Example sentences of "her [noun] [vb past] [adv prt] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her sister jumped back from the letter-cage . |
| 2 | She thought of taking off her overall — ; she was wearing one of Lily 's blouses underneath — only when it was unbuttoned and she looked in the mirror her chest poked out in a most peculiar way . |
| 3 | He clambered over and pulled off the covering so quickly her hair bushed out like a halo . |
| 4 | Beside her , in a pair of jeans and a comfortable sweatshirt , her hair tied back in a pony-tail , Shannon felt like a stable-hand . |
| 5 | She wore her hair squeezed up into a ballooning Afro by the same red bandana that she had worn down on the dock the first time Trent had seen her . |
| 6 | Sister Rosario looked at the pinched face of Maura Ryan and her heart went out to the child . |
| 7 | Louisa received it so , and her heart went out to the suffering woman . |
| 8 | Her eyes were on his mouth and , as though spellbound , she watched his lips forming the erotic words while heat suffused her body and her heart bounced about like a bumble-puppy . |
| 9 | As she drove away her heart speeded up into an erratic , agitated rhythm . |
| 10 | Her words tailed off at the expression in his eyes . |
| 11 | Her words shot out in a clatter . |
| 12 | Caroline could almost see her building up her courage , and then her words came out in a rush . |
| 13 | Her words went in like a knife . |
| 14 | ‘ My father called me Breeze , ’ she added , as he seemed interested ; and as she said that her mind went back to the hot summer 's day when her father had given her the nickname which had been adopted by everyone . |
| 15 | Well it was n't er the wife it was a bit of a setback , we had a bungalow you see , a small bungalow which was in a very , very nice part of Plymouth , well on the outskirts of Plymouth actually , almost in the country and er , to come and find this , well to her it 'd be like a , a terraced house , her mind went back to the old days in Manchester where she came from with the old terraced houses and I think she visualized that then to go in a house that had a , a square room , do you follow ? |
| 16 | Her mind drifted back to the first day they 'd seen Crystal Springs . |
| 17 | She sipped her ale , then frowned as her mind skittered back over the conversation . |
| 18 | Her mind skimmed back to the dinner on Friday night . |
| 19 | With automatic professionalism Folly had carried them into the bathroom and begun to hunt around for a suitable container before her mind turned back to the question of who could have sent them . |
| 20 | As she sucked thoughtfully on the cigarette her mind wandered back to the contents of the dossier they had prepared on Benin . |
| 21 | Her mind flew back to the moment last evening when Benedict had come at her out of the shadows of the hall as she had come downstairs with Lady Merchiston 's empty supper tray . |
| 22 | ‘ To my grief and surprise I found her mind bowed down to the very depths of painful disquietude , unable to realise the presence of her Saviour , and harassed with the fiery darts of the great Enemy … |
| 23 | ‘ Oh look how your dumplings are wobbling , ’ he called to her and her tray shook along with the dumplings . |
| 24 | Her glance moved over to the phone — should she ring Ven about her car ? |
| 25 | The fierce note in Rose Hilaire 's voice got through to Dagmar Blond , who stopped talking at once , but the last phrase on her lips came out like a ghost : ‘ seeing yourself kill — ’ The last word of all disappeared . |
| 26 | Her lips curved up in a smile . |
| 27 | Her black eyes were bright , her lips curled back in a fearsome snarl that dribbled saliva and left her tongue hanging . |
| 28 | Her eyes clouded over with the pain of the memories being allowed to surface after so many years of being ruthlessly suppressed . |
| 29 | From time to time , her eyes screwed up in a spasm of misery . |
| 30 | A civilian judge investigating the case died on Nov. 19 when her car blew up in the capital , Santiago . |