Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] to her [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eva attributes her education and training for officership to her mother 's self giving and determination . |
| 2 | In 1866 he was allowed to use the arms of the Empress Elisabeth of Austria , as photographer to Her Majesty . |
| 3 | To the Protestants , according to Knox , she complained about opposition to her policy from the Catholics and Châtelherault ; only if the crown matrimonial was granted would she have sufficient authority , and ‘ then devise ye what ye please in matters of religion and they shall be granted ’ . |
| 4 | He was setting it up by way of defence to her application for leave to proceed on the judgment . |
| 5 | She conceived and gave birth to her only child and transferred this intensity of attachment to her daughter , Chloe . |
| 6 | For example , at first interview Mrs Kitchener 's daughter expressed a great deal of antagonism to her mother , talked at great length about the difficulties she experienced in caring for her mother and said that she had often told her mother — and other people — that she ought to be in a Home . |
| 7 | I 'm not sure if I 'm meant to send a sharp note of warning to the Princess or a letter of sympathy to her step-mother . |
| 8 | THE newest submarine for the Royal Navy had to make an emergency ascent during trials off the west coast of Scotland yesterday after fears of contamination to her air supplies . |
| 9 | As she held the cup of tea to her mouth , she felt herself tumble down into a deep well . |
| 10 | Although in the end William IX of Aquitaine failed to make good his wife 's right of succession to her father in Toulouse , a generation earlier his father Guy Geoffrey had succeeded in annexing Gascony , pleading in justification his father 's marriage with the heiress Prisca . |
| 11 | She was holding a delicate spray of mimosa to her face , inhaling the heady scent . |
| 12 | From the age of two , a plate of sprouts would bring a smile of delight to her face — as would cauliflower , broccoli , turnips and cabbage . |
| 13 | Felipe drove in silence and they were soon back — a fact that brought a slight tinge of regret to her face . |
| 14 | The way he was regarding her was hardly encouraging , but she persevered , trying to bring an air of insouciance to her voice . |
| 15 | The question raised by the petition is whether an order made by the Court of Appeal of New Zealand on 4 October 1991 dismissing the petitioner 's action was a final order which entitled the petitioner to appeal as of right to Her Majesty in Council or whether the order was an interlocutory order against which there was no appeal save with the leave of the Court of Appeal or the grant of special leave by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council . |
| 16 | In her first traditional Christmas speech recorded at Sandringham , she said the peace and tranquility of Norfolk brought a sense of continuity to her family life . |
| 17 | This sudden , panicked flight interrupted the mood of closeness to her brother . |
| 18 | After ten years of service to her company , the Fibre Boards Africa Ltd ( FAL ) , the author became a victim as the men in authority conspired and dismissed her . |
| 19 | The image experienced in a flash of gold , a flush of warmth to her face , was so vivid that for a second she hesitated at the kitchen door as if disorientated . |
| 20 | She takes two teaspoons of sugar in each of her hot drinks ; she adds two teaspoons of sugar to her breakfast cereal ( or has sugar-coated cereal or muesli with sugar ) . |
| 21 | ‘ I do n't suppose there 's many girls that could be that much worse than , say , Hilary Frome , ’ put in Penny , out of loyalty to her sex . |
| 22 | She had to admit that he looked more worried about her than threatening and this brought a small smile of relief to her face . |
| 23 | Sometimes she had to fight an urge to unstopper one of the bottles and press the deadly lip of glass to her mouth . |
| 24 | ‘ One afternoon a big wolf waited in a dark forest for a little girl to come along carrying a basket of food to her grandmother . |
| 25 | The child was full of gratitude to her mother for having left the peace of the house so she could come , but of course she wanted to stay among the people . |
| 26 | Her uncontrolled sexuality is a potential source of destruction to her family . |
| 27 | But Flora Thompson was simply a gentle recorder of her own not very exciting life : the beauty of her book lies in the skill of the writing and her ability to make everyday events of interest to her reader . |
| 28 | It was heaven to be in Roman 's arms , even if he was only playing the part of groom to her bride . |
| 29 | A WOMAN accused of cruelty to her baby daughter has vanished with the child . |
| 30 | Ann Butler had written to Uncle Nathan in Leeds to say that when Sarah went there to act as bridesmaid to her sister Christiana , she would stay on to be his new housekeeper . |