Example sentences of "[vb past] in her [noun sg] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She dug in her shoulder-bag for dark glasses and retreated behind them , staring in some awe at the magnificent medieval jumble of forts and palaces and strongholds that comprised this stretch of coastline . |
| 2 | Beatrice Webb signed the Appeal , although as she recorded in her diary for 1889 , she was impressed by a reply she received from a woman who complained that her lodger could vote but she could not , and that while she could vote for her parish council and her local Poor Law Guardians , she could not do so for an MP . |
| 3 | She fumbled in her pocket for more change but before she could get in it into the coin slot she heard the click . |
| 4 | What Elaine waited in her tower for this shuffling Lancelot ? |
| 5 | The nurse slept in her room for two hours while Francis dozed in his nursery . |