Example sentences of "in her [adj] [noun sg] [pron] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even in her semi-conscious state she had been able to give them the phone number of her sister Margaret in Australia . |
| 2 | In her unsentimental way she loved children , though no one was better aware of their knavish tricks . |
| 3 | In her absolute despair she cried out , the cry came through her whole shaking body into her voice . |
| 4 | In her spare time she managed to complete her Master of Education degree , writing a thesis on African education . |
| 5 | Few men living in Leicester were not , Theda reflected , for in her former life she had learned early that this was the best hunting country in England . |
| 6 | For the first time in her married life she saw pain in her husband 's eyes , as though she had plunged a knife into his body . |
| 7 | In her frantic anxiety she began rubbing her eyes and then her dripping nose as if trying to flatten both into her skull . |
| 8 | In her shocked silence he told her Pascoe had been found dead that morning but no one could get details . |
| 9 | Now when she saw him drinking , wild-eyed and aggressive , in her inner eye she kept the vision of the distinguished and striking man she knew him to be . |
| 10 | In her first school she had been considered outstanding at maths , and had obtained six grade As in her nine O levels . |
| 11 | ( 74 ) In her first song she waved away one encroaching photographer who dared approach the throne unbidden … |
| 12 | In her first year she had one of those rare teachers who notices children and treats each one differently . |
| 13 | Early in her first premiership it caused her a moment of acute embarrassment . |
| 14 | Tea was very bad for children , Nicandra knew , but in her exhilarated state she accepted it happily , and hoped for a slice of soda-bread to go with it . |
| 15 | In her great excitement she thrust herself forward and grabbed the older man by the hand , which she shook up and down , crying , ‘ God bless you , sir . |
| 16 | In her right hand she weighed something which made a strange metallic click-click sound . |
| 17 | Holding the dead creature in her right palm she squeezed the pink plasticine , the white coat , the cotton hair into one amorphous lump . |
| 18 | In her normal state she had the head and teeth of a savage wolf and the wings of a bat , although she would endeavour not to allow any mortal to see her thus . |
| 19 | The all-enveloping darkness made her progress difficult but in her emotional state she staggered on . |
| 20 | As a four-year-old she won all her four races , including the Coronation Cup , the Champion Stakes and the Jockey Club Cup ; in her other race she started at 55–1 on to defeat a solitary opponent . |
| 21 | In her rear-view mirror she saw the two men hurrying back towards the administration block . |
| 22 | In her incensed whisper she called me names I did n't understand . |
| 23 | She tracked Ana to her room , a room further along the balcony , and in her usual manner she came straight to the point . |
| 24 | In her 15-minute speech she spoke of the two countries ' shared ideals , including democracy , stability and a rejection of the power which " grows from the barrel of a gun " . |
| 25 | Furious , she glared at her half-empty wine glass , realising that in her abstracted mood she 'd drunk far more than she normally allowed herself to drink . |
| 26 | In her white nightdress she looked like a golden angel . |
| 27 | As an adult she was able to see how wrong it was and she knew that they were indulging in something they should not have been doing — although in her childish innocence she had not been aware that it was anything more than an extension of the love and affection she felt for other members of her family . |
| 28 | But even in her bemused state she heard , with fierce satisfaction , the harshness , the rapid breathing that belied his attempt to sound unmoved . |
| 29 | In her last year she shared a flat with a 70-year-old mother-of-seven from Wales , who was doing history finals . |
| 30 | In her last term she won the Miss Clark Lawrence Award for service to the school : a special award , not necessarily given , ‘ for anyone who has done things that otherwise might have gone unsung ’ . |