Example sentences of "[adv] her [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Apparently her lack of repentance only made me angrier . |
| 2 | She thought she better buy not only her way into heaven but that of all her husband and relations as well . |
| 3 | Then the maiden alone , with only her melancholy for company . |
| 4 | When her mother came and sat beside her , twisting her fingers nervously and pulling on and off her gloves , lifting and laying down her basket in agitation , Lily rallied a little . |
| 5 | If people were not to assume she was talking down to them she had to speed up her presentation and tone down her air of authority . |
| 6 | As it was , she forced down her sense of humour and began to explain what Joe had done , how he had blocked the holes and netted the gate and chased the hare out with Ferry . |
| 7 | Ellen put down her cup of coffee and stared at me as though I had gone completely mad . |
| 8 | Kāli threw down her bunch of ragwort and it landed , splayed out limply , on the top . |
| 9 | But Cad took in their neglect of her sister , and she put down her piece of bread steadily and stood to leave . |
| 10 | No need to be constantly laying down her book in case Mrs Braithwaite should catch her reading and name her " studious ' again . |
| 11 | Then slowly her sense of humour began to reassert itself and she was able to laugh , remembering the look of amazement on his handsome , hawklike face when she 'd threatened to report him for sexual harassment . |
| 12 | It was only 2s.6d. and rather her sort of thing , I thought . |
| 13 | But it was very seldom her femininity , but rather her image of toughness , determination , and ruthless single-mindedness that dominated public perceptions . |
| 14 | His mouth played on her face , brushing her throat , her eyes , moving over her skin like fire , back to her mouth again . |
| 15 | Rosa had been crying then , with the pieces of the plate her mother had tried to smash over her head in front of her at the table , and her mother had put the back of her hand to her daughter 's cheek , as if to test her for fever . |
| 16 | She then attached a long lunging rein which she had brought coiled over her shoulder to Midnight 's noseband . |
| 17 | Leith threw over her shoulder in passing , and without pausing to knock she opened the door on her stride and went ‘ straight in ’ . |
| 18 | FERGIE is throwing a Christmas party for the people who gave her the courage to get over her fall from grace in the Royal Family . |
| 19 | Rhoda took to table-tapping and seances and reported seeing the ghost of Wendy hovering over her bed at night . |
| 20 | Mary handed over her parcel of food and treats which Kitty took with a happy nod , grateful for the saving kindness . |
| 21 | Once more the blue eyes moved over her body with appreciation , confusing yet exciting her at the same time . |
| 22 | Her gaze swept over her mother-in-law from head to toe and back again , and her expression was one of open contempt . |
| 23 | ‘ Come on , ’ Annie drawls , glinting over her glass of beer , ‘ stop avoiding the issue , will you ? |
| 24 | At that moment Sally knocked over her glass of wine . |
| 25 | Dorothea Gilberd had already asked Toby Freely to take over her class in English . |
| 26 | It was not just her station in life which precluded choice but life itself and she felt foolish not to have realised this long ago . |
| 27 | I suppose he 's just her voice in case she needs to identify herself ! ’ |
| 28 | As Luch hurried gently about her many tasks , she often wondered how Marion would manage with just her bowl of soup from the castle . |
| 29 | Not her kind of author . |
| 30 | She described her H.N. experience as ‘ not her tot of rum ’ . |