Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] her [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She got out and shivered in an icy blast which struck right through her anorak . |
| 2 | I have no strong views on the trousseau , but I wish they 'd show that famous snap again , the one where she 's holding the kid in her arms and you can see right through her dress . |
| 3 | Meryl burned at the memory of that piercing look , which had shot right through her armour of professional resentment to the vulnerable core . |
| 4 | But somehow , she felt , the words had passed right through her mind without leaving any deposit of meaning behind . |
| 5 | ‘ What do n't I ? ’ he mocked , the husky caress in his voice shooting a hectic surge of emotion right through her body . |
| 6 | When in 1830 the Duchess of Northumberland was appointed official governess , Lehzen stayed as lady in attendance and Victoria 's constant attendant , without an official appointment , until 1842 , acting latterly as her secretary in private matters . |
| 7 | Somewhere between her house and the hospital , her angels had left her . |
| 8 | She began to wash the lettuce , while Bob made the dressing , hunting luxuriously through her spice cupboard for the oil and vinegar . |
| 9 | Ari was silent , the grin dropping right off her face . |
| 10 | She complained bitterly about her husband being so confused and his always forgetting what she had told him without having any insight into her own ability to confuse him and other people . |
| 11 | Sue was on about her daughter living with that bloke like , I do n't know if it was the same bloke , I just du n no , yes it is , yes it is , it 's got ta be the one , when she broke her shoulder , it 's got ta be , anyway he got no job and Sarah got this good job apparently wherever it is , I ca n't remember where it was |
| 12 | Isabella Bird , the fragile Victorian traveller , twitters on about her angst and ailments . |
| 13 | ‘ O Lord ! ’ she said , speaking extra loud to drown out Tracy mumbling on about her womb . |
| 14 | ‘ She would keep banging on about her son . |
| 15 | But the Guider and all the Pack learned later on about her meeting with the stranger on the seat , because at the next Pack Meeting the Guider read out a letter from Mr. Bishop , the estate agent , which said the Earl of Ferngrove had given special instructions that the Brownie Guide Pack could continue to use the Park whenever they wished , as he was quite satisfied , thanks to a chat he 'd had with one of them , that they were very careful not to leave litter about in the Park . |
| 16 | The wife poses against the bright red carpet and lime green sofa which she 's chosen and goes on about her husband 's appalling colour sense . |
| 17 | Living in the moment , she drank her milk and began to prattle on about her visit to the dentist . |
| 18 | But she never let on about her boyfriend 's criminal past . |
| 19 | But , because Carol Seymour-Jones bangs on about her unamiability , there is little sense of Webb 's achievements or self-know-ledge in her book . |
| 20 | The detailed battles go on between Her Majesty 's Treasury , whose constitutional role is to contain spending , and the spending departments that are responsible for the individual services and aware of the demands they are under and of the nature of the rising costs to which they are subject . |
| 21 | After that she began to tell them a little about her life in Scotland , particularly her life with the Rosenblooms . |
| 22 | Court etiquette was now familiar to Joan , since she had watched avidly all that went on during her chaperonage of her young mistress . |
| 23 | Something definitely was going wrong , as if life was draining out secretly through her body and all the parts , empty of blood and strength now , were being gradually drawn down , away from their station and function . |
| 24 | She had been up and about for over an hour , moving slowly about her caravan , straightening the covers on the bunk , shaking the rag rug and even giving the brass on her beloved stove an early rub with metal polish . |
| 25 | Christopher 's outstretched right hand was running slowly through her hair , touching her head at the roots and pulling the hair outwards so that it fell back like a fan . |
| 26 | He began to appreciate his wife a little for her lack of romance and her low cost . |
| 27 | The humiliation of standing beside a woman who smelt , dressed and looked absolutely wonderful was doing little for her ego . |
| 28 | She seems to have cared little for her brother 's work ; he , on the other hand , thought she was great . |
| 29 | If she had been paying more attention to his face she might have believed that his deeply shocked , anguished expression was not an act , put on for her benefit . |
| 30 | She watched him stroll away down the corridor as if he had n't a care in the world , knowing full well he was putting the act on for her benefit , and that he must be worrying about the star performer who was also his best friend . |