Example sentences of "[verb] her [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The way they are cut also disguises her smallish breasts and widish hips while making the most of her height : thus are ideology and vanity equally satisfied . |
| 2 | Her perfect Cupid's-bow mouth , more used to curving in a heart-stopping smile , pursed , and concern clouded her large blue eyes . |
| 3 | Like when a woman slowly unbuttoned her yellow clothes , let them fall down around her waist . |
| 4 | He placed the glass on the bedside table , leaned over her and unbuttoned her weary-looking ankle-boot . |
| 5 | Someone at Columbia please send her nut-brown eyes round to me in a jar . |
| 6 | He was almost of a mind to tear the sheets from the bed , heave her out , send her sprawling in an agony of humiliation across the floor . |
| 7 | Her hair was dyed black and did n't suit her lined face , which gave clear evidence of a hard life but was , however , enlivened by a pair of watchful blue eyes . |
| 8 | Jean had straight brown hair with a few layers cut into the top ; stylist Patrick Cameron , Artistic Director for the Alan Paul group of salons , suggested a tousled look which would suit her heart-shaped face . |
| 9 | Anger did n't suit her friendly snub face , making her seem out of place in that aloofly cut suit and he realised he was mentally taking it off her . |
| 10 | He did n't buy her red roses . |
| 11 | While acknowledging that Sarah seemed to be infatuated with George , her sister was so many years her junior that she still thought of her as a child and dismissed her obvious affection for George as innocent admiration . |
| 12 | Succeeding , she rotated the garment , levered her formidable breasts into the cups and thrust her arms through the shoulderstraps . |
| 13 | Her ladyship would hardly recognise her private quarters at Althorp now . |
| 14 | Her eyes blazed back at him as she fought to contain her inner excitement . |
| 15 | ‘ And that gives them the right to try and maul me ? ’ she flared , unable to contain her hurt and anger . |
| 16 | The level at which this is pitched and the textual content naturally varies depending on the course and the contexts range widely : one day we might focus on the language of a rape victim in Panjabi ( which we roleplayed in Bedford Police Station ) , the next a simulated interview in Arabic on child abuse , and the next a Vietnamese patient explaining her persistent earache to the doctor , a symptom masking the deeper one , i.e. the trauma of being a refugee . |
| 17 | Even if fitzAlan had not been involved , Isabel knew she would have to find another way to save her brother , because she could not deceive the anxious , sweet-faced lady who was gently explaining her new duties . |
| 18 | ‘ Me ? ’ said Lesley , opening her wide eyes even wider in amused surprise . |
| 19 | Jack took hold of her arms but she stood there limply , staring at him with her wet eyes , opening her wet mouth . |
| 20 | Opening her compact , she checked her appearance , and dabbed at her hair . |
| 21 | She felt guilty , always guilty , thinking how she should be opening her whole heart to him . |
| 22 | He looked at Lissa , but he did not need her silent confirmation . |
| 23 | Yet raping a woman when you have just drugged her senseless is every bit as premeditated as the rapist who hides behind a hedge then jumps on a passing woman . |
| 24 | He ca n't walk and needs her constant attention . |
| 25 | She adopted the name Hertha , perhaps to indicate her changed circumstances . |
| 26 | Ajayi was in the games room still , hunkered over the small table in her furs , huge as a bear , perched on a small stool all but hidden beneath the furs and cloths which smothered her old frame . |
| 27 | During the three days when Cresson was ricocheting between Matignon and the Elysee , arguing her case and fighting to stay in office , she maintained her usual impeccable Parisian tenue de ville , hair and make-up perfectly in order at all times . |
| 28 | THE chances of British entry into the exchange rate mechanism of the European Monetary System before the next election were significantly reduced at the Strasbourg summit , as the Prime Minister maintained her hard-line opposition . |
| 29 | THE chances of British entry into the exchange rate mechanism of the European Monetary System before the next election were significantly reduced at the Strasbourg summit , as the Prime Minister maintained her hard-line opposition . |
| 30 | Intrepidity maintained her unbeaten record in clear-cut fashion , striking the front a furlong out under Thierry Jarnet and comfortably holding Dancienne by a length . |