Example sentences of "[conj] in her [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Although in her 94th year it was always a pleasure to visit . |
| 5 | She had nothing to do with peace , neither in life , nor in her anticipated death . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | She knew he 'd worked for Bonanza , and the chances were that in her nervous condition she would n't question his appearance . |
| 8 | And after — what ? — fifteen , twenty years , there was that in her altered manner that showed she could still regard him with affection . |
| 9 | We are delighted that in her new capacity Jill will have a continuing relationship with FYT 's public relations and funding needs . |
| 10 | It seemed to him that in her gentle gaze there was more than a hint of despair , and it grieved him . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | ‘ … 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 . |
| 16 | Only she , being 17 and in her first job , really did believe you wanted to help . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | The attacker , a 6ft Afro American in his 20s , shot Miss Stott in the back of the head and in her right arm . |
| 19 | It was indeed Mrs. Mounce yet again , and in her frilly nightwear , but Bob did not throw her downstairs and break her neck . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Anna works on a farm and in her spare time paints her nails ! |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | I pointed to where , just visible against the dark-background of the cliffs , the grey boat raced , the foam white under her bows and in her long wake . |
| 25 | But equally she is likely to take considerable exception to the arrival of any stranger and in her current mood you would probably end up with mincemeat ( mincefish ? ) . |
| 26 | She tracked Ana to her room , a room further along the balcony , and in her usual manner she came straight to the point . |
| 27 | Liz had never admired , and had at times expressed somewhat freely ( and in her own view wittily ) her lack of response to Henrietta 's frigid style and vapid conversation , but nevertheless felt herself , in Henrietta 's presence , rendered almost as dull as Henrietta , and moreover uneasily aware that in other houses , in other milieux , at a distance , in other circles , she had seen Henrietta sparkling , laughing , surrounded by life — vacuous life , feverish small talk , no doubt , but life — a life that froze in Liz as she contemplated her guest 's stiff blue taffeta gown ( this was surely a gown , not a dress , and , not even English , probably French ) , her exposed white bosom , her diamond necklace ( well , probably diamonds , why not ? ) , her high white forehead , her thin dark-red lips . |
| 28 | Bearing the name of Mandela , and in her own right , she increasingly became one of the symbols of resistance to racist tyranny both at home and abroad . |
| 29 | She had her eyes on the figure striding across the hall towards the telephone table , and the look on her face caused him to close his own eyes for a moment , for he knew how she had taken what Martin had said : although it had been voiced lightly it was meant to have serious intent , and in her own mind his marrying would mean once again that she would have notice to quit . |
| 30 | She was in her own body again — although with the pirate 's disabilities and in her ruined evening dress . |