Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] her [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why did she feel like a raw beginner in medical school , having to explain her actions , or rather her lack of them , to a senior ? |
| 2 | She was fed up with her life in London , a whirlwind of social engagements which recently had seemed unbearably shallow , and more to the point she needed time to put her engagement to Jonathan , or rather her decision to break it off , into perspective . |
| 3 | Besides , Hugh 's presence in her life — or rather her pretence at his continued existence — was a pawn in her game , the game of survival . |
| 4 | Or rather her birthday present ! |
| 5 | The olive colouring of her skin was back in full bloom , and though she was wearing little or no make-up , her lips , or rather her mouth , which , with her nose , was the most notable part of her features , was bright red . |
| 6 | Rayleen helped too , or rather her uniform did , giving us a pseudo-official status which meant we could jump the queue . |
| 7 | The lines from his nose to his mouth were deeper , his mouth was set in a grim line and his eyes were bleak , or perhaps her memory was at fault … but she knew it was n't ; she knew every inch of his face . |
| 8 | It 's not her dying while he 's there that panics him , I reckon ; it 's the thought of something messy or perhaps her dipping into another decade and making him one of the period characters . |
| 9 | ‘ Fenella says there 's a vegetarian cafe down the High Street which does Sunday lunches , or so her policeman friend tells her . ’ |
| 10 | Braithwaite , the Reverend T.E.O. She 'd seen , she averred , Amy , or anyway her car , coming down the Julians ' drive at about ten-thirty on Friday night . |
| 11 | Talking softly the whole time , he slowly ran his hands over her , caressing , gentling and scratching up and down her mane where once her mother would have lovingly nibbled her , then progressing to her back and flanks . |
| 12 | She will begin in a single room , where both her health and aptitude for prison life will be assessed , but may then be moved to a dormitory . |
| 13 | She had certainly never thought that her long-term health — or even her life — was under threat . |
| 14 | It would surely be over-hasty to argue that a mother , for example , who clearly preferred her showjumpers , or even her collection of books , to her children , was necessarily in the wrong ; she might nonetheless treat her offspring very well . |
| 15 | Or even her father ? |
| 16 | With a grandmother , it might be an odd domestic habit that is remembered — ‘ you know she used to polish her table legs and brass — and she used to cover 'em up after ’ — or simply her appearance : ‘ I can just see her with her white apron on , and cap ; ’ or ‘ she had a beautiful sequin coat , cape and a little sequin bonnet ; ’ or again , of a duchess , ‘ I can remember a tall gaunt woman in black — rather frightened of her . ’ |
| 17 | Her newly acquired temper seemed to have chased grief away for now , or maybe her mind was too shaken up with Alain and his dominance to linger on her father tonight , in spite of being in the house where he had lived . |
| 18 | Walking slowly , she allowed her eyes to roam over the seated lunchers , hoping to catch sight of Suzie 's dark curls , but although once or twice her heart leapt to her mouth in anticipation of discovery she was finally forced to admit defeat . |
| 19 | I had expected the room to smell of death , but on account of Mrs Mortimer — or else her apron — the room was dominated by the smell of roasting . |
| 20 | She doubted it , or else her mother would have had help . |
| 21 | But Breeze shook her head , thinking that perhaps her voice might wobble , and the old man came to her rescue by asking suddenly : ‘ Well , and when do you take up your duties in Edinburgh ? ’ |
| 22 | And Clara , as she went down , felt that perhaps her nervousness was just about to outweigh her anticipation . |
| 23 | She told me that perhaps her agnosticism was a help in this respect , because , while she respected the faith of religious people and found religious ideas fascinating , she was not tempted to be dogmatic about what she believed . |
| 24 | She thought that perhaps her manner was somewhat too bold for one who so recently had been only a governess , and now wanted to be even less . |
| 25 | Whenever he mentioned his novel she told him that only her work was ‘ true art ’ . |
| 26 | She realised that only her mouth would do . |
| 27 | She would then go into a secret hiding place that only her family knew about . |
| 28 | Surely she is not suggesting that only her side of the case should have been put . |
| 29 | She knew only that suddenly her hand was upraised , that his shot out with lightning speed and caught it in mid-air . |
| 30 | I was reluctant to kiss my mother , afraid that somehow her weakness and unhappiness would infect me . |