Example sentences of "her [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She might even be weaving a spell to tangle her feet or make her lose her way in the wood ! |
| 2 | The cat spat suddenly , startling her and almost making her lose her footing on the branch , but Virginia kept her head as well as her footing , and , pulling back one of the branches forming the fork , lifted the cat free . |
| 3 | The pain had made her lose her breath for a few seconds . |
| 4 | Gina stopped where she was , her fingers clenched in the palms of her hand as she fought to control the surge of irritation which threatened to make her lose her temper completely , while Rune 's brilliant gaze held her in thrall , intimate , deliberately self-assured . |
| 5 | He 'd done it again — made her lose her temper all over again , and she could n't even understand why . |
| 6 | The sneer in his voice made her lose her temper . |
| 7 | I made her lose her temper by sending John to taunt her . |
| 8 | Alice was trying to make her raise her eyes , take her in . |
| 9 | The sound of footsteps made her raise her head and pause in her rumination . |
| 10 | He saw her raise her arm to touch the corner of her mouth with her handkerchief , and when she turned her head the features were blurred like a lump of clay when the wet cloth is removed . |
| 11 | If , of course , her grief becomes prolonged and it seems that she is making no headway towards adjustment , it will be advisable for her to see her doctor , but this rarely happens . |
| 12 | It had shaken her to see her own first name being written like that by an invisible hand . |
| 13 | And she sought , faintly , for compromise , for some way of life that would enable her to see her mother as often as a sense of duty obliged . |
| 14 | It would have been an unnecessary and cruel blow for her to see her old home in its state of decay . |
| 15 | At some stage Leonora had switched on the lamp beside her to see her knitting , but otherwise the room was in darkness . |
| 16 | This time Julius kept his gaze fixed on the road ahead , as if he did n't want her to see his eyes . |
| 17 | He was consciously allowing her to see his softer side , and for such a proud , private man that was perhaps the greatest compliment he would ever pay her . |
| 18 | A maid , Nancy Brown , was appointed to wait on her and hairdressers hovered over her cooing their praises . |
| 19 | After a few moments which allowed her to gather her thoughts , she replied in a quiet , even voice : |
| 20 | Yet the photographs proved it had not stopped her pursuing her curiosity to Oxford . |
| 21 | Then she thought of Angela and her beloved pony , and this made her jerk her head up . |
| 22 | That fact had aroused her enough to make her display her feminine assets to best advantage . |
| 23 | Alstroemeria ; aquilegia — but the sound of footsteps behind her penetrated her numbness , and she swung round . |
| 24 | Taking care not to panic her , he persuaded her to carry her cub into the boat . |
| 25 | It was quite unlike Ace to have left her to carry her own baggage , but of course he 'd had a hard race . |
| 26 | If this is the case , and reports that the Queen Mother has reservations about attending the marriage of a divorced woman are false , courtiers will have tried to make her change her mind . |
| 27 | I did n't want to at all , but nothing would make her change her mind . |
| 28 | She waved them on and quickly walked away , terrified they might hang about and try to make her change her mind . |
| 29 | Sara knew that he hoped a change of scene would make her change her mind about Matthew . |
| 30 | ‘ Because , ’ said Emma patiently , ‘ he wants her to continue her career as a model . |