Example sentences of "her [noun pl] [verb] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Patsy and her sons arrived in the village on Friday evening and spoke to us on the telephone . |
| 2 | And once he had heard Sweetheart coming down the stairs , her high-heels ringing on the stone steps , and he had thrown the stolen food in Rosie 's corner in a panic . |
| 3 | That night , the glow of her lanterns shimmered on the water like dancing jewels : they seemed to beckon to Sara in a strange , seductive way . |
| 4 | Her fingers tightened on the wad of newspapers . |
| 5 | Her fingers tightened on the stem of her glass , twisting it experimentally . |
| 6 | Her fingers tightened on the banister rail , as she paused in her descent . |
| 7 | She addressed her fingers splayed on the desktop . |
| 8 | Her fingers toyed with the ends of the fine saffron scarf she wore in her hair , a floppy bow peeping provocatively from her curls just below one ear . |
| 9 | She put out a wary hand and felt her fingers sink into the softness of a robe made of albescent whiteness , pouring ivory and soft , glinting pearl . |
| 10 | She was astonished and sat as though turned to stone , her fingers thrust through the opening of his unbuttoned trousers . |
| 11 | Her fingers plucked at the air until Thérèse reached out and held them in her own . |
| 12 | She closed her eyes and let her fingers burrow through the tissue paper until she felt the lace of the collar . |
| 13 | Christine had to bend her arm down by her side to get her fingers to connect with the keys . |
| 14 | He was sitting just a matter of inches away , when he moved to reach for a coffee-cup she caught the smell of freshly washed hair , and her fingers itched with the memory of tangling themselves in those jet-black waves . |
| 15 | The memory of the towers ' electro-sticks back at Mars-U made her fingers fumble at the keys . |
| 16 | Surprise kept her silent for a moment while her fingers tightened on the receiver . |
| 17 | Gina stopped where she was , her fingers clenched in the palms of her hand as she fought to control the surge of irritation which threatened to make her lose her temper completely , while Rune 's brilliant gaze held her in thrall , intimate , deliberately self-assured . |
| 18 | Her fingers danced over the keyboard , uncertain at first , then more sure . |
| 19 | Her fingers closed over the handle , the half-raised posture of her body shielding the movement from de Raimes . |
| 20 | But manage it she did , eventually , and with a sense of elation her fingers closed on the knife . |
| 21 | A mumbled , incoherent sound bubbled and surfaced in her throat , and she clung to him for support , her fingers twisting in the silk of his shirt . |
| 22 | Her wrist was stiff , her fingers calloused by the pen . |
| 23 | His hair was thick and warm , and her fingers revelled in the feel of it , creeping around the back of his skull where she half-heartedly tugged to bring his head back so that she no longer ached for his kisses to continue . |
| 24 | Her fingers stiffened under the memory of the innumerable raps on the knuckles Sylvie had given her in the past . |
| 25 | Her fingers running through the ruff of fur around the cat 's neck tightened as Jehan spoke , and the cat yowled and it bit playfully at her hand . |
| 26 | Her fingers swim with the water between folds of flesh and take up the rhythm of the light . |
| 27 | She grunted as her fingers scrabbled with the cellophane wrapping . |
| 28 | Her teeth chattered against the cup . |
| 29 | Lally gasped and coughed , she even spat , her teeth gleamed against the mud . |
| 30 | Ca n't you hear her teeth chattering in the night ? |