Example sentences of "her [noun] [was/were] [adj] [conj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now Léonie 's mane stuck out crisply , the blaze of a sunflower , and her fur was yellow as bananas . |
| 2 | Her hair was black as jet , falling beyond her shoulders , straight and heavy , blue lights glittering along its length . |
| 3 | Her hair was short and dark , and she had a long face with a mobile mouth and crooked teeth . |
| 4 | Her tiredness was such that Hazel could no longer study and she failed all her school exams . |
| 5 | The woman 's eyes over her veil were black as gun-tubes . |
| 6 | Her eyes were black as voids , heightened by the black eyeshadow and mascara with which she had augmented them . |
| 7 | I had not yet decided whether her eyes were grey or hazel . |
| 8 | Her mouth was dry and hollow , a socket , no longer a well , as if she had no tongue to kiss with . |
| 9 | ‘ Let's hope so , ’ she said , and told them that her parents were furious because Josh , her grandmother 's lodger , had left all his money and possessions to Kate and not even mentioned her grandmother who had looked after him for years . |
| 10 | Her handshake was warm and firm . |
| 11 | Taking money from an elderly blind person is obviously wrong , but Gilly felt that her need was greater than Mr Randolph 's and also assumed that she would n't get found out . |
| 12 | Cynicism glittered in the brightness of his light blue eyes as relief restored the colour to her cheeks , but her reprieve was short-lived as cynicism gave way to shrewdness . |
| 13 | ‘ Just in case , ’ she said smiling , but her voice was sad and Endill could see tears forming in her eyes . |
| 14 | Her voice was pleasant and voices were important to him . |
| 15 | But her voice was cool and light . |
| 16 | Her voice was bitter and Kate and Evelyn exchanged worried glances . |
| 17 | Her voice was slow and flat . |
| 18 | Her voice was clear and light , its pitch was always a shock to him , when he heard her without seeing her . |
| 19 | Her voice was soft and sort of lazy sounding , the kind of voice that most of the time you are n't sure if the person is kidding or being serious . |
| 20 | Her voice was high and cross . |
| 21 | All at once she had to notch her belt tighter , found she had hipbones , cheekbones , found her breasts were round and firm . |
| 22 | Her breasts were large and firm , her buttocks broad but not fat . |
| 23 | Her approaches were unsuccessful since suspicion of her contacts with Jacobite circles might have endangered Georg Ludwig 's position as king of England ; and her children when grown up had political considerations of their own which prevented them from responding positively . |
| 24 | Her tone was bitter and tears streamed down her face . |
| 25 | Her family was delighted although Fiona remembers her sister-in-law in America asking anxiously about the kitten James had given her for Christmas . |
| 26 | I had said that her view was unreasonable and Syl was free to go out in the evening as he wished . |
| 27 | For Jack , it was a joy to watch her walk ; her step was light and happiness shone from her . |
| 28 | Her mother was surprised that Sarah was not with her but Anne explained that she had important work to finish . |
| 29 | She had dyed black hair that looked like cotton wool dipped in liquid boot polish , her face was thin and feral-looking , and through the flimsy see-through negligee George could see that under her arms was enough hair to make a pair of identical wigs . |