Example sentences of "her [noun sg] [v-ing] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ How do I look — ’ She stopped dead , her heart flipping over under the sweater as Penry Vaughan leapt to his feet at the sight of her , the height and breadth of him overpowering the entire room . |
| 2 | She jumped to her feet , her face white , her eyes haunted , her heart beating painfully at the thought of what she had to do . |
| 3 | I called in on Ruth at lunchtime today and found her sitting up in her wheelchair looking out at the garden and seeming much better and as bright as usual — a nice nurse in attendance . |
| 4 | Shiona blinked her eyes open , half wondering if this was a nightmare , her gaze flickering automatically to the upper bunk where Kirsty was still lying peacefully asleep . |
| 5 | Louise cried out as she felt her body tumbling down into the blackness . |
| 6 | Despair shook her , her body screaming silently at the pain of leaving him , choosing not to think of the risk he had taken to be with her . |
| 7 | Out of the corner of her eye , she watched her husband staring down at the cot . |
| 8 | She strained against the back-rest again , her bum lifting right off the seat . |
| 9 | She gave him a quick amused glance , her head leaning back against the faded red of the alcove seat . |
| 10 | Robyn lay on her back looking up at the cloudless sky . |
| 11 | She lay on her back staring up at the ceiling and her thoughts immediately flashed back to Luke and last night . |
| 12 | She met her father coming out of the surgery . |
| 13 | Benjamin paused and we all stared at the young woman now sitting back in her chair looking up at the rafters , tapping the table top and humming a tune to herself . |
| 14 | It came clear from the bag , her finger slipping on to the trigger , thumb freeing the safety catch . |
| 15 | There she stopped and stood waving goodbye , and watched her daughter walking away into the distance . |
| 16 | It was a woman who got the first question in , her voice rising shrilly above the others . |
| 17 | I am much , much more concerned about her voice lasting out for the evening . |
| 18 | The lettering on the bag looks too garish for the occasion , but at least wo n't get out of the car and find the remnants of her life spilling out into the gutter . |
| 19 | Later she mastered Braille , learned to type and later took lessons from a teacher for the deaf so that she could go to school , then college and later spent her life lecturing all over the world . |
| 20 | It has been known for a woman going into labour to suddenly perceive the connection between herself , her mother , mother 's mother , all the mothers of her line stretching back to the beginnings of time , and all the daughters that will follow after . |
| 21 | So I was surprised when at last she started to draw me , her hand moving lightly over the page once more , her eyes flickering with some interest at last . |
| 22 | But he could make out her form stretching up to the light . |
| 23 | Or was it ? she wondered , her memory reaching out to the feel of Silas 's arms holding her against him , and to his lips resting upon her own . |
| 24 | For some reason these thoughts of Emily sent her memory shooting back to the previous Friday in Vass 's office when he had brought up the subject of the new crèche and she had somehow ended up , almost aggressively , informing him that it was not her intention , ever , to remarry . |
| 25 | She pushed the drawer shut , and then turned back to look at him , her spine arching lightly against the cabinet , a subtle invitation in the pose . |
| 26 | No , she remembered her bag tipping over in the cloakroom at Mattli — it must have fallen out then . |