Example sentences of "her [noun] [to-vb] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her eventual release can only come about through the death of Doc and the proof of her recovery lies in her willingness to participate in a wedding-feast . |
| 2 | She left her sister to rest for a while , and she herself set off at once with her possessions in a basket . |
| 3 | The facts are : Lady Eleanor kept to herself , put on her cloak to go for a walk and , in the half-light , slipped on the staircase at Godstowe , fell and broke her neck . ’ |
| 4 | Liz started as an assistant cook just a few months after CCG had won the Grampian contract , but later moved into the office and now bring her experience to bear on a range of tasks . |
| 5 | It is not surprising that many citizens ‘ banned and cursed her ’ , nor is it wholly surprising that there were some among them prepared to give her money to go on a pilgrimage to the shrine of St James of Compostella in Spain . |
| 6 | She clenched her teeth to hold in a scream . |
| 7 | Mrs Thatcher finally announced her decision to resign at a Cabinet meeting summoned at the unusually early hour of 9 am the next day , declaring that she had concluded that the unity of the party and the prospects of victory in a general election would be better served if she stood down to enable Cabinet colleagues to enter the ballot for the leadership . |
| 8 | There was a taunting sexual threat in the words , and she smiled at him over her shoulder as she paused in the bathroom doorway and let the cotton coverlet slide from her shoulders to land in a heap at her feet . |
| 9 | She allowed her mind to dwell for a minute on her old schoolfellow in the role of husband . |
| 10 | When it dawned on her that she would have to earn her own living , she made up her mind to work for a diploma and then teach , and do some book-illustrating while she cast about for her real métier . |
| 11 | THE sister of missing estate agent Suzy Lamplugh escaped from a French air force deserter who tried to steal her car to use in a suicide crash , a court heard yesterday . |
| 12 | Was it safe for Her Majesty to go to a land which was virtually Communist controlled ? |
| 13 | He had never caused her breath to catch in her throat or her mouth to dry with a mixture of hope and dread that he might reach for her . |
| 14 | China may not have been unsympathetic towards the neutralisation of the region , but may have been doubtful about her capacity to act as a guarantor of such a regime . |
| 15 | Under hypnosis Sylvia remembered being adamant in her refusal to join in a game of hide and seek , which would have involved her in hiding in isolated , cramped and possibly dark surroundings so that she would not be found . |
| 16 | The double cottages under his care in Lowick , with their low rents , their livestock , their back gardens , and gilliflowers , make Dorothea ashamed of her desire to live in a parish with a greater share of the world 's misery . |
| 17 | She almost ran out of the room , oblivious to everything except her need to get to a bathroom . |
| 18 | Andrew was indulgent when Judith talked of her ambitions to star in a Broadway production , or better still , in a London West End success and we all voiced assurance and encouragement as one talks to a little boy who hopes to become Prime Minister . |
| 19 | So for ten minutes an innocent young lady was held up on her journey to work as a photographer issued instructions . |
| 20 | Considerable variations in format are possible , depending on what the teacher wants her students to achieve as a result of her teaching . |
| 21 | She lifted her arm to catch at a branch and , as she held it down , rainwater fell on her face her eyes were shut ; it was as if she was drinking the scent of lilac . |