Example sentences of "her [noun sg] [adv prt] in [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jenna changed into a soft woollen dress of dark blue and tied her hair back in a band . |
| 2 | Her eyes unfocused , her mind back in the past , she continued softly , reminiscently , ‘ It was after the war , you see , and women had become used to working , being independent , and jobs they 'd held down while their men were away fighting they were n't about to give up easily . |
| 3 | This morning , Mum had her programme on in the kitchen . |
| 4 | Sam took Nutty and her team up in the car straight after the last lesson ; Nails had not been around which was just as well as the car did not hold more than five . |
| 5 | Benny nodded her head up in the direction of the convent at the end of the town . |
| 6 | Yes , it was real , it was happening : sitting with her back straight and her head up in the carriage on the way back , she thought how proud her father would have been to see her at the centre of all this pomp and splendour , and found herself mentally comparing his craggy looks and red beard with Joãs clean-shaven face and small , manicured hands . |
| 7 | ‘ We 're not going to succumb , Bernard , ’ she would say if he made a move towards her , and she 'd toss her head back in a swift , moving , golden curtain . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'll bring my gun next time , ’ said Mrs Wright putting her cigarette down in an ash-tray . |
| 9 | She crushed her cigarette out in an ashtray . |
| 10 | Xanthe pressed her lips together and stuck her chin up in a pose . |
| 11 | She sat down on her suitcases and howled , feeling that he had swept the last traces of her personality out in the dustpan too . |
| 12 | She swept her arm round in a gesture that embraced the oil-laden atmosphere , the roar of machinery , the crash of metal , the whine of electric trolleys , the worn , soiled ugliness of everything . |
| 13 | Once , as she was heading towards the gate ( thus walking in the direction opposite to that which Agnes was to take somewhat later , followed by the gaze of her unfortunate schoolfriend ) , the secretary turned , smiled and lifted her arm out in the air in an unexpected gesture , easy and flowing . |
| 14 | Well , I 'd just like to say , about the lady who kept her hat on in the house all the time , and if someone called that she did n't like , she would say I 'm just going out . |
| 15 | ‘ Mr Hyde , you mean , ’ she said tartly , twirling her fork round in the pasta . |
| 16 | He then frantically tried to revive her before leaving her face down in a copse . |