Example sentences of "her [noun sg] [prep] a [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 After a while , sitting in the car , we saw her stand for a few minutes first on one of the Howes , then on another , still and with arms raised .
2 Naylor did not keep her waiting , but rang her doorbell with a few minutes to go before eleven .
3 A T E , A T R at the university and just , the block , the side of the university , she had her apartment for a little time .
4 The idea had been in the back of her mind for a few days now and this evening had decided it for sure .
5 So it can only be human failure I E that she was driving and just sort of lost her concentration for a few seconds and that was fatal
6 In 1984 there was considerable publicity concerning a woman who gouged out her eye and another who slashed her breast in order to get out of her cell for a few minutes .
7 ‘ Never , in my life , ’ he murmured distractedly , leaving her mouth for a few seconds to hungrily kiss her cheekbone , her temple , to lightly nip the lobe of her ear , ‘ have I met a woman so obstinate , so pigheaded … ’
8 If the bedroom you occupy is large enough to be turned into a comfortable bed-sitting-room , or if you have your own private sitting-room in the house , you can avoid trouble and confrontation by entertaining friends there , and that will be the end of it ; but if not , after a tactful explanation of your needs to your parent , you should get to the point of suggesting clearly that she might agree to retire to her room for a few hours sometimes when your friends come to the home ( after you have all shared a meal together first , if she wishes ) .
9 She lost her job after a few weeks and what little money my Dad had left quickly went on drugs and booze .
10 ‘ Hmm , ’ he murmured , but she was glad to see he had lost none of his pleasantness of expression when , considering her request for a few seconds , he divulged , ‘ After almost two years without a holiday or much free time , I last week completed what I believe to be one of my best achievements . ’
11 However , a mother who is in contact with her baby immediately after delivery is much more likely to be able to do this than one who is not given her baby until a few hours after the birth .
12 The first Leopold heard of it was when his son coolly informed him that he was accompanying Aloysia and her father for a few days to visit the Princess of Orange at Kircheim-Bolanden , where Aloysia was to sing several arias that Wolfgang had written for her .
13 She asked her aunt for a little money , for the first time , shuffling her feet and keeping her eyes shyly down .
14 The pain had made her lose her breath for a few seconds .
15 She sat on the edge of her bed for a few minutes , digging dirt from under her nails .
16 Mrs Castle opens her account with a few reflections on the ‘ feminine ’ touch Edward Heath had brought to the redecoration of Chequers and some bitter-sweet memories of 1969 , when she and Wilson had clashed there with trade-union leaders over the In Place of Strife proposals for union reform .
17 She began her meal with a few hors-d'oeuvres , with the caviare one tasting particularly good .
18 Even if the Queen ca n't go , she can surely spare at least one member of her family for a few days there .
19 Sister was off duty , but the staff nurse , a big , auburn-haired girl with freckles , agreed to let Juliet see her mother for a few minutes .
20 The result was pale and sickly , stress lines showing how much she would look like her mother in a few years ' time .
21 She broke off to berate her son for a few minutes .
22 Elizabeth Woodville , informed of the arrest of her brother and of her son by a former marriage , as well as of the young king 's faithful chamberlain , was beside herself with anger and anxiety .
23 A friend of mine once returned to her house after a few month 's absence and found that though the font of her desk looked exactly the same as before she left , termites had eaten out the back of it and destroyed the contents of several drawers .
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