Example sentences of "[noun] [vb pp] her [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Blood marked her torn robe in many places and her eyes were closed , but she was breathing .
2 His cool request bruised her very soul .
3 The fullness around her forehead balanced her square chin and the waterfall of glossy brown hair softened her angular bones and made her look younger than usual .
4 The fullness around her forehead balanced her square chin and the waterfall of glossy brown hair softened her angular bones and made her look younger than usual .
5 She 'd intended not answering , but habit overruled her good intentions .
6 Molly Pargeter , a woman of forty , whose hair was kept in place with difficulty , might have looked like one of the larger Graces in the paintings she admired had not her size caused her such embarrassment that she lowered her head and stooped a little as she walked .
7 The happiness Faye felt at Catherine 's safe birth masked her underlying weakness and exhaustion .
8 In its centre a squat Breton countrywoman in white bonnet and striped blue gown planted her saboted feet on a clump of vivid grass .
9 Tucking the little girls up under their light sheets , she could n't prevent tears from coming to her eyes when one of the children placed her thin arms around her neck .
10 She wanted to see if the reality matched her fevered imagination .
11 He lay there rigid with excitement as his hand probed her moist femininity .
12 When his hands cupped her swollen breasts she tilted her head back willingly , her mouth already open as he bent his dark head to hers .
13 The breath caught in her throat as his hands cupped her naked breasts , his thumbs stroking the already erect nipples , making them throb with a pleasure that was akin to anguish .
14 She had not thought to have Ariel set her whole spine on a splint , so when , after three months , Sycorax raised herself and found her weak legs and took a few steps , her whole weight slung against Ariel on one side and Jack Elsey on the other , she was bent like a hoop and could only shuffle forward , raising her head , like a turtle poking out of its shell , to address anyone who was not actually on the floor below her .
15 The Milton Keynes competitor achieved her best performance , 2–12–14 , in Dublin two years ago .
16 A few swift strokes of the comb smoothed her bubbly curls into soft wings which lay neatly against her well-shaped head and feathered down the nape of her neck .
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