Example sentences of "in her [adj] [noun] as [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hurt showed clearly in her tawny eyes as she gazed back at him . |
| 2 | Leonora quivered , her teeth caught in her lower lip as he kissed each breast in turn , his lips lingering over their slight curves . |
| 3 | Rae imagined the fear in her sunless face as she scrambled up the rough bark . |
| 4 | She was not feeling in her sunniest humour as she wondered if she was going to have to wait all day tomorrow for her summons , when someone rang her doorbell . |
| 5 | Leith snapped , sparks flashing in her green eyes as she stared hostilely up at him . |
| 6 | She had never responded to any man in her whole life as she did to Felipe . |
| 7 | What I am saying ? she thought wildly , aware of the thumping beat of her heart , the tension in her whole body as she gripped the phone and waited for his curt reply . |
| 8 | There was terror in her white face as she saw this . |
| 9 | ‘ You know , you sure are different from the way I 'd imagined you , ’ she said in her slow drawl as she poured out fresh drinks for them both . |
| 10 | The superintendent had fallen asleep during the journey , her head gently rolling from side to side against the car seat , her front teeth prominent in her open mouth as she breathed through her nose . |
| 11 | Salt was making a meal of Jess 's shortcomings and Nancy stared at the new kitchen wench while her mother nodded in her easy-going way as she took off her shawl and recaptured her dropping hairpins . |
| 12 | She could hear the doubt in her own voice as she remembered the gum-chewing , spiky-haired teenager whom she had seen watering the plants . |
| 13 | And , oddly enough , there was a tightness in her own throat as they exchanged their promises of loving and cherishing and , in her case , of obedience . |
| 14 | She was drowning in her own juices as they soaked the sheet . |