Example sentences of "in her own " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anyway , there she was in her own room , and no call if she did n't want to open the door to anyone , not even her husband . ’ |
| 2 | A childminder is anybody who looks after children under 5 in her own home , usually while their parents are at work . |
| 3 | Without it , she has become a virtual prisoner in her own home ; she is ruled by the clock and the hours worked by her local authority helpers . |
| 4 | ‘ When Thatcher was on the pot , it is my belief she was peremptorily required by her mother and grandmother to do her duty , ’ writes Abse , and proceeds to build a gigantic edifice on the assumption : ‘ A mother who is peremptory when the child wants satisfaction at the breast , is the same severe mother who denies her child the pride in her own first creation , her faeces , ’ he explains . |
| 5 | As a star , Bette Davis was of the type commonly designated ‘ inimitable ’ , which tends to mean ( as it did in her case ) that she eventually became the butt of countless imitators ; and these imitators merely accentuated symptoms of self-parody that were already detectable in her own screen presence . |
| 6 | She symbolized her down-to-earth philosophy in her own busy persona , ceaselessly active , endlessly combative at home and abroad , hardly ever taking a holiday , never relaxing with music , books , or in the world of the arts . |
| 7 | The decisive factor , though , was that Mrs Thatcher , for all her election triumph , was far from being mistress in her own house yet . |
| 8 | Throughout 1980 she had battled against a largely hostile public opinion and formidable critics in her own Cabinet such as Ian Gilmour , Peter Walker , and James Prior . |
| 9 | Yet her role in altering the political balance in the Conservative party and directing the government has been so important that she merits discussion in her own right . |
| 10 | She went to bed in her own room , still full of pictures and possessions that had belonged to a previous and vanished Phoebe . |
| 11 | Rachel woke in her own room , tired- and uncomfortable . |
| 12 | On one level this work deals with a generalised ‘ woman 's experience ’ , yet the metaphorical power of Dorothy Hale 's dress derives from Kahlo 's use of clothing in her own self-portraits . |
| 13 | A woman belongs to the men in her own family , then to the men in her husband 's family , but never , never to herself . |
| 14 | There was no need for anyone to feel sorry for her , Dorothy Fanshawe , of Astbury Mews , Upper Grosvenor Street , W.I. She was a merry widow now , rich in her own right , soon to be well again , the mother of a good-looking talented only daughter . |
| 15 | What good fortune had decreed that she be saved and be sitting here in her own bed in her own flat ? |
| 16 | What good fortune had decreed that she be saved and be sitting here in her own bed in her own flat ? |
| 17 | Lily 's hand fluttered negatively in her own and a harrowed smile , fleeting as a wind 's breath , stirred her lips and then they stretched back again into a tense , bloodless rictus . |
| 18 | There is bound , sooner or later , to be a battle royal over membership of the European Monetary System , the result of which will be either an almost unprecedented humiliation for Mrs Thatcher or the reshaping yet again of a Cabinet in her own image . |
| 19 | What was remarkable about the long article on her in her own newspaper were the details of her whereabouts and all her speeches during her pro-democracy movement in the spring , which were selectively presented to incriminate her . |
| 20 | Krasner outlived her husband by nearly 30 years and went on working as a considerable painter in her own right until 1984 . |
| 21 | Fifteen countries were represented by 30 women , each of whom had been invited on the basis of her contribution to theatre in her own country . |
| 22 | This is the date which will see the taxman treat a married woman as a person in her own right . |
| 23 | This is an exceptional band — David Narcizo on drums , Leslie Langston on bass , Tanya Donelly a talented singer-songwriter in her own right — but the star here is Kristin Hersh . |
| 24 | She was perfectly secure in her own attractions and amused , and McLeish was disconcerted . |
| 25 | In her own lifetime , the owner 's formidable presence helped to keep the treasures safe . |
| 26 | Before he had gone to Wales , her employers had allowed him to visit Helen in her own room . |
| 27 | She was sharp , Mrs Wright , in her own way . |
| 28 | Even Miss Lilian has shown great fortitude in her own way . ’ |
| 29 | Then I undressed her , and dressed her up in her own clothes , she acquiescent as a little child , talking all the time about the snowdrops , and how the days were beginning to draw out — and everything except people , and the circumstances in which we found ourselves . |
| 30 | But Bella did not notice the tone : she was deep in her own private nightmare . |