Example sentences of "[prep] she in the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There , spread out below her in the late afternoon sun , was Florence . |
| 2 | She knew this from the hushed voices of the nursery staff and from the comings and goings far below her in the great house . |
| 3 | It 's not going to be as big as her first marriage , when 47,000 well-wishers crowded the streets around Westminster Abbey to catch a glimpse of her in the magnificent Glass Coach . |
| 4 | ‘ I do n't know how you can even speak of her in the same breath . ’ |
| 5 | I tried not to think of her in the feathery nightdress under the influence of the aphrodisiac . |
| 6 | One night Kit stumbled by , when Ariel was sitting outside the cabin , with the baby sleeping near her in the small hammock she had rigged up for him . |
| 7 | Behind her in the fluorescent glint |
| 8 | Likewise , Mr Clark has had to explain that his remark to Mr Lamont ( ‘ I can see you were n't at Eton ’ ) is derogatory not of the chancellor but of Mr Clark 's alma mater , where ‘ you were surrounded by shits and knew what shits were , the sort of people who could vote against Her in the first round . |
| 9 | Squashed against her in the tiny hall , he dripped water and spluttered apologies . |
| 10 | He had waited with her in the elegant departure lounge with its striking shopping centre and attractive bars and cafés , until her flight was called . |
| 11 | In the spring , almost without knowing how it happened , she accepted Rachel 's invitation to go and live with her in the new house she was buying in London . |
| 12 | She solicitously asked if all was well , sending constant messages to enquire if there was anything lacking , or inviting him to walk with her in the sweet-smelling orchard outside the convent church . |
| 13 | But with her in the same building is the new Social Security Secretary , Mr Peter Lilley , an unreconstructed Thatcherite , in charge of the Government 's biggest budget — the £66 billion spent on welfare benefits . |
| 14 | How long can you still live with her in the same house while making up your mind ? |
| 15 | While the men around her take their hookboots from the rack , Liessa bends her mind to the task of full visualisation ; above her in the musty air the dragons become fully visible , bronze scales dully reflecting the sunbeam shafts . |
| 16 | Hers was draped with dusty red velvet , and there was a worn armchair alongside her in the same material . |
| 17 | For she was old when Tabitha Jute first set eyes upon her , when she dragged the tarpaulins from her in the long grass of that neglected vineyard . |
| 18 | Had he changed his mind about her in the cold light of morning ? |
| 19 | Lou went along with him for every show , with a place always reserved for her in the front row . |
| 20 | There is no room for her in the geriatric ward either , or wo n't be , until Amy dies , which may not be long . |
| 21 | It was getting late and her youngest child , Tudor , who had accompanied her to the funeral , and was now waiting for her in the local hotel , would be growing anxious . |
| 22 | they were waiting for her in the old house : Louise , her mother , her aunt Bella and her grandmother , Irena . |
| 23 | Certainly Stock , Aitken and Waterman and the guardian angel figure of manager Terry Blamey were waiting in the wings , but would they understand and care for her in the same way ? |
| 24 | On the premise that ‘ too many cooks spoil the broth ’ , he asks us to reiterate that day to day management of the Village is in the hands of the Warden , Mrs. Pat Holmes , and any guidance , questions or advice on such matters should be addressed to her in the first instance . |
| 25 | The lines of experience were marked on her face and although she still had all the exuberant charm which had drawn him to her in the first place , he thought she looked older than he knew her to be . |
| 26 | He kept asking her to get to the point as he was in a meeting , while she was waiting for him to get to the point , since , as far as she was aware , he 'd made the call to her in the first place . |
| 27 | On August 2nd , 1951 , 48-year old Mrs Mabel Tattershaw was spoken to by the man next to her in the Roxy Cinema , Nottingham . |
| 28 | There was nothing of interest to her in the present conversation except as a means of promoting their intimacy and retaining his arm around her waist . |
| 29 | When at last they began to come out to her in the sun-drenched quadrangle on the Castle 's south side , where she liked to sit , she was patient and cautious . |
| 30 | They swam then , and Damian made love to her in the hot sea , stripping her as they floated together , wrapping their bodies around each other in unreasoning desire , kissing saltily as their hoarse cries filled the air and they nearly sank like stones as Damian went rigid with pleasure , his fingers biting into her nude body in the warm water . |