Example sentences of "and her [noun] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Jane tried to comfort Flora by telling her that her own two younger children had got itchy feet at sixteen too , and left school : her son had gone on to a sixth form college which he found highly satisfying — ‘ One 's treated like an adult , ’ and her daughter to do a foundation course in art .
2 The phone rang and her heart gave a jerk .
3 Tamar glanced across curiously and as the man emerged from the shadow of the stable into the bright sunlight , her throat constricted and her heart gave a lurch .
4 She turned round slowly and her heart missed a beat .
5 He found it trying having to listen to endless complaints about her weight , her tiredness and her inability to carry a child .
6 The people who 'd chartered her had flown to Paris for the weekend and her crew had a party .
7 He shook his head again and her voice became a whisper .
8 She pledged never to privatise the National Health Service , reaffirmed the party 's commitment to protect pensions against inflation and her intention to take a lead on world environmental problems .
9 Then she and her mate build a number of scrapes near shallow freshwater pools or streams in the wild open country of their northerly breeding grounds .
10 Margot Newlands and her helpers organised a Fair of Small Antiques which brought in over £5000 .
11 Morag Taylor and her lover paid a hitman to have her husband , George , killed .
12 AT UNIROYAL Tyres in Newbridge , to the west of Edinburgh , catering manager Rose Forrest and her team run a food service that never stops .
13 Mrs Bujok and her family occupied a house as council tenants .
14 She did not immediately reply ; her eyes narrowed and her eyelids blinked a number of times before she said , ‘ Yes , I suppose you 're right … and no suppose about it , you are right .
15 It was Shirley , her neighbour , with more post , and her appearance brought a smile of relief to Jenna 's face because this was normal , this was the new life with no past .
16 She and her husband ran a restaurant for eleven years before opening up Ford Farm in 1973 .
17 She teaches at Sleaford division of the Girls ' Brigade and also at her local Sunday school ; Phyl McMillan , of London , for her contribution to swimming for the disabled and for the over-50s , for whom she and her husband formed a club .
18 He died in 1987 and her husband died a year later .
19 She and her husband bought a house in Victoria Park Road in Hackney to convert into a hostel for twenty girls .
20 Every Englishwoman and her husband wants a garden .
21 She had days off for Hickstead and her mother sent a note to say , ‘ Deirdre has her bilius attack and wo n't be coming in .
22 Her father died when she was a young girl , and her mother re-married a Mr. Hanmer who was a staunch Royalist .
23 The promising young American sculptress , who was included in ‘ Post-Human ’ and ‘ Strange Developments ’ , both curated by Jeffrey Deitch , has a room in the current Whitney Biennial in New York , and will be seen in the Aperto section of the Venice Biennale , is the first female artist to exhibit with the gallery , pace Gwen John , and her exhibition introduces a programme of younger art which the gallery will be presenting in the autumn under the supervision of staff member , Sadie Coles .
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