Example sentences of "her [noun] [vb past] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Miss Marshall complained of unlawful sex discrimination and her case went to the European Court of Justice where it was decided that she had been the subject of such unlawful discrimination . |
| 2 | Her sister listened to The Moody Blues , Jay listened to Bob Dylan , Joan Baez , The Kinks : she despised the early , clean-cut Beatles and mods . |
| 3 | The three categories are very broad , as Joan Woodward and her researchers discovered in the 1950's during their work on industrial organization in Essex ( See Chapter 13 paras . |
| 4 | Her foot slipped on the smooth tiles and a frightened little cry left her lips about one second before Mitch moved like lightning and caught her , his arms tightly around her , holding her close . |
| 5 | Dorothy Hardisty did not actually take over from Sir Charles Stead as executive director until the outbreak of war , but by then she had already made her presence felt as an able and energetic deputy . |
| 6 | Bright little creature — it took her just three minutes to work this out as her antennae fluttered in the sudden sweet smelling breeze . |
| 7 | But her fingers ran over the strong column of his neck , tangled in the dark silkiness of her hair at his nape , then he was drawing her soft , pliant curves closer until their bodies merged in a powerful force of energy that was frightening , all-consuming in its intensity . |
| 8 | Her fingers glided over the frilled edges of daisy-shaped buttons . |
| 9 | Her fingers withdrew from the soft cloth and her cheeks went rose-pink with humiliation . |
| 10 | She was probably about twenty at the time and on her return created quite a furore among the ladies with her hair shingled in the latest fashion and sporting lipstick and rouge which was almost unknown at that period . |
| 11 | Her long black tresses were to go and her hair restyled with a soft perm . |
| 12 | Her heart thudded with a fierce violence . |
| 13 | Her heart went to a 57-year-old man , her liver to a baby of eight months , her kidneys to a teenage girl and boy , and her corneas were used to save the sight of two people . |
| 14 | Her heart lurched into an erratic beat . |
| 15 | Her heart lurched with an indefinable longing . |
| 16 | That I have much more of this world 's goods than Garry will ever have could n't help you to that decision , could it ? ’ he said , and her heart sank at the cynical twist to his mouth and his bitter tone . |
| 17 | She looked up , and her heart quailed at the thunderous expression he wore . |
| 18 | And while her heart plodded to a dull beat , ‘ It looks as if I shall have to work the entire weekend , ’ he stated . |
| 19 | Firemen had climb through a window to rescue Natalie Prosser , aged 13 months , from her home at The Fairway , Saltburn , yesterday after she managed to slam the French windows shut when her mum popped into the back garden . |
| 20 | ‘ Her mum arrived on the fourth day of the honeymoon , ’ he said . |
| 21 | Her Mum smiled at the woebegone face . |
| 22 | Her teeth bared in a tight smile . |
| 23 | Her tiredness fled before the immediate prospect of encountering her new employer . |
| 24 | The vacuum cleaner ran smoothly , efficiently over the rich dark-yellow pile , collecting cigarette ash , canapé crumbs , scattered bulb fibre ; her mind sang with a faint clear high-pitched hum like a well-serviced machine . |
| 25 | Her mind raced around the nameless colours in the sky and the tantalising word warm which they refused to speak or explain . |
| 26 | Her mind stumbled over the new/old certainly that the garden-master she had loved was indeed a puppet . |
| 27 | Her neck rose in a long , rounded column to a face which , though not classically beautiful — the nose was too tilted , the mouth too wide — was heart-stopping in its freshness , its air of innocence combined with its look of deep , untapped feminine knowledge . |
| 28 | Whatever the reason , the gloom which her defeat threw over the racing scene was genuine . |
| 29 | Rain recognized the stale smell , and her glance went to the half-open shutters . |
| 30 | Her glance skittered in the opposite direction towards the exit . |