Example sentences of "[prep] her [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ She 'd have been better with someone nearer her own age , ’ the old woman murmured to herself . |
| 2 | But she also had alliances with people nearer her own age , notably with a wild young postgraduate architect , a hard-drinking , reckless , one-off character called Colin Lindsey , who was already provided with a wife and a baby , but who would nevertheless take his turn to sit on Esther 's beaded rug . |
| 3 | Also , I was conscious that my little friend Suzi Hoflin is usually the only young one at these evenings , so I thought a couple of extra women nearer her own age would make her feel less conspicuous . ’ |
| 4 | Better she should be with a youngster nearer her own age than with him , who anyway fancied Rose Hilaire . |
| 5 | Here the Harper clan gather , a small tribe , frail , ageing , on the threshold of 1980 , in the presence of the sky : here thirteen-year-old Celia , young , aspiring , judgemental , reflects upon the past , as , long after her usual bedtime , she looks up at the stars and plots her own future . |
| 6 | Once they had sealed their leader 's fate , after her poor first ballot in the 1990 leadership contest , Mr Garel-Jones declared his support for Douglas Hurd . |
| 7 | She wished she could think of something to say that would make him trust her , only after her stupid behaviour earlier she thought it might be a long time before he fully believed her . |
| 8 | The Queen of Avelorn is the firstborn daughter of the previous queen conceived after her year-long ritual marriage to the Phoenix-King . |
| 9 | Pay someone to look after her full-time ? ’ |
| 10 | There are some interesting historical issues too , including Furtwängler conducting Wagner with various orchestras , and the Brahms Violin Concerto played by Ginette Neveu and the NDRSO/Schmidt-Isserstedt recording in 1948 after her famous 1946 Abbey Road recording , and shortly before her tragic death ( together with her brother Jean ) in a plane crash in the Azores . |
| 11 | During the nineteen-twenties she spent some time in London , and after her second husband , Maurice Platner , died in 1929 she moved to Johannesburg , where she died in 1932 . |
| 12 | ‘ Alain will be home in the morning , ’ Marguerite observed as she came to bid Jenna goodnight after her second day in bed . |
| 13 | Sadly she is recently widowed after her second marriage . |
| 14 | The film 's unexpected success must have been a relief after her long maternity break , proof that she could come back : there are now talks of buddy pic with Madonna . |
| 15 | In the Four Last Songs , it was good to discover that the soprano Amanda Roocroft 's voice is unimpaired after her long bout of glandular fever . |
| 16 | She straightened her shoulders , perhaps she had done enough for today , mam would be getting restless wanting a bit of attention after her long day spent mostly alone . |
| 17 | After her long successful career in criminal law a move to family law and civil proceedings generally is her preference and not chosen because it fits male prejudices about women . |
| 18 | Now , after her long fight against cancer , she rested in the arms of Jesus for evermore . |
| 19 | Frances Earnshaw visited her often , bringing her pretty dresses to wear , and persuading her to take care of her appearance , so that when she finally came home after her long absence , she almost seemed a different person . |
| 20 | Eva had only been at Usher a couple of months and was preparing to go to the International College for Officers ( ICO ) in London on a refresher course after her long years overseas . |
| 21 | She was feeling tired , what with all her hard work and the walk , and writing for J.D. after her long day was over . |
| 22 | In the course of time Aunt Nessy , having looked after her adoptive parents until they died , was left a small sum of money . |
| 23 | A mother has called for a brand of bubble gum to be taken off the shelves after her eight-year-old son nearly choked on one of the sweets . |
| 24 | A mother has called for a brand of bubble gum to be taken off the shelves after her eight-year-old son nearly choked . |
| 25 | Rachel was furious , scurrying after her tall , arrogant fiancé , her wrist in his hard hand as he strode across the marble floors with a set face towards the exit on Des Voeux Road . |
| 26 | Penny was Sixer of the Kelpies , and when her granny had given her a beautiful budgie for a birthday present she decided to name it Kelpie after her Six , especially as the bird had a little silver patch on his throat — just as if he was wearing the Promise Badge , Penny pointed out gleefully . |
| 27 | IN April 1917 , shortly after her nineteenth birthday , Jeanne Hébuterne was trying on her costume for the artists ' fancy dress ball during the Carnival . |
| 28 | On their first date she had shown Preston , with nonchalant pride , the scars where she had slashed her wrists a few days after her nineteenth birthday . |
| 29 | After her coy glances and generous cups of wine , they were lured out into the dark so Rachel might speak where no spy could overhear . |
| 30 | Julie set up the meningitis support group a year ago after her 13-year-old daughter Alison died from the illness . |