Example sentences of "her [noun sg] [vb -s] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 THREE years and five months after the Aga Khan 's Aliysa was first past the post in the 1989 Oaks , the latest chapter in the saga of her disqualification begins at the High Court today .
2 The cause of her disadvantage rests in the social arrangements we make , yet there is a tradition of social analysis which attempts to blame the girl for her failure , as if it were simply her responsibility to overcome the conditions of class , race and gender to which she is subject .
3 Her work belongs in the awesome tradition of German graphic art but also has the chilling grandeur of the paintings of Francis Bacon .
4 Pam Nelson may not yet be a household name but if this young American progresses in the same manner as previous Pilkington Glass U.21 Champions Steffi Graf , Arantxa Sanchez , Jana Novotna and Manuela Maleeva , then it will not be long before her name appears in the latter stages of the world 's leading tournaments .
5 Accordingly , in my judgment , her claim falls within the exclusive jurisdiction of the visitor , subject always to judicial review .
6 Although the radio monitoring system used by Siobhan Fahey allowed her to indulge in some frenzied dancing during the songs , it did her no favours in the vocal projection stakes .
7 His hands slid down her body , making her moan as they traced the shape of her breasts , his thumbs flickering over her hardening nipples through the thin cotton of her shirt .
8 Dressing often becomes a battle at this time , as you try to hurry the process by helping where help is n't wanted and she becomes more and more frustrated when her leg goes in the wrong hole or the jumper ends up back to front .
9 His three customers on the plane were a woman who had changed her travel plans at the last minute and a married couple starting a world tour .
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