Example sentences of "her [noun sg] [vb past] [adv] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Julie pulled in and her sister ran across to the two booths , pulling the piece of paper from her handbag , finding Paxton 's number . |
| 2 | Sister Rosario looked at the pinched face of Maura Ryan and her heart went out to the child . |
| 3 | Louisa received it so , and her heart went out to the suffering woman . |
| 4 | ‘ My father called me Breeze , ’ she added , as he seemed interested ; and as she said that her mind went back to the hot summer 's day when her father had given her the nickname which had been adopted by everyone . |
| 5 | Well it was n't er the wife it was a bit of a setback , we had a bungalow you see , a small bungalow which was in a very , very nice part of Plymouth , well on the outskirts of Plymouth actually , almost in the country and er , to come and find this , well to her it 'd be like a , a terraced house , her mind went back to the old days in Manchester where she came from with the old terraced houses and I think she visualized that then to go in a house that had a , a square room , do you follow ? |
| 6 | Her mind drifted back to the first day they 'd seen Crystal Springs . |
| 7 | This revolving of him in her mind led invariably to the same end , the same fear , that he would go away from Hilderbridge without her seeing him and then she would never see him again . |
| 8 | Her mind skimmed back to the dinner on Friday night . |
| 9 | Robyn asked , just a little shakily as her mind raced ahead to the possibilities before her and then retreated with equal speed , because her mind did n't like what it saw . |
| 10 | With automatic professionalism Folly had carried them into the bathroom and begun to hunt around for a suitable container before her mind turned back to the question of who could have sent them . |
| 11 | As she sucked thoughtfully on the cigarette her mind wandered back to the contents of the dossier they had prepared on Benin . |
| 12 | Her mind flew back to the moment last evening when Benedict had come at her out of the shadows of the hall as she had come downstairs with Lady Merchiston 's empty supper tray . |
| 13 | ‘ To my grief and surprise I found her mind bowed down to the very depths of painful disquietude , unable to realise the presence of her Saviour , and harassed with the fiery darts of the great Enemy … |
| 14 | Her glance moved over to the phone — should she ring Ven about her car ? |
| 15 | Blanche turned to Dexter , her eyebrows uplifted in surprise for a moment before her gaze sank thoughtfully to the carpet . |
| 16 | Leith again came close to physically lashing out at him , and might well have , she realised , had not the object of her aim moved forward to the bed . |
| 17 | They strolled through Paris together , after her husband went back to the front . |
| 18 | On the evening of a masked ball in the palace she came visiting with Bothwell and other lords , and while she chatted to her husband they — with or without her knowledge went down to the cellar to prepare the gunpowder stored there . |
| 19 | He had n't thought it necessary to recall for Dillon 's benefit the tragic death of Sandy , the notebook he 'd found secreted under the seat of her Jaguar parked close to the bell tower . |
| 20 | As Ngo Van Loc drove them northwards , her thoughts against her will returned constantly to the frenzy of that midnight jungle storm and the gnawing fear that she might not have emerged from her folly unscathed . |
| 21 | Her dress fell obediently to the floor around her ankles . |
| 22 | Her hand went out to the telephone , then drew back . |
| 23 | She was already within arm 's length , only the door standing between them to prevent him from reaching her , and she clearly suspected nothing because she was moving in and as her hand passed close to the glass , he could see it in vivid pastel detail . |
| 24 | She and her detective rushed over to the photographer and she pleaded with him to hand over his film , and tell nothing of what he had seen . |
| 25 | Encouraged by their neighbour 's cheeriness , Ellie and her brother went round to the back of her house and shyly waited to be let in . |
| 26 | The other three more closely fit the latter than the former model : Mrs Mitchell 's daughter wanted her mother admitted permanently to the local psychiatric hospital ( knowing that she would not be eligible for residential care because of the severity of her condition ) ; but she also added — ‘ not that I do n't want her at home too — I love my mother — it 's just that the strain is too much for me ’ . |
| 27 | Her son went straight to the town hall to ask maintenance men to restore the vital services for his mother . |
| 28 | As a last resort , she and her son went back to the Children 's Home . |