Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] her [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Beatrice was married now , with a family of her own , and because times were hard her sister helped her with surreptitious gifts of money ; and with clothes , toys , and treats for the children . |
| 2 | The wind woke her at six , hustling the leaves on the trees , still green in November . |
| 3 | But Christine , 37 , insisted on going home for a snack before an ambulance took her to Royal Hallamshire hospital . |
| 4 | But her mind presented her with two stiff figures lying side by side , not even holding hands , perhaps not even saying a polite goodnight . |
| 5 | This decision filled her with profound gloom ; not only because her home had been so special and so very much loved , but also because the selling of Rose Cottage could do nothing but plunge her into financial disaster . |
| 6 | His gaze pierced her like cold steel . |
| 7 | But the last unspoken question consumed her with fresh guilt . |
| 8 | ‘ Some ghastly little girl accused her of lesbian advances . ’ |
| 9 | The tranquillity and gentleness of the scene reminded her of Japanese paintings . |
| 10 | Her hard work and determination set her in good stead for the confrontation she had had with the Johnson representative , Albert Buller . |
| 11 | Rain caught her in both arms , held her tight , and knew it was only her grasp which kept the woman upright . |
| 12 | This perfidious inner reaction drove her into ferocious silence as they headed back down the coast again , berating her stupidity as she watched the lush green hills glide by . |
| 13 | The Flack team restored her to pristine condition as G–FURY , and she made her first flight at Elstree in June 1980 . |
| 14 | The fear that it might show on her face caused her to turn away from him and hasten towards the food hampers , and as she did so a shock revelation hit her with full force . |
| 15 | The way her heart seemed to squeeze inside her chest , the way her pulses seemed to skip a beat whenever Roman watched her like that , was deeply disturbing . |
| 16 | And the touch of his scorching lips , the clasp of his arms , the close union with his warm , strong body robbed her of all strength and of all power of resistance . ‘ |
| 17 | First , she contended that her husband put her under undue pressure to sign and that she finally succumbed to the pressure . |
| 18 | The seeming contradiction reminded her of another : ‘ the solution posed the question ’ . |
| 19 | It was like when she was eight , and Dead Daddy put her on Hero-9 to keep her under control . |
| 20 | Late forties , husband left her for younger woman most likely . |
| 21 | Economic pressures belong with Joanna 's mother , whose husband left her with three school-going children ; Helen 's lecturing post in another country is a career move . |
| 22 | At the end , the photographer kissed her on both cheeks . |
| 23 | But it was n't easy to lose puppy fat when Mum fed her on stodgy good home cooking — stews with dumplings and meat pies with pastry crusts and steamed sponge puddings , and there was no money to spare for proper hairdressing salons . |
| 24 | ‘ Do you , ’ a friend asked her in 1980 , ‘ hate all institutions ? ’ |
| 25 | The yellow glow from his little oil lamp showed her in unusual array , her black hair braided in a red ribbon , with curls artfully breaking free around her temples , her gown deepest and brightest blue like her eyes , and a girdle of gold braid round her hips . |
| 26 | Nausea overwhelmed her at last . |
| 27 | Anyone acting out of character worried her in this way , until she had had a silent time alone , to work it out and grow used to the change . |
| 28 | She almost flinched , but somehow her pride rescued her from that , although she felt as though he 'd stuck a knife in her heart and started to revolve it . |
| 29 | The local authority provided her with temporary accommodation . |
| 30 | Anger emanated from fitzAlan in waves , the force of it completely overwhelming her , even as the physical impact of that ruthless kiss stunned her into frozen immobility . |