Example sentences of "[verb] [noun] [prep] her [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If Philip Leapor had earlier been hostile to his daughter 's poetry fearing it was unprofitable but then left her at liberty , it was probably because she had convinced him that she could earn money with her pen . |
| 2 | Elaine drained hers thirstily and made a loud sucking noise with her straw . |
| 3 | When Dot heard the deep slow breathing of her mother sleeping , she was alone again and she was frightened . |
| 4 | Thérèse shouted out the Holy Name of Jesus and wiped Madeleine from her mind , wiped her hands on her apron . |
| 5 | It was n't long before visiting Stone Towers became part of her life . |
| 6 | At the New Realists show people became part of her sculpture by throwing darts . |
| 7 | Her therapist had suggested that she should speak more fully and openly to her husband , but an ancient , instinctive residue of wisdom had told Scarlet that this would be inadvisable : she had not gone through any process of transference , did not therefore regard her therapist as omnipotent , and so her suspicion that she was wasting money on her treatment was not unfounded . |
| 8 | Miss Brechin , on being asked about this , suddenly recalled how cold the stone was , and how she got chilblains on her fingers in winter . |
| 9 | His father died shortly afterwards , and Margery was given permission by her confessor to escort her daughter-in-law as far as Ipswich , where the latter was to take ship for home . |
| 10 | " Let the first woman who dares rise to her feet claim her mate and her throne . " |
| 11 | ( 65 – ) If any one of you women dares rise to her feet , she can claim her mate and her throne . |
| 12 | Being able to capitalize part of her pension would allow her to present herself at one of the main building societies with a deposit , to halve her housing costs , and begin acquiring a capital asset that would last with her into old age . |
| 13 | She tells me that Jack was a real piss-head , and was always having to borrow money off her husband when they went out on the town . |
| 14 | She had dabbed powder over her lipstick to rob it of its bright crimson lustre , and she had forgotten the little pink patches of rouge that gave her cheeks their rosy healthy glow . |
| 15 | In Davidge v Bunnett [ 1984 ] Crim LR 297 ( DC ) the accused was given money by her flatmates to pay the gas bill . |
| 16 | In the evenings , after tea was cleared away and washed up and her aunt had tucked Victoria into her cot , Melanie sat in the kitchen and read her own old books . |
| 17 | With a growled exclamation against her lips he tightened one hand in the silky blonde strands , and slid the other down to trace lightly the hollow at the base of her throat , then lower to skim the striped silk of her blouse over the swell of her breasts , an expert , fleeting exploration which drew a gasp of reaction from her yet left her taut and shivering in frustrated anger … |
| 18 | A light breeze made play with her skirts and , for the first time since she had arrived at Yelton , she wished she could let down her hair and feel the wind run its fingers through it . |
| 19 | ‘ I could go there , ’ said Constance , sucking honey from her spoon . |
| 20 | One woman said her property adjoined the nursing home on London Road and she understood the plans included using part of her garden . |
| 21 | Then they took her pay packet away ; they would give her only £5 and she had to go to her sisters and borrow money for her clothes and things . |
| 22 | Run from the ambitious young man who was her husband and who was bringing fear into her existence , a horrible fear to which she dare n't put a name and which had sprung into life a month ago . |
| 23 | A thought crept unbidden to her mind , causing a rush of liquid heat to course through her . |
| 24 | Turns Medusa on her head |
| 25 | I shall make mention of her reading of the story of Ruth , suggesting however that that story does not escape patriarchal parameters . |
| 26 | As well as being given presents by her colleagues she was presented , on behalf of the company , with a gold chain and fob by Mike Queen , director ( left ) and Eric Brown , financial controller . |
| 27 | Jessie Matthews signs pictures for her fans |
| 28 | Laura wiped blood from her eyes . |
| 29 | The absence of sight lent potency to her touch . |
| 30 | The two Gestapo officers watched her without emotion , while she masturbated wildly as if deriving pleasure from her actions . |