Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [prep] her " in BNC.
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| 1 | She could hear his heart thudding under her ear , feel his warmth pressed against her , making her giddy . |
| 2 | Perhaps , thought Juliet , her heart thudding against her ribs , perhaps if he helps me he thinks he might fall in love with me too . |
| 3 | He seemed to be coming to a decision to tell her something , and she waited with her heart thudding in her chest . |
| 4 | And she went , her heart thudding in her chest with slow , painful beats and her mind a confused whirl . |
| 5 | She could hear her heart crashing in her ears . |
| 6 | Jenny was in her dressing-gown , her blonde hair tumbled about her face , which was bereft of make-up , the eyes puffy from weeping . |
| 7 | Her heart thumping against her ribs , she tilted her chin , fighting a confusion of emotions , some of which she did n't dare examine too closely . |
| 8 | The state of the kitchen registered inside her mind somewhere . |
| 9 | It was the thought of this that had her standing up after about half an hour in preparation to go to her room . |
| 10 | Reckon there 's a hole in th'head where th'brains have flown out — she thought as she sneaked into the stable with her heart fluttering in her throat . |
| 11 | She took the opportunity to retire before her normal retirement date but I am too much of a gentleman to divulge her age . |
| 12 | The shocked sense of recognition made her breathless ; her heart fluttered in her breast like the trembling of a captured bird . |
| 13 | The police driver asked for her documents but the woman explained , with a pleasant smile that they were at her home nearby . |
| 14 | Welfare Assistant with Infants class gave me her telephone number so that I can arrange to have my hair highlighted by her daughter . |
| 15 | Christina had to yell at the top of her voice to be heard above the wind , her long hair whipping across her face . |
| 16 | A battered pewter cup stood on the table and , at the other end , in a chair facing an ash-filled fire grate , sat a lady , head forward , shoulders hunched , her veil fallen over her face . |
| 17 | It is not suggested that Mrs Browne carried her spinning wheel through her garden and across the lane to perform on her wheel . |
| 18 | Freed hair fluttered about her eyes in soft , damp lashes . |
| 19 | Her heart vaulted into her throat . |
| 20 | The corset buyer got to her feet grimly and picked up the glass of drinking water in front of her . |
| 21 | But a moment later her heart stopped in her chest as a sharp tap sounded on the door . |
| 22 | Lili was taken by a fit of mirth and lay with a cushion pressed to her nose . |
| 23 | er There 's a young girl in Didcot itself er her parents are known socially to the blokes at the fire brigade ; she , she suffers from cerebral palsy , she 's eight years old , and until recently she 's been going out on bike rides with her father on a child seat , but as you know kids grow up , they grow out of things , therefore she ca n't do it any more . |
| 24 | A board creaked beneath her feet and she sucked in a startled breath . |
| 25 | But as she gazed from the French windows on the tangle of weeds outside , and the now dense greenery of Switham Thicket , a plea formed in her mind as she thought of Lady Merchiston upstairs , in conference with her man of business . |
| 26 | ‘ If the creditor takes adequate steps to inform her and reasonably supposes that she has an adequate comprehension of the obligations she is undertaking and an understanding of the effect of the transaction , the fact that she failed to grasp some material part of the document , or , indeed , the significance of what she was doing , can not , I think , in itself give her an equity to set aside , notwithstanding that at an earlier stage the creditor relied upon her husband to obtain her consent to enter into the obligation of surety . |
| 27 | Horribly aware of her own dishevelled state , her tousled hair tumbling about her flushed cheeks , Rory pulled herself up to her full height , summoning up all the strength she possessed to glare regally back at him . |
| 28 | Chesarynth turned round guiltily , so fast that she almost overbalanced , her toe catching in her hem . |
| 29 | Pauline Paul was confined to a wheelchair as calcium drained from her bones . |
| 30 | Billykins 's jaw sagged under her veil . |