Example sentences of "to her [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She now had a permanent pain in her chest which she knew quite clearly was related to her inability to cry . |
| 2 | So for three days Ruth took food , and sometimes water , to her cousins , and since the food was of a better variety , Charlotte was tempted into eating . |
| 3 | More than one person had died , and been buried at sea , but it was the funeral of the baby who was berthed near to her cousins which affected Ruth most . |
| 4 | Her senses were in a whirl but she tried to hold on to her sanity . |
| 5 | She looked down and stared at her hands , willing herself to hold on to her sanity . |
| 6 | Poor Kate sat up straight on her bed , her legs crossed beneath her , and tried to hang on to her sanity . |
| 7 | Blanche retreated to her cubicle in the corner of the room , a knot of thoughtfulness still on her forehead , her movement followed by all the constables in the office who looked up from their conversations . |
| 8 | In 1681 he described himself as ‘ gardener to her Majestie ’ , probably Henrietta Maria [ q.v. ] , the dowager queen , at Somerset House , before she left England in 1665 , rather than Catherine of Braganza , Charles II 's consort , who is not recorded as sharing her mother-in-law 's interest in gardening . |
| 9 | It was the first time that Ethel had been summoned to her form-mistress for any reason other than praise . |
| 10 | ‘ Something like that , ’ said Kelly , and then returned to her thoughts . |
| 11 | What is valuable about her book , therefore , is not its accuracy , but its testimony to her thoughts and feelings . |
| 12 | As though in response to her thoughts the two-way radio in Vasili 's lap crackled into life . |
| 13 | " Please , Great-grandfather , do n't let my father be angry with me for what Kim did , " she prayed silently , closing her eyes as tightly as she could in an effort to add force to her thoughts . |
| 14 | as if in answer to her thoughts , The Times helped her next morning . |
| 15 | as if he was attuned to her thoughts Alain made no move to help her as she went towards the house . |
| 16 | ‘ Do n't worry , ’ he said sardonically , as if privy to her thoughts . |
| 17 | It is a remarkable fact , Mr Hopkins , that the argument used by the serpent to seduce Eve from her allegiance to her Creator is almost precisely that used by the Editor of The Times : " Ye shall be as GODS , knowing good and evil " … that is , as wise as God Himself ! " |
| 18 | She may , for example , lay it down for a few seconds while she opens the entrance to her hole . |
| 19 | None too quietly , he asked the woman if she would mind leaving him alone , just for a while , since he had something more important to do for the minute than listen to her gripes and belly-aching . |
| 20 | Seduced by all things fine and feudal , Meridon will not come to her senses until she returns , like an avenging O'Hara to her Tara , to the land . |
| 21 | She had 91 days off work in 1990 which led to her qualification as a nurse being delayed . |
| 22 | Pregnancy had lent a translucent quality to her looks , but the smiles she frequently aimed at Guy seemed to contain an extra radiance . |
| 23 | Thanks to her looks , blonde hair and figure , being chatted up by lascivious males was an ongoing nuisance . |
| 24 | She went off to attend to her cultures , and Reynolds handed in the form and the catalogue to the copy clerk . |
| 25 | Thrift now recommends that she apply the rest of this blob to her complexion rather than wastefully flush it away . |
| 26 | Painstakingly Verity Lambert explained to her superiors the impracticality of a thirteen week , quarter-year season ; the four part cavemen story was in the can , the seven part Dalek serial was under way , and they were committed to running ‘ Marco Polo ’ , also seven episodes in length , giving a grand total of eighteen weeks in all . |
| 27 | There were times when she must have been something of a pain to her superiors , but once again people were beginning to take note of her talents . |
| 28 | Lan 's face had turned pale with apprehension and she stood open-mouthed , one tiny hand raised to her check , her face trembling on the brink of tears . |
| 29 | I said to her check the phone boxes and Penny 's in there phoning Danny and , and bloody Lorna ! |
| 30 | As a possible source for Loulou we can , I think , eliminate the mother of a ‘ hideous ’ English family encountered by Gustave on the boat from Alexandria to Cairo : with a green eyeshade attached to her bonnet , she looked ‘ like a sick old parrot ’ . |