Example sentences of "[conj] in her [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The enangan had no subsequent special rights either in the girl or in her future children though her children addressed him by a title used as a respectful term for " Father " among some neighbouring groups . |
| 2 | Late of the RSC and a habitue of the West End and Edinburgh Festivals , Jayne Boniface makes all too persuasive a Julie , whether in her arrogant , teasing , lustful prime and pride as at the beginning or in her subsequent grovelling , whingeing humiliation . |
| 3 | She was said to be the most handicapped person in Britain at that time , since , due to a rare muscular disease , she was paralysed throughout her whole body except in her big toe . |
| 4 | She started piano lessons at about the age of six , although in her early years her musical interests were more in the direction of ballet . |
| 5 | As an adult she was able to see how wrong it was and she knew that they were indulging in something they should not have been doing — although in her childish innocence she had not been aware that it was anything more than an extension of the love and affection she felt for other members of her family . |
| 6 | Although in her 94th year it was always a pleasure to visit . |
| 7 | She had nothing to do with peace , neither in life , nor in her anticipated death . |
| 8 | For , to conceal the fact that in her utter astonishment she was looking ready to drop , Naylor moved his chair closer to her and drew her attention by planting a light and loving kiss on her cheek . |
| 9 | She knew he 'd worked for Bonanza , and the chances were that in her nervous condition she would n't question his appearance . |
| 10 | And after — what ? — fifteen , twenty years , there was that in her altered manner that showed she could still regard him with affection . |
| 11 | We are delighted that in her new capacity Jill will have a continuing relationship with FYT 's public relations and funding needs . |
| 12 | It seemed to him that in her gentle gaze there was more than a hint of despair , and it grieved him . |
| 13 | Furious , she glared at her half-empty wine glass , realising that in her abstracted mood she 'd drunk far more than she normally allowed herself to drink . |
| 14 | And besides , it occurred to her , her eyes narrowing as she continued to watch him , there was something different about him today , some quality that had definitely not been there yesterday , and that in her initial agitation had eluded her till now . |
| 15 | Because there are children and therefore the woman has obviously been part of a couple at some point , there is an assumption that in her single state she is critical , cynical and undermining of couples around her . |
| 16 | There was no immediate sign of an answer , but after Creggan had given up any hope of a reply and was looking at the path lights beginning to come on in the Park outside the Zoo there was a subtle shift of talons in Slorne 's cage , a gentle shift of wings , the swiftest of meek glances , and Creggan , too late to catch the look full on , yet sensed that in her mute way Slorne was saying ‘ Yes , oh yes , you were right to predict her return ’ This knowledge that another eagle there believed his prediction had been right gave Creggan comfort in those first weeks in the Cages . |
| 17 | As for the letters of confirmation and negotiating the arrangements of the loan , Feigen states that in her sworn depositions Hildenbrand admitted that she had forged the museum director 's agreement regarding the loan , the letterhead having been taken off a business card and the signature of the director having been forged . |
| 18 | In a 3000m race at Stellenbosch in February , the new-look Zola , now markedly more adult in build than in her ill-fated days as a British international , won with a world-class 8:42.26 — a time which would have ranked her third in the the world in 1990 . |
| 19 | ‘ … and moreover the most gallant gentleman of the realm , and this went on until it resulted in a divorce , and after a second marriage , which was likewise unhappy , she entered the married estate for the third time with a common tar , with whom , though he abused her daily , she herself said that she lived in much greater content than in her first marriage . |
| 20 | Her breakdown can not be better described than in her own words : ‘ She saw , as she thought , devils opening their mouths all inflamed with burning waves of fire , as if they would have swallowed her in , sometimes ramping at her , sometimes threatening her … night and day , during the aforesaid time ’ . |
| 21 | At 70 , Nancy is now less stable on her feet than in her younger days , and find standing at the canvas while demonstrating , quite a strain . |
| 22 | The 21-year-old Ulster girl is making her international debut in this tournament and in her first singles match she came up English star Joanne Morley , losing 3 and 2 in a game which saw eight birdies , five from Morley and three from McCool . |
| 23 | Only she , being 17 and in her first job , really did believe you wanted to help . |
| 24 | She has played Mozart on stage and in her new film Orlando plays someone who starts off as a man in Elizabethan times and ends up as a woman in the present . |
| 25 | The attacker , a 6ft Afro American in his 20s , shot Miss Stott in the back of the head and in her right arm . |
| 26 | It was indeed Mrs. Mounce yet again , and in her frilly nightwear , but Bob did not throw her downstairs and break her neck . |
| 27 | Purpose hard in her , she staggered back to the flat sheet of the blueness that was spread to catch the warmth of the sun and in her frozen hand was a knife sharpened by erosion from a rock . |
| 28 | On a superficial level this can be seen in her long and mutually admiring correspondence with Voltaire , and in her financial help to Diderot and the unsuccessful visit to Russia which he paid at her invitation . |
| 29 | Anna works on a farm and in her spare time paints her nails ! |
| 30 | Not only does Diana play the piano at home , she invariably has a background of classical music playing in her sitting-room and in her private study . |