Example sentences of "her [noun] [vb past] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I asked Mrs Zamzam what her sons did for a living , a young man interrupted to say that they all worked ‘ for the revolution ’ . |
| 2 | Her foot went into a puddle : the green , algae-filled water slopped up over her trainer . |
| 3 | Then , while her insides went into a tangle of mild uproar , he took hold of her by her arms — which in no way helped to mend the way she was feeling — and turned her to face him . |
| 4 | She was fortunate in that her income came from a family trust fund , so Ralph had never been able to get his hands on the capital . |
| 5 | The intruder was blonde ; her hair shone in a shaft of subdued sunlight from the slatted blind . |
| 6 | For an instant her heart skittered like a pebble over water as he pulled her towards him , his fingers hard against her flesh . |
| 7 | Her heart thudded like a sledge-hammer . |
| 8 | Her heart went into a cartoon clinch : Nothing Else Matters ! |
| 9 | She clutched at these landmarks as her heart soared like a kite , time day and place an anchor to the swooping light of love . |
| 10 | Both eyes opened and her breath rushed out in a small burst of relief as she rolled over on to her back — and her heart slammed to a stop . |
| 11 | Her heart beat in a way she had not been conscious of it beating for many a month and she felt near to tears . |
| 12 | Her heart raced like a riptide ; her ears rang and lights fizzed at the back of her eyes as if she 'd just dived deep into the bosom of Ocean . |
| 13 | Yeah probably I think she 'll always be like it though , cos her mum 's just the same , she 's just like her mum , you know her mum got in a strop every day because she could n't go round , down the |
| 14 | For a moment she looked furiously at Donald , her teeth bared like a cat 's , then she shook her hair out , spattering Donald with bree and barley , and hauled him back into the dance . |
| 15 | She slowed , reading what he had written , then stopped , her teeth bared in a smile . |
| 16 | Her discontent came to a head with the beginning of spring . |
| 17 | Strange things seemed to be happening to her voice , and her words came in a sort of confused mumble . |
| 18 | It happened so fast that her mind went into a spin , and she reeled dizzily , her gaze unfocused . |
| 19 | Her mind raced like a deer before the hunter . |
| 20 | Norma , 55 , was unable to lie down for three months while her neck healed after a fall downstairs at a friend 's house . |
| 21 | She 'd been so caught up in her thoughts that the voice near her side came as a shock , but even as she turned she realised the words had n't been aimed at her . |
| 22 | And it was an old woman was sitting knitting in when her wool went through a hole in the floor . |
| 23 | Her lips trembled on a smile . |
| 24 | Reluctantly she turned her eyes away , then gasped as her eyes fell on a painting in pride of place on the only wall at which she had not as yet glanced . |
| 25 | Irritated , she looked away and was about to tackle him about the apartment when her eyes fell on a party of very young children in fairy-tale costumes being shepherded past Quadri 's caffè by doting parents and grandparents . |
| 26 | Carol Watkins , who was nine months pregnant , suffered head and pelvic injuries when her car collided with a transit van at Dursley in Gloucestershire . |
| 27 | She was killed in Nottinghamshire while trying to get help after her car ran into a ditch . |
| 28 | She shut up and her mouth fell into a gape , the sweat appeared in globules on her upper lip , the colour deepened in her face and she seemed to have to force breath into her lungs as she listened to him now saying , ‘ You 'll not tell me any more what I 've got to do and what I have n't got to do . |
| 29 | Her mouth closed after a moment and she said nothing . |
| 30 | Helen paused and her mouth flickered into a smile . |