Example sentences of "her [noun] [adv] [adv prt] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But such was the power of those two softly spoken words that Ronni found her head jerking up to look at the speaker , barely aware of her brother 's muttered response as he hoisted her cases up on to the jetty . |
| 2 | ‘ Work , ’ she told herself feverishly , tipping her sketches out on to the table . |
| 3 | On the contrary , the question she saw hovering behind Miss Violet 's innocent query remained at the forefront of her mind right up to the day the Brownings returned to the Casa Guidi . |
| 4 | Shiona swung her legs down on to the carpet . |
| 5 | She glanced down at him once , then shifted her gaze back out to the Estuary and the rising tide . |
| 6 | Fran gave him a watery smile , then turned her attention pointedly back to the schedule to forestall any further questions , and Fred took the hint . |
| 7 | Ma stretches her lips and lowers her head back on to the headrest . |
| 8 | She keeps giving me clothes — ; not this dear old awful thing , Mrs McPhee at home made this — and making me practise manners and the piano and I could n't tell her about last night , I could n't , I ca n't disappoint another person , not after my mother — ’ and Alexandra put her head down on to the slice of bread on her plate and burst into tears . |
| 9 | She smacked her hand down on to the saucer without realising she still held the cup . |
| 10 | Swinging her boots up on to the Indian bedspread to indicate her lack of concern . |
| 11 | She picked her way gently down to the door , nodded pleasantly to Farquhar and bent under the lintel , to find her husband sitting by the tiny fireplace , watching Marion turn a hare on a spit over it . |