Example sentences of "from her [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She comes into the capital a few nights a week , moonlighting from her day job , which is being a seamstress . |
| 2 | I could see she was tired from her day in the shoe shop . |
| 3 | Sarah Fleming came home from her day at the Poly where she had heard the news of the killing in the college refectory . |
| 4 | She did n't have either the time or the inclination to hold ‘ receptions ’ — whatever they might be — but when she returned home at night , exhausted from her day in the City , she never failed to appreciate the deep sense of peaceful calm and serenity of the large , thickly carpeted room . |
| 5 | All she had needed from her man , she had decided , was an indication that he was still keen . |
| 6 | She would n't let this man sway her from her course . |
| 7 | She went and took a grey pleated skirt from her case and zipped herself into it . |
| 8 | She took fresh undies , a red cotton dress , and a pair of open-toed court shoes from her case , and went into the adjoining bathroom . |
| 9 | In slight panic , she climbed off the bed and swopped her jade cotton nightshirt for the first swimsuit which emerged from her case . |
| 10 | Then , having expelled this damp toad , this handful of gutter-muck from her system , she sighs and returns to a purged sleep . |
| 11 | ‘ Oh no you do n't , ’ Ace whispered , and a beam from her blaster sliced through the silvery filament . |
| 12 | Jehana had thrown off her cloak , and now she took her hiranu and cut a wide swathe from her gown . |
| 13 | One of them emerged from her gown and Owen went across and kissed it . |
| 14 | They say they had to stop a passing cleaner to take a plate from her trolley |
| 15 | Aunt Margaret would lift her head from her sewing now and then and smile nervously at Melanie , to show they were friends . |
| 16 | Ratification of treaties is the prerogative of the executive , and the formalities are concluded by the Queen on advice from her ministers . |
| 17 | They were both silent , busy with their own thoughts , apart from her directions , until he drew up in front of the divided house that contained her tiny flat . |
| 18 | She lay propped up in pain and wondered when it was she had begun to loathe her body — she who had always been so proud of her figure and liked to pirouette in front of the glass after stepping from her clothes , admiring the slim smoothness of her thighs , the trim concavity of her belly , the neatness of her breasts , her skin with the sculptured texture of marble , her neck slender as the stem of a wineglass , and the bound-up hair in which fire lurked and leaped . |
| 19 | He assessed everything about her , from her clothes and shoes to her luggage and hairstyle . |
| 20 | She bent down momentarily , brushing the dust from her clothes , then straightened up , her eyes following him . |
| 21 | Rachel stood up , brushing twigs and leaves from her clothes , then she turned to David who was still sitting on the bank staring up at her . |
| 22 | Steam rose from her clothes as she hesitated , wondering what to do next . |
| 23 | Her body heaved , and his hurtled across the from under the unexpected blow from her foot . |
| 24 | Driving home , dropping Lucy a block from her life , her house , her son . |
| 25 | This image of the financially independent woman is repugnant to Leapor who would rather remain poor , but take some enjoyment from her life : |
| 26 | Without him some of the magic had gone from her life and the dullness encroached into her work , no matter how she tried to compartmentalise it . |
| 27 | It will begin to ‘ make real ’ the fact of her husband 's death and permanent departure from her life , so everything possible should be done to give the occasion dignity , beauty , and a feeling of thanksgiving for his life ; for this is a memory she will carry with her always , and it is one from which most widows can draw some comfort if it has been an uplifting experience shared with her family and friends . |
| 28 | When at times she is feeling particularly low and bereft , you might also remind her gently that although it seems that love has departed from her life altogether with the loss of her husband , this is not so . |
| 29 | It was merely that she had learned from her life with him that , like many married women , she did n't really need a husband . |
| 30 | Pure separatism involves a woman taking steps to remove men from her life . |