Example sentences of "[adv prt] [verb] her [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You may thank me for the breakfast , ’ McAllister said , sitting down to attack her own meal with vigour , ‘ but the weather — now that , alas , is beyond me . |
| 2 | Benny was also putting off telling her own parents about the accident , but she had to decide which of the two nuns to talk to on Eve 's behalf . |
| 3 | ‘ That 's fine , ’ she said approvingly , and wandered off to begin her own pile twenty yards or so away . |
| 4 | He had taken her up to see her own mother , and Nessie , to his surprise , humoured her in her chatter about Celia and Dermot . |
| 5 | Jessie Stephen , an active trade unionist , ended up teaching her own mother about birth control when the latter was 42 years old . |
| 6 | Lyn put her free hand up to touch her own hair . |
| 7 | From my experience , in Brighton , she has shown what a caring , young , attractive lady she is , especially when she took time out to meet her own supporters and to sign autographs . |
| 8 | Still , when she stepped back to survey her own handiwork , she allowed herself a moment of professional pride . |
| 9 | She goes back to collect her own two from in front of the television . |
| 10 | Then as she was about to explain her own presence there , the outer door of the kitchen opened and a man entered . |
| 11 | Deeply as she disliked and distrusted the actress , she still was n't certain just how Dane felt about her , and she was n't about to pin her own colours to the mast and risk having him leap to the other woman 's defence . |