Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] her [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Opaque scummy floods lapped only a metre below her feet ; a foul smell made her nauseous . |
| 2 | Thinking of her sister made her impatient . |
| 3 | Her cheerful disposition , sympathy , and tact made her popular . |
| 4 | A gilt clip fastened her fine hair in a high ponytail , and this peach-toned dress of Sea Island cotton , although it was fairly plain with its simply cut bodice , high-neck , elbow sleeves and knee-length pleated skirt , was n't what any sensible person would wear sailing . |
| 5 | The shocked sense of recognition made her breathless ; her heart fluttered in her breast like the trembling of a captured bird . |
| 6 | Choking with revulsion , Isabel tried to fight him , but her own fear made her helpless . |
| 7 | He put her gently on her feet and the click of a door closing made her aware that they were in a small side-room . |
| 8 | The Countess clapped her gloved hands . |
| 9 | Suddenly her face relaxed and a new twinkle animated her brown eyes . |
| 10 | Fonda read aloud a page of words to her and though his wife had never joined him in his LSD excursions , and marijuana made her sick , she understood from her husband 's descriptions of expanded-mind experiences and images the intensity of his feelings . |
| 11 | There was n't any time to repulse him either with words or actions as his seeking mouth found her tender lips . |
| 12 | He was still looking into her eyes and his mouth found her parted lips . |
| 13 | His mouth found her parted lips with a sudden impatient roughness , and even in her drowning state of mindless arousal she thought she detected a flicker of surprise in his eyes as he felt her shudder against him . |
| 14 | The not unfamiliar childish jape of depositing a stink bomb in her locker caused her great anguish . |
| 15 | But a combination of embarrassment , shock , and some other nameless disturbing emotion caused her initial protest to come out as a soundless squeak . |
| 16 | His mouth explored her eager breasts and she arched up towards him , her responses instinctive , untutored , yet driving him wild with her undisguised need . |
| 17 | The dryad turned her green eyes on him . |
| 18 | THE woman believed to be the world 's oldest citizen celebrated her 118th birthday singing and laughing in an old folk 's home at Arles , in France . |
| 19 | Side by side hung her coarse morning working outfits , made out of casement cloth , which she had had to buy herself , much of it second-hand to save money , and two afternoon ones — a white cotton shirtwaister , black skirt , lacy cap with streamers and lacy white pinafore . |
| 20 | ‘ No , ’ she moaned in a fever against the side of his dark head , ‘ do n't ; I do n't want — ’ Then his mouth covered her own again , cutting off her protests and turning them into stifled , half-broken cries . |
| 21 | She agreed to undergo corrective surgery but the result disabled her further . |
| 22 | She put the mat on her head : its frothy white edge undulated on her dark hair , and in the dusk in the secluded room the effect flattered her plump dark face . |
| 23 | Yesterday 's loss hit her hard and one friend said : ‘ It 's not one that a good night 's sleep will make her forget . |
| 24 | She heard his deep , shuddering breath at her breast and then his mouth encompassed her raging nipple , drawing ravenously on it . |
| 25 | The wind blew her blonde hair in front of her face as she walked , squatted , crawled and talked , and I assembled . |
| 26 | Thus when she saw the priests kneel in darkness lit only by burning torches , to place the crucifix and Host in the Easter sepulchre to symbolise the darkness of the physical death and burial of Christ prior to the joy of resurrection , this ritual precipitated her inner sense of the significance of the Passion and a corresponding outpouring of love and compassion in tears as she spread her arms like her crucified Lord . |
| 27 | Sorrel knew her sad destiny |
| 28 | The brusque command brought her widening eyes up to his . |
| 29 | But every stroke took her further and further away . |
| 30 | Wild primeval instincts took over and her body responded to the deep thrusts of his , trembling and shuddering as his rhythm spun her higher and higher . |