Example sentences of "her [noun pl] [verb] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I asked Mrs Zamzam what her sons did for a living , a young man interrupted to say that they all worked ‘ for the revolution ’ . |
| 2 | Then , while her insides went into a tangle of mild uproar , he took hold of her by her arms — which in no way helped to mend the way she was feeling — and turned her to face him . |
| 3 | She clenched her teeth to hold in a scream . |
| 4 | Her face was flushed , her mouth slightly open , her teeth lying in a glass on the night table . |
| 5 | For a moment she looked furiously at Donald , her teeth bared like a cat 's , then she shook her hair out , spattering Donald with bree and barley , and hauled him back into the dance . |
| 6 | She slowed , reading what he had written , then stopped , her teeth bared in a smile . |
| 7 | There was a taunting sexual threat in the words , and she smiled at him over her shoulder as she paused in the bathroom doorway and let the cotton coverlet slide from her shoulders to land in a heap at her feet . |
| 8 | Strange things seemed to be happening to her voice , and her words came in a sort of confused mumble . |
| 9 | ‘ I closed off … yes , I did close off my heart because you had closed off yours , ’ she insisted quickly , her words coming in a rush . |
| 10 | Do n't push your luck , ’ she said , her words ending in a wail as he picked her up and dumped her in the car like an unwieldy parcel . |
| 11 | Her lips curved into a grin . |
| 12 | Her lips parted in a snarl . |
| 13 | She stood off to one side , her lips twisted into a grimace of disgust at their vulgarity . |
| 14 | She emerged from the confines of the turtle-neck , and turned quickly , shaking her hair into place , her lips parting in a smile — And stopped right there . |
| 15 | The only alteration in her face was the pucker of her lips melting into a pout of unrelieved gloom as they shut the door behind them . |
| 16 | The sergeant watched his boss scrutinise Jane Pargeter , her lips pulled into a look of scepticism to match his own . |
| 17 | her lips curled in a smile , and Patrick wondered if she knew what effect she was having on him — and then realized that she probably did . |
| 18 | Her lips trembled on a smile . |
| 19 | Charlotte had been the first to make the connection ; her eyes lit with a spark of alert intelligence which was meant as a communication , and as briefly acknowledged by a warning flicker of George 's glance in her direction . |
| 20 | She floated above and ahead of them , and her eyes narrowed onto a shimmer of water at a hairpin bend . |
| 21 | Alice had the impression , as she rose from her chair , that again Felicity was dark and hag-like , her eyes glittering from a wigwam of jet-black hair . |
| 22 | Isabel squeezed her eyes shut for a second . |
| 23 | A bead of moisture clung , and she squeezed her eyes shut for a second lest she reach out and lick it away . |
| 24 | Reluctantly she turned her eyes away , then gasped as her eyes fell on a painting in pride of place on the only wall at which she had not as yet glanced . |
| 25 | Irritated , she looked away and was about to tackle him about the apartment when her eyes fell on a party of very young children in fairy-tale costumes being shepherded past Quadri 's caffè by doting parents and grandparents . |
| 26 | Flipping lazily on to her back , she floated with her eyes closed for a moment , frowning as the sound of a door closing echoed around the pool . |
| 27 | Limping , sniffing , aware that the rain could have ruined her best velvet skirt , she stumbled along , her eyes peeled for a phone box . |
| 28 | She looked hastily away — and found her eyes glued to a body that had no business being so magnetically attractive . |
| 29 | She let her eyes close for a moment . |
| 30 | She let her eyes stray for a moment to the door of the bedroom where her little daughter now lay fast asleep . |