Example sentences of "her [noun] set [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had her eyes set on a bigger catch than me . ’ |
| 2 | She lifted the receiver as Myra darted to the other phone and , her mouth set in a straight line , dialled the number of Roman 's office . |
| 3 | Her face was flushed , but her mouth set in a firm line . |
| 4 | Her mouth set in a grim line , she went to the kitchen door . |
| 5 | For a moment she hesitated , then , her mouth set in a determined line Elise would have recognised with misgiving , set about dampening her cotton nightshirt and then her hair and face to simulate perspiration . |
| 6 | Her mouth set in a stubborn line he knew so well . |
| 7 | Her mouth set in a stubborn line . |
| 8 | Kate stared back at him , her mouth set in a bitter line . |
| 9 | She stalked off across the road , her hat jammed firmly on her head and her mouth set in a mutinous line . |
| 10 | Wade , the Commonwealth 800 metres record holder since 1985 , has her sights set on the 1500 metres in the Olympic trials meeting in Birmingham at the end of next month and is ready to test her form against top-class opposition after recovering from a knee injury which threatened to ruin her summer plans . |
| 11 | Isobel was ambitious , and had her sights set on the national news media ; unfortunately , so did every other young news-hustler in every backwater station in the country , and few of them were having to contend with sinuses that felt as if they 'd been stuffed with pillows . |
| 12 | Amanda Harris plays her as a termagant who steams about like the mad woman in the attic , her face set in a perpetual lockjawed scowl . |