Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [verb] to her [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hattie Jacques was the matron , a part so suited to her size and manner that the very occupation of hospital head nurse might have been created for her , let alone the role in ‘ Carry On ’ films . |
| 2 | Donna finally got to her feet and wandered outside , glancing up at the board , noticing that her train was due in about five minutes . |
| 3 | As she lay listening to the sound of the grown-ups ’ laughter coming through the wall , Dot felt round the sharp tin edges of her victory brooch still pinned to her cardigan front and remembered how Gloria had once said you 'd always be safe in a place like this . |
| 4 | It still survives ( 1990 ) , but St Margaret 's chapel in Harwood Dale , which Hoby also built to her memory , is in ruins . |
| 5 | She pondered his words then got to her feet . |
| 6 | Her mother was still sleeping and Maureen hastily drank a cup of tea then returned to her ambulance . |
| 7 | Katherine unconsciously reverted to her childhood tactics , withdrew , tried to make herself small , invisible . |
| 8 | Her previous experience as queen of England conceivably added to her attractions , and Swegen 's treaty with Richard may have facilitated the discussions , especially if , as is quite likely , Cnut was present when it was made . |
| 9 | Maggie quickly rose to her feet . |
| 10 | That had to be suspicious , and as she went into the hall later to go to her room he followed . |
| 11 | A wild sow often drops to her knees outside the nest and crawls forward , rooting the bedding . |
| 12 | FitzAlan 's gaze immediately flashed to her mouth , his eyes darkening so abruptly that Isabel 's knees went weak . |
| 13 | Ellie never returned to her parish church . |
| 14 | Poor Hugh never came to her mind at all . |
| 15 | OUP , £25 ‘ I DO N'T care for life if I ca n't fill it with work , ’ Annie Besant often declared to her friends . |
| 16 | Her housemates then came to her aid . |
| 17 | Flavia Sherman smiled sympathetically at Chuck for a moment then turned to her husband with an ill-concealed sigh of exasperation . |
| 18 | He stood up , but Alyssia hurriedly got to her feet , walking across to him and urgently gripping his arm with her hand . |
| 19 | It was the same sensitive touch he brought to their lovemaking , and the knowledge only added to her store of love for him , for she saw how he was the sort of man who was all of a piece , mentally and physically , a complete human being , someone she could only admire , despite the hell he put her through . |
| 20 | Anna only went to her meetings if she was accompanied , and never after dark because she trusted no-one else to guard the children . |
| 21 | The tin bath was half-filled with hot water into which had been poured the same perfumed green oil that Smallfry always added to her bath . |
| 22 | The commissioner now appeals to Her Majesty in Council . |
| 23 | For example , a woman highly committed to her parenting role would be particularly sensitive to an event which threatened her view of herself as a good mother , such as discovering her child had been regularly truanting from school . |
| 24 | He looked up as Marion , Conroy still clutched to her side , came out through the doors from the stage , some of the others trailing behind her . |
| 25 | After leaving Dekalb at 20 , Cindy always returned to her mother for advice — except when it came to Gere , 17 years her senior . |
| 26 | They slept on , however , cocooned in their own history , and the soft flesh simply yielded to her fists . |
| 27 | Ms Walter offers us not a contralto tragedy-queen but a real woman passionately attached to her husband ( to whom Mick Ford lends a shy goodness ) and children . |
| 28 | Wrapped up in it , like a cosy cocoon , she rolls around the stage , or strews parts of it across the floor only to sink to her knees in the middle of the pile . |
| 29 | She cleared her throat , then to her dismay tears suddenly sprang to her eyes . |
| 30 | His lips were fiercely hot , melting every bone in Isabel 's body , despite the dawning knowledge fighting its way up through the mists of sleep still clinging to her brain . |