocence . |
| 7 | He took great care not to touch her or allow his grubby clothes to come into contact with her beautiful skirt and creamy-white blouse . |
| 8 | He could not see her face , since it was turned from him , but there was something about her that made his heart stand still . |
| 9 | Exasperated , I told her that given his behaviour , it was far more likely that her son would bite my dog ! |
| 10 | His lips continued to hold her captive , weaving some dark spell around her that seduced her senses and lured her into sharing a virgin part of herself with this man … this man , with whom , of all the men she had ever met , she wanted least to share these secrets of herself . |
| 11 | At other times — especially in the beginning — he had succeeded in arousing a desire in her that matched his own , and that had been almost as frightening . |
| 12 | It was still light when he picked her up , and his appreciative gaze told her that missing her lunch had not been wasted . |
| 13 | Something told her that turning her head to locate the source of that laugh would be a really bad idea from the pain side of things . |
| 14 | For a year he had neither seen her nor permitted her name to be spoken in his hearing . |
| 15 | He , having lost all his money gambling or speculating in stocks , seizes such a weapon from the wall , kills her and dumps her body in the alley . |
| 16 | She understood now why she had always felt extra-special and why her mother had been so strict with her and taught her things about life and men and getting babies . |
| 17 | How dare he imagine he could charm his way back into her life , after the way he had deserted her and left her destitute with Sam and the two children to rear . |
| 18 | I must visit her and present my condolences . |
| 19 | He wanted to throw his arms around her and stroke her hair and say , " It does n't matte , r really . |
| 20 | She says he must have been released early , and she 's dreading him coming to see her and demanding his parents ’ address . |
| 21 | Keith pulled a face at her and tugged his hair despairingly . |
| 22 | He called her and raised her hopes . |
| 23 | He took a few steps towards her and raised his hand to touch her neck , but she gave a little shake of her head and that set him stumbling backwards . |
| 24 | He sat down opposite her and raised his glass . |
| 25 | Smallfry said that she was a wicked old woman who pretended to be nice just to trick people into liking her and believing her lies . |
| 26 | It brought her four children who opened up the world for her and unlocked her own narrow viewpoint — though not enough , as events were to show . |
| 27 | Many people who work in offices may identify with her and envy her new working conditions . |
| 28 | Only then did Fabia realise how much she had missed the dogs at home , and ‘ Hello , darling , ’ she crooned — and for her trouble had the dog whip round her and grip her ankle in its teeth . |
| 29 | The prosecution say the wedding ring and the chain had been taken from Mrs McGurk by Hagans after he 'd strangled her and hidden her body in undergrowth . |
| 30 | He moved away from her and swung his legs back over the side of the bed . |