Example sentences of "[vb past] her [noun] at [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Despite her fear she caught her breath at such beauty . |
2 | She could picture him so clearly , sitting waiting at the airport , that she ground her teeth at one point , made spitting noises . |
3 | My clever chat would avail me nothing in the face of the fact that I had chosen to ally myself with a woman who practically peed her pants at some salesman 's blue jokes . |
4 | Her husband and children respected her privacy at this time and did not interrupt it with trivial enquiries like : ‘ Where 's my shirt ? ’ or ‘ What 's for dinner ? ’ |
5 | Determined not to hold Penry up , she made her purchases at such speed that she was outside , waiting , when he came striding down the narrow street to collect her . |
6 | He made her laugh at those dinner parties and other gatherings where they had been together . |
7 | In the Post Office while I was trying to phone Prague , Irena was getting free phone calls in exchange for correcting a German text for the manager , and when we went to a bookshop she had a friend who sold her books at half price . |
8 | is Head of Department at the London College of Dance and Drama at Bedford and impressed everyone who experienced her sessions at last year 's Movement and Dance Day in the Eastern Region . |
9 | My daughter , Dr Ann Mitchell , who got her PhD at Heriot-Watt University in microbiology , spends much of her time in the Caquita Medio region of the Columbian Amazon , living and working with the Uitoto y Muinane Indians observing their healing techniques and categorising and collecting plant specimens . |
10 | No Greek writer travelled to Rome , and no Greek historian told her history at any length . |
11 | Without glancing at her , he knew she had her eyebrows at full stretch . |