Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] her [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A particularly difficult situation arises in the case of a girl who is sent to hospital in need of a therapeutic abortion and refuses point blank to enter the hospital unless a guarantee is given that her parents shall not be told about it . |
| 2 | And , she forbade bodily contact , a perfectly sensible interdict given that her interviewees were boring , or scruffy , or dirty or all three . |
| 3 | Her writings make clear her belief that it is vital that children acquire abstract modes of thought — in her terms , modes of thought that are ‘ disembedded ’ from the vicissitudes of immediate context . |
| 4 | Revolted , picking the scabbing slime from her face , she strained all her senses . |
| 5 | Mrs Cresson will nevertheless need all her negotiating skills to steer her bills through parliament . |
| 6 | She would need all her wits if she were to stand any chance of getting away from him . |
| 7 | She would need all her wits about her . |
| 8 | She would need all her self-confidence tonight . |
| 9 | When she saw the post of maid in general to Esther Ward advertised , she used all her powers of persuasion to convince Tilly that it would only be for a very short time : ‘ Just so I know how he is … how my daughter Beth is faring . ’ |
| 10 | After a year she used all her wiles to coax a young man into helping her escape , and crossed the Forth at Queensferry . |
| 11 | She used all her strength to grip the frame , her body buffeted by the high-speed wind that swept against the train as it roared along . |
| 12 | Dropping the useless stems , she used all her strength to swing her briefcase in a wide arc , bringing it crashing into the man 's stomach . |
| 13 | She did not refer to her anguish ; nor did she to mine , but she bent all her energies towards distracting me , insofar as that was possible . |
| 14 | Rosa Guy is also very descriptive and emotional in her writing , one of my favourite descriptions is on pages 53–54 which tells us how Mrs Aimsley has all her glasses set out on shelves and the higher the shelf , the more expensive the glass and of course not being used to drinking out of glasses , Imamu takes the most expensive type from which to drink milk and syrup and after washing and drying it , he put it back on the shelf , but as he takes his hand away , the glass tips over and falls , smashing on the sink . |
| 15 | We are all glad that she has arrived safely and has all her faculties ! |
| 16 | It is claimed that all the Monroe features are natural and lifelike because ‘ a microcomputer-controlled air compressor regulates all her expressions ’ . |
| 17 | She did n't want him to know all her secrets . |
| 18 | If she had ever thought much about the future , I think she would have seen her mother sitting in a chair by the fire , knitting ; after all , her father had been dying all her life . |
| 19 | I phoned all her friends , but none of them knew anything . |
| 20 | ‘ Oh-Dave-you-silly ! ’ she half-panted , half-laughed , hopping towards him as he retreated , holding her at arm 's length , but did n't finish for he let her catch up , caught all her weight to his body and kissed her passionately . |
| 21 | Or would she marry some young idiot like this Sebastian and forget all her aspirations in the possession of two children and a semi ? |
| 22 | A musical is a natural vehicle for her to pull all her talents together , ’ he added . |
| 23 | She began to pull all her daughter 's clothes from the wardrobe , searching the pockets as she went . |
| 24 | Here is a little old woman in her upper eighties , never been married , no relatives , outlived all her generation . |
| 25 | More than an hour later , Mrs Chamberlin opened the door to find all her children under the table eating tiger stew out of an old bowler hat doing duty as a cooking pot , save one , who was crouched on top of the table growling ferociously . |
| 26 | Ruth had already decided to bring her own children to be photographed today , and then approached all her friends with young families , suggesting they might like to do the same — so it had turned into a children 's party . |
| 27 | Angus reckoned that fast business expansion was absorbing all her time and energy , which was why he had decided to take things one step at a time and discuss only business over luncheon ; a business chat would avoid putting either of them in a rejecting position . |
| 28 | all her sister 's energy and thinking her sister should , I mean she had a sister living with her and her sister had her own family with her , er a Mongol son , well I 'm afraid Margaret should n't of taken that attitude because she said ooh everywhere I go now there 's only me , now that 's being selfish , because she had three children and she should n't really of expected all her sisters to keep coming , they were living with her , you know |
| 29 | he wants all her attention when he does see her |
| 30 | Now the 60-year-old film star has cancelled all her engagements until the end of the year . |