Example sentences of "her [noun pl] were [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her ankles were scratched by the brittle ancient stems , her fingers scored . |
| 2 | Her fingers were biting into the metal . |
| 3 | It was supremely indifferent , but , even as it burned into her like acid , her fingers were plunging into the midnight darkness of his hair as she invited his kiss again , the tumult of his mouth on hers and in it already a necessity , wildness running in her veins , the heavy aching beat of desire unchecked at the deep core of her womanhood . |
| 4 | Her fingers were sliding over the satiny warmth of her skin , and in a sweet intimate flash of reminder , or of warning , her body ( her secret breathing body which she ignored for nearly all of her time , trying to forget it ) came to life and spoke to her . |
| 5 | Her fingers were tingling with the warm smoothness , and she stood there looking puzzled or undecided , the packet of notes loose in her hand . |
| 6 | Robyn saw for the first time that Melissa was a little drunk ; her eyes had that bright , fixed look , and her words were pronounced with the extra care of someone who had consumed rather too much alcohol . |
| 7 | Her words were lost in the sound of grinding gears , and the car leaped away from the sidewalk , knocking Mrs Frizzell 's hat askew and leaving her mouthing furiously at nobody . |
| 8 | Her reveries were interrupted by the entrance of two female SS officers . |
| 9 | All through the night her eyes were fixed on the lights of Casterbridge , the end of her journey . |
| 10 | Her eyes were swollen under the thick green and black make-up . |
| 11 | ’ Her eyes were slitted in the gathering dusk , but her voice was clear . |
| 12 | Her eyes were adjusting to the darkness , and now she could see that he had folded his arms over the enticing broadness of his chest and was watching her with a challenging glitter in his eyes . |
| 13 | Her eyes were closed against the glare of lights overhead , but still their dazzle came through . |
| 14 | Her mouth felt as dry as a bone and her eyes were closed against the intrusive light . |
| 15 | She began to slowly pull back , but her eyes were trapped in the sudden , melting caress in his gaze . |
| 16 | Despite a flaring anger at this impertinence her eyes were drawn to the strong column of his throat as he swallowed . |
| 17 | Her eyes were drawn by the stone immediately . |
| 18 | Her eyes were drawn by the impenetrable blackness of the alleys between the parade of houses opposite , a clutch of raucous youths tumbling out of a Victorian plastic pub on the corner and a drunk dressed in a greasy jacket sitting on a bench set back from the road . |
| 19 | She became an accomplished pianist and several of her pictures were exhibited at the Royal Academy . |
| 20 | When pulled tight it effectively secured her to the bench , and as it passed behind her knees , so her legs were strapped in the position where her feet were above her head . |
| 21 | Her legs were crossed at the knee , and she was wearing her new wedge-heeled shoes . |
| 22 | Her legs were curled to the side , slender with dainty ankles curving to small , arched feet . |
| 23 | She looked up to see that Belle had n't made it : her legs were dangling into the corridor . |
| 24 | Some of her designs were included in the 1857 Pre-Raphaelite exhibition in Russell Square . |
| 25 | Her feet were plunged into the water . |
| 26 | Rachel 's opportunity to speak to her parents came on Saturday morning after the community nurse had arrived and was tending to Jennifer in her room and she and her parents were sitting at the kitchen table . |
| 27 | Both her parents were sitting in the living room reading . |
| 28 | Her limbs were wracked with the aches of her first trip outside since the bluelight had punctured her brain , and he was whole and strong . |
| 29 | He was too big , altogether too masculine — she could see the roughened texture of his tanned skin , and her senses were invaded by the subtle fragrance of his male cologne . |
| 30 | Lady Blemley and her guests were sitting round the tea table . |