Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] her [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A gilt clip fastened her fine hair in a high ponytail , and this peach-toned dress of Sea Island cotton , although it was fairly plain with its simply cut bodice , high-neck , elbow sleeves and knee-length pleated skirt , was n't what any sensible person would wear sailing . |
| 2 | The Countess clapped her gloved hands . |
| 3 | Suddenly her face relaxed and a new twinkle animated her brown eyes . |
| 4 | There was n't any time to repulse him either with words or actions as his seeking mouth found her tender lips . |
| 5 | He was still looking into her eyes and his mouth found her parted lips . |
| 6 | His mouth found her parted lips with a sudden impatient roughness , and even in her drowning state of mindless arousal she thought she detected a flicker of surprise in his eyes as he felt her shudder against him . |
| 7 | The not unfamiliar childish jape of depositing a stink bomb in her locker caused her great anguish . |
| 8 | But a combination of embarrassment , shock , and some other nameless disturbing emotion caused her initial protest to come out as a soundless squeak . |
| 9 | His mouth explored her eager breasts and she arched up towards him , her responses instinctive , untutored , yet driving him wild with her undisguised need . |
| 10 | The dryad turned her green eyes on him . |
| 11 | THE woman believed to be the world 's oldest citizen celebrated her 118th birthday singing and laughing in an old folk 's home at Arles , in France . |
| 12 | Side by side hung her coarse morning working outfits , made out of casement cloth , which she had had to buy herself , much of it second-hand to save money , and two afternoon ones — a white cotton shirtwaister , black skirt , lacy cap with streamers and lacy white pinafore . |
| 13 | She heard his deep , shuddering breath at her breast and then his mouth encompassed her raging nipple , drawing ravenously on it . |
| 14 | The wind blew her blonde hair in front of her face as she walked , squatted , crawled and talked , and I assembled . |
| 15 | Thus when she saw the priests kneel in darkness lit only by burning torches , to place the crucifix and Host in the Easter sepulchre to symbolise the darkness of the physical death and burial of Christ prior to the joy of resurrection , this ritual precipitated her inner sense of the significance of the Passion and a corresponding outpouring of love and compassion in tears as she spread her arms like her crucified Lord . |
| 16 | Sorrel knew her sad destiny |
| 17 | The brusque command brought her widening eyes up to his . |
| 18 | His glance denigrated her feeble attempt at humour . |
| 19 | She saw him disengage his arm from Doreen 's clinging fingers , but the action gave her little comfort . |
| 20 | I watched her walk back down the steps , and the wind flipped her loose cardigan so that it became a swansdown shawl . |
| 21 | His quick sideways glance absorbed her neat outfit speculatively . |
| 22 | Later , years and enchanted years later , it seemed , she lay enfolded in the hard warmth of his arms , shivering from time to time as memory of the passion and intensity of their lovemaking rocked her slender frame all over again . |
| 23 | Each inmate had her own locker and a screen for privacy . |
| 24 | The leather bucket seat held her slender figure in a cushioned caress , and trees overhanging the road softened the strong Queensland sunlight with patches of blurred green shade . |
| 25 | And Dot considered her pigeon-hearted father and wondered why she could never recall his face . |
| 26 | Sometimes she went to him , sometimes her fear of the dark overcame her maternal instincts and she stayed in her room listening as Charles wailed : ‘ I want my mummy , I want my mummy . ’ |
| 27 | Smooth as oiled silk , his skin excited her delicate touch . |
| 28 | At the water jump on the second circuit — the fourteenth of the twenty-two fences — the mare dropped her hind legs in the water , and this mistake handed the initiative to Run And Skip . |
| 29 | Her step-granddaughter recalled her ceaseless industry as an artist , as well as her ‘ Greek rages ’ and her enduring appeal to men . |
| 30 | As the Queen led her broken family into church at Sandringham yesterday , the two young princes smiled and waved at the crowd of 600 well-wishers . |