Example sentences of "her [noun pl] at the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 With the most artfully devised deliberation she managed not to avoid it , tripped spectacularly in such a fashion that she fell forward , the contents of the tea-tray , cups , saucers , dregs of tea , milk , sugar and cream cakes , all cascading neatly into Mrs Darrell 's lap , with McAllister herself , purple in the face as a consequence of stifling a dreadful desire to laugh , landing gracefully on her knees at the good lady 's feet .
2 The skirt did not reach her calves at the ideal point for flattery .
3 The moves follow a separate case involving a 14-year-old girl who will today defend her right to ‘ divorce ’ her parents at the High Court .
4 The worst bit was to come , when the steamer rolled over and took in water over her bulwarks at one side , then rolled straight over and took in water over her bulwarks at the other side .
5 Still , he 's a married man , and his wife is in her seventh month , from what I hear : that 's why she had to send her apologies at the last moment
6 Make what you want of that , she thought , flicking a glance under her lashes at the silent man lounging opposite her .
7 As the rest of the retinue began to come , straggling , into the yard , Groa dismissed her steward and went to her rooms at the other end of the hall , where Anghared , Ferteth 's wife , was sewing stockings and talking to Eochaid 's sister Maire , who was teaching one of Sinna 's girls how to embroider .
8 Anna Zborowska posed for two nude paintings , presumably painted in her rooms at the Sunny Hotel with Lunia acting as chaperone .
9 UBI A girl who lifts her skirts at the very moment you wish she would
10 The vision of Mrs Thatcher raising her arms at the Tory Party Conference and saying she is ‘ proud to be old ’ is so unlikely that it makes us smile .
11 Now Rhoda had stopped work she would go down to the newsagent on the corner for her cigarettes at the same time every morning , each day a little lighter on her feet .
12 His eyes roved mockingly over the tanned curve of her breasts at the unbuttoned neckline of the dress as he spoke , and she shivered despairingly .
13 She would elicit from her colleagues at the Versorelli Institute the exact itinerary Kingdom had followed there in November .
  Next page