Example sentences of "her [noun sg] [v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This woman I 'd never seen , darker than me , darker than mum , my height but four times as big every other way , her hair hanging down in a big shaggy mane that looked as if she cut it herself once a year , big wooden earrings in her ears and a dress down to the floor with embroidery all over it and her feet stuffed into ugly shoes that were made of leather She told us that She wanted us to admire them , because this was a big day for her , Auntie Muriel had got dressed up to come to the city and see her sister and her sister 's child . |
| 2 | ‘ 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 . |
| 3 | Her heart tumbling about like a circus clown , and suddenly breathless , she said , ‘ I thought you were out . ’ |
| 4 | But Marie , although she had not been paying attention to his words , had been thinking , her mind wandering off along a track of its own . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Louise cried out as she felt her body tumbling down into the blackness . |
| 7 | Had her feelings and longings as she had lain in the grass , remembering Dick and their lovemaking , her body crying out for a repetition of the act , forged a false link in her mind ? |
| 8 | Out of the corner of her eye , she watched her husband staring down at the cot . |
| 9 | Isobel looked up and laughed herself , her nose wrinkling up like a child 's . |
| 10 | She gave him a quick amused glance , her head leaning back against the faded red of the alcove seat . |
| 11 | The whooping and laughing boys carried her back to the village , her head dangling down from a branch slotted between her feet . |
| 12 | Robyn lay on her back looking up at the cloudless sky . |
| 13 | She lay on her back staring up at the ceiling and her thoughts immediately flashed back to Luke and last night . |
| 14 | She met her father coming out of the surgery . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | It came clear from the bag , her finger slipping on to the trigger , thumb freeing the safety catch . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 20 | But he could make out her form stretching up to the light . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | And it was new seeing her mother leaning back with a drink and a cigarette , looking years younger than her age ; and she herself felt different , older , suddenly , if older was the word she wanted . |
| 24 | No , she remembered her bag tipping over in the cloakroom at Mattli — it must have fallen out then . |