Example sentences of "[coord] [vb pp] [prep] her [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was hard to decide if he was laughing at her or impressed by her performance . |
| 2 | It was a matter of debate whether she was a widow or separated from her husband But I was not interested in such things ; the biggest mystery to me was how she ever got involved with a dog like Cedric . |
| 3 | The Court decided that , although as a general rule dismissing a pregnant woman for a reason arising from or related to her pregnancy will result in direct discrimination under the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 , this is not an inevitable consequence . |
| 4 | The rationale of treatment should be explained fully , reassuring the patient that she will not be confined to bed , subjected to high doses of drugs , or isolated from her family and friends . |
| 5 | He could not bear to see the pale cream child tied to her back with his small head bobbing on her shoulder , or bundled to her breast , asleep in satisfaction after food . |
| 6 | It was a long while before Mary could forgive her husband 's infidelity , and she had never seen or spoken to her sister since then . |
| 7 | No girl , reported David Riesman , the sociologist , would go to a dance unless she was picked up in a car belonging to or driven by her escort , which was likely to be ‘ the second car ’ . |
| 8 | To anyone who has been in the Army or detained at Her Majesty 's pleasure , or even attended a public school ( and there are a disturbing number who have managed all three ) , the dining room at Plas y Benenin is a familiar place . |
| 9 | ‘ True , ’ he admitted blandly , seemingly in no way embarrassed or offended by her tone . |
| 10 | The more she tried to suppress them , the more insistent they became until hot rivulets seared down her cheeks and spat into her lap . |
| 11 | More obscenities followed just as the two men were hurrying to catch up with Comfort , and then the woman stopped dead in front of Comfort and spat in her face . |
| 12 | When Henry VII demolished the chapel in 1502 , ‘ her body was taken up , and , the coffin being decayed , it was put in a wooden chest , and placed near her husband 's tomb in the east end of the Friars ’ ( as Stowe calls it ) . |
| 13 | I could almost see her come out of the water with her short hair glistening wet and pressed to her forehead . |
| 14 | After a while Bambi and Nell returned alone , and Bambi with an unexcited word of gratitude to Nell walked a few paces forward and stopped beside her son , who had done nothing to comfort or help his sister and was now sitting alone . |
| 15 | While Leapor may have felt embarrassed and withdrawn following her return from Edgcote , she was well known , even admired , for her writing in the area of her home . |
| 16 | Sharpe was both amused and irritated by her questioning , but it was harmless , so he indulged her . |
| 17 | Emmie 's tongue felt thick and swollen in her mouth . |
| 18 | She had it wrapped in a cloth and hidden in her dress , next to her bosom . |
| 19 | The only item in the Christie 's sale to have been on the ship at the moment of sinking , it was written by Mrs Esther Hart and tucked into her husband 's jacket . |
| 20 | ‘ From the way both drivers got out from their vehicles and looked ready to tear each other apart , I doubt it , ’ Ven answered , and halted at her bedroom door . |
| 21 | Her father had loved her , but her mother had come first , as was only right , and , under her seeming indifference , her mother had loved and relied on her husband . |
| 22 | The child wore a soft yellow woollen cotte and a brocaded surcoat stiff with gilt thread , and smoothed at her finery with her free hand as she approached , aware of the need to look her best before this unknown lady . |
| 23 | This idea was the brainchild of Anna Coombes who , in 1988 , took over as gardener ; her work has been carried on and developed by her successor Linda Roberts since the beginning of 1990 . |
| 24 | ‘ Know yer will , me old soldier , ’ said Mrs Cousins , and departed to her kitchen . |
| 25 | She poured herself a gin and tonic and took up a position she had frequently occupied since the kidnap — standing by the lounge window , staring out into the garden , glass cupped in her right hand and cradled against her breast like a child , cigarette held aloft in her left hand , mouth half-open , eyes fixed intently on some distant and perhaps invisible object . |
| 26 | She saw McAllister , though , and caught at her hand . |
| 27 | Snugly fitted into it they were flicked out , bulky and milk-white as the pearls from Madeleine 's necklace the time it broke and spilt into her plate at lunch . |
| 28 | It was not until she saw the colour of the light — deep warm gold — that she realised how long she must have been asleep and looked at her watch . |
| 29 | Many times during this pocket lecture she could have turned and looked at her instructor , and put him clean out of countenance merely by looking ; but she had not done it because she was so sure that he was the young man from the entrance booth , a licensed enthusiast , and entitled to his brief moments of emotional escape . |
| 30 | Miss Jarman grunted and dropped into her chair . |