Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] her [noun pl] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | By early habit she was a countrywoman , she could orientate herself by barely visible bulks and air currents and scents in the night , and she was not afraid to trust her feet in the irregularities of an unknown path . |
| 2 | She lifted her face to the sun , half closing her eyes against the silver dazzle that bounced across the water , breathing deeply on the tangle-scented air . |
| 3 | Adjusting her position and half closing her eyes against the sun , she too stared out over the garden , waiting for him to get to the point . |
| 4 | She was too frightened and embarrassed to tell her parents about the missing object , and since she did n't develop any untoward effects she dismissed the problem from her mind . |
| 5 | In 1856 he needed Britain too much to thwart her desires over the Black Sea Clauses of the Treaty and so he accepted them , hoping that it would still be possible eventually to bring about an entente with Russia . |
| 6 | She was always clean , you could n't fault her for cleanliness , but I 'm sure she must of either washed her clothes in the toilets , you know , wash basin in the toilets because that was the only thing she had was one bag and she used to , er , her pension book was in and er erm |
| 7 | An article based on interviews with Betty Sinclair shortly before her death in 1981 discussed her attitudes during the early months of NICRA : |
| 8 | If total patient care is practised , the learner is able to report her observations on the progress of the patient and learn first-hand about future care . |
| 9 | Mrs Thatcher , for example , was able to impose her policies against the opposition of large parts of the population with less difficulty than President Gorbachev faced in pushing through perestroika . |
| 10 | It was n't until they had come to a halt that she had felt able to raise her eyes from the floor and look at the two men standing by the alter rail . |
| 11 | Unfortunately , Jessica was not able to lay her hands on the flags , which had been put somewhere among the jumble in the attic . |
| 12 | Molly asked , unable to take her eyes off the beautiful specimen . |
| 13 | ‘ What does that mean ? ’ she whispered unevenly , unable to take her eyes off the dark , angular face opposite her . |
| 14 | He had vaguely imagined , before meeting her , that he might be able to show her xeroxes of the purloined letters . |