Example sentences of "[prep] her [noun sg] [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While Viscount Althorp , the late Earl Spencer , may have been proud of his new daughter — Diana was very much the apple of his eye — his remarks about her health could have been chosen more diplomatically . |
| 2 | ‘ I would think no jewel thief worth her salt would send a man directly to the hiding spot — no matter how high above the ground she was floating . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Human nature being what it is , my guess is that any maid worth her salt would have put a slightly imperfect dish in front of anyone but her master or mistress for the cook 's sake . ’ |
| 4 | Any astrologer worth her salt would have predicted this man 's presence and told her to steer clear . |
| 5 | Any journalist worth her salt would have got scads more out of the tall Czechoslovakian than she had , she thought glumly . |
| 6 | That dried-up Hervey creature throwing her brain at George the way any other woman worth her salt 'd throw her looks , and this Quinn woman glowering . |
| 7 | A girl who is very tall for her age may fear that she will go on growing at the same rate indefinitely , while a boy who is shorter than his mates of the same age may be afraid that he will be permanently undersized . |
| 8 | Other parsons of her acquaintance would have nothing but commination for Tom Horrocks 's head ; they would have demanded brusquely that all kneel and at least pay lip-service to their own self-righteousness ; but this man … |
| 9 | I 'll phone Anne , she thought suddenly , tell her what 's going on ; the sound of her voice will make me feel better — she might even have an idea . |
| 10 | Often the horror and humility of her widowhood would drive a young widow to follow her husband on his burning pyre . |
| 11 | Mrs ze Schluderpacheru was doing the accounts on her musical wrist-calculator , working how out much of her take would have to go to the yaks this quarter . |
| 12 | Queen Philippa died in August 1369 , and the removal of her influence may have hastened a deterioration in his character which became all too apparent in the 1370s . |
| 13 | Filled with a restless , fevered energy that set every nerve twangling and pumped her blood full of adrenalin , Evelyn threw herself into her work as if the sheer force of her will could drive the hands of the clock round more swiftly . |
| 14 | Even worse , someone of her stature could make a hell of a lot of trouble for me , even if she does n't . ’ |
| 15 | We decided to give the tickets away through competitions and stuff like that on local radio stations because that way the true fans of her music will get to see her . |
| 16 | Reminders of her past would surround her until she died . |
| 17 | She plaited her hair so tightly that it hurt her , straining hair and flesh until it felt as though the white seam down the back of her head might split and the brains gush out . |
| 18 | She closed her eye again before she levered her body upright , reasoning that the movement of her head would produce more than enough sensory input for her brain to cope with . |
| 19 | Once , it had seemed that the candle of her life would burn only till Christmas , and that it was towards that single point that she was spinning out the last hours of her life . |
| 20 | A BRITISH tourist shot dead in New Orleans on the first day of her holiday may have died because her boyfriend refused a mugger 's demand for money . |
| 21 | ‘ Of course , ’ he said , ‘ she has only come in to die , but I think that had she been removed before , much of her suffering would have been saved . ’ |
| 22 | She holds clinics in the areas in and around Cape Town — the shanty towns begin a few miles outside the city and the houses improve markedly the nearer the centre you get — and Rose believes that the fruits of her success will start to become evident in two or three years . |
| 23 | One look inside her at the devastation of her soul would have told a very different story . |
| 24 | It was no wonder that the corners of her mouth should twitch upwards in her relief , she felt — though her smile became an absolute grin when , flicking a glance across at Ven , she caught his mouth twitching upwards too . |
| 25 | The shell of her skull shall brim with honey : |
| 26 | The coroner Nicholas Gardner said the Metro driver 's attempts to regain control of her car may have made matters worse . |
| 27 | There must be a strong reason why no one of her family will have her and it is not as if she had no money . |
| 28 | Just in case it was anything venereal — though he did n't see what opportunities a woman of her age could have had for picking it up — he made sure that there was a larger gap than usual between them in bed . |
| 29 | The second movement of No. 3 is a wildly witty Rondo , which she occasionally played as an encore ; you can see why : the jaws of her audience must have dropped onto their collar studs at its combination of ding-bat humour and sheer difficulty . |
| 30 | Perhaps the rest of her body would become lifeless , too . |