Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] [prep] her [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite her ordeal the woman could only think of her boyfriend , but by the time police arrived to free him , he had wriggled free and managed to open the boot from the inside . |
| 2 | As the courses came and went , she could only toy with her food . |
| 3 | At first Kerry could only collapse in her mother 's arms and ask despairingly : ‘ How will we ever find Ben ? |
| 4 | Physically , she was still capable of walking , but she would only walk with her physiotherapist , never with the nurses or her husband . |
| 5 | Paige could only pick at her meal , forcing down a mouthful or two . |
| 6 | In a cloak and dagger operation , he got in touch and insisted he could only come to her shop when there would be no other customers around . |
| 7 | Bitter disappointment caused her to merely pick at her breakfast until suddenly she was startled by the sound of his deep voice coming from behind her . |
| 8 | A new baby would only add to her workload . |
| 9 | ‘ The latest events you describe can only add to her unhappiness . |
| 10 | Yeah , she ca n't obviously talk to her husband about it because George is her ex-husband and he |
| 11 | Tonight , she would rest and not think about her future until the morning . |
| 12 | He made up his mind to tell Miss Claybury in the morning that things must change , otherwise he could no longer stay in her employ . |
| 13 | He would not answer at her call . |
| 14 | The problem is that the mother does not relate to her child . |
| 15 | Richard Molesworth 's social rank ( he was nephew of the seventh Viscount Molesworth ) did not compensate in her mother 's eyes for the dangers of marrying a man with a violent temper ( supposedly caused by a head wound incurred in the Crimean war ) . |
| 16 | His eyes did not waver from her face . |
| 17 | She knew that her father did not exactly approve of her lifestyle , but he had refrained from saying anything to her because he doted on her . |
| 18 | Mr Cubbage was like a cat on hot bricks , he was most distraught at Coleen 's decision to go to England , and he bombarded her with letters and flowers ; he could not wait for her return and for her to say the one word that would make her his wife . |
| 19 | And she can not wait for her wedding blessing in December next year — on her fourth anniversary . |
| 20 | Perhaps the rather strict parson would not approve of her travelling so far on a Sunday . |
| 21 | She did not refer to her anguish ; nor did she to mine , but she bent all her energies towards distracting me , insofar as that was possible . |
| 22 | I do n't know what maggot has got into her head , but I will not dance to her piping , any more than you . |
| 23 | ‘ But you did not believe in her ignorance . ’ |
| 24 | Constance could not look at her mother . |
| 25 | Leo , you must tell her that it is Doctor 's Orders that she must not look after her father any more — that it is too much for her — that she need not even see her father until she is quite well enough , and the doctor has himself offered to find a suitable place , so that she will know her father will be well looked after . |
| 26 | is risk management assistant at Lower Brook Street , and will soon become on her marriage to systems analyst , on . |
| 27 | ‘ It is so very tragic and it really does tug at your heart to think of the state that her poor mother must be in that she feels she can no longer look after her child . ’ |
| 28 | Romantic attachments did not feature on her agenda . |
| 29 | A Chinese woman is unlikely to develop a longing for ice cream and chocolate , since dairy products do not feature in her diet . |
| 30 | Mrs Dibble experienced Lena 's generosity when the ribber attachment she had bought from a mail order company would not work on her machine . |