Example sentences of "her [noun sg] around [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She played in the women 's basketball and used to ride her bike around the university . |
| 2 | Just when Tod has established our relationship with Irene on a secure footing , the kind of set-up that any sane man would kill for , with her punctual visits and affectionate phone calls , the movies we enjoy together , the fine dining , the peace and safety ( the forgiveness ) that her presence confers , plus the exquisitely torpid lovemaking which takes place right on the button every couple of months or so , and reaching the stage , now , where I think we can tackle her , gently but firmly , about her untidiness around the house , because it 's best to get these things out in the open , not to let them rankle and fester , and so on-guess what . |
| 3 | She ran her forefinger around the inside of the white pyrex bowl and said nothing . |
| 4 | She was able to talk about herself in a more positive way , and this she attributed to having felt useful and capable when helping her sister-in-law around the house . |
| 5 | Within a few days she seemed very accepting of the situation , almost enjoying not having her husband around the house . |
| 6 | Ace poked her head around the stone with the idea of following , but covering fire from Richmann blasted chunks from the stone and forced her to duck back again . |
| 7 | The owner of the Home may pop her head around the door and say , ‘ I 'm going into the town today , can I do anything for you ? . ’ |
| 8 | The children were watching TV peacefully , but Annie saw her as she bobbed her head around the door , gave a pleased gurgle and started to scramble down . |
| 9 | Wendy put her head around the door . |
| 10 | She was crooking her finger around a cup of Earl Grey . |
| 11 | It seems that , while she was married to Earl Spencer , she regularly had her lunch and her tea in one of her silk and antique negligees , gave orders that because the noise might disturb her , no-one should flush the loo before noon when she got up , and was forever tracing her finger around the furniture to make sure the servants had dusted properly . |
| 12 | She smiled and ran her finger around the top of her coffee cup . |
| 13 | Donna nodded slowly , drawing her finger around the lip of the cup . |
| 14 | Donna did n't manage to get her finger around the trigger but she did pull the weapon clear , closing her hand around it and using it as a club . |
| 15 | She would even leave the company of the other horses and follow her owner around the paddock in the hope of a cuddle . |
| 16 | She went to the table , closed her hand around a bottle and slid it into her skirt pocket . |
| 17 | Light was fading as she wheeled her cycle around the side of their semi-detached house in Yonder , and propped it against the fence . |
| 18 | ‘ It 's nice to see a young lady what knows her way around a kitchen for a change . |
| 19 | Thérèse felt her way around a barrel as tall as she was . |
| 20 | Public criticism led to speculation she might be asked to pay tax , but with characteristic diplomatic skill she negotiated her way around the problem with the minimum of publicity . |
| 21 | She lugged her case up the wrong stairway , came out facing the open lough , had to find her way around the superstructure . |
| 22 | Simone was busy unpacking the bags , finding her way around the kitchen , asking whether there was any garlic because she was pretty efficient at making garlic bread . |
| 23 | Once she could find her way around the palazzo she would n't feel quite so helpless . |
| 24 | Already making her way around the house , she came to the front and asked a footman to carry a message to Rose Alderley . |
| 25 | Thus , in many post–1923 paintings there is a heightened realism that borders on the photographic , as is evident in the large-format flower paintings she began to making in 1924. 18 By so changing the apparent concerns of her art , O'Keeffe intended to end criticism that centered speculations about the meaning of her imagery around the fact that she was a woman artist expressing emotions that had not visual precedents — which was , of course , the way Stieglitz had promoted her from the beginning . |
| 26 | She hesitated a few seconds before putting her arm around the girl 's thin shoulders . |
| 27 | Miss Liberty put her arm around the Sandrat . |
| 28 | A good girl helps her mother around the house and with the younger children , being especially good if she does so without being asked . |
| 29 | She lived in Quay Street , Saltcoats and for as long as she was able to do so , spent much of her time around the harbour , conversing with the sailors amongst whom she had spent her life . |