Example sentences of "[coord] in her [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The enangan had no subsequent special rights either in the girl or in her future children though her children addressed him by a title used as a respectful term for " Father " among some neighbouring groups . |
| 2 | Late of the RSC and a habitue of the West End and Edinburgh Festivals , Jayne Boniface makes all too persuasive a Julie , whether in her arrogant , teasing , lustful prime and pride as at the beginning or in her subsequent grovelling , whingeing humiliation . |
| 3 | She had nothing to do with peace , neither in life , nor in her anticipated death . |
| 4 | The 21-year-old Ulster girl is making her international debut in this tournament and in her first singles match she came up English star Joanne Morley , losing 3 and 2 in a game which saw eight birdies , five from Morley and three from McCool . |
| 5 | Only she , being 17 and in her first job , really did believe you wanted to help . |
| 6 | She has played Mozart on stage and in her new film Orlando plays someone who starts off as a man in Elizabethan times and ends up as a woman in the present . |
| 7 | The attacker , a 6ft Afro American in his 20s , shot Miss Stott in the back of the head and in her right arm . |
| 8 | It was indeed Mrs. Mounce yet again , and in her frilly nightwear , but Bob did not throw her downstairs and break her neck . |
| 9 | Purpose hard in her , she staggered back to the flat sheet of the blueness that was spread to catch the warmth of the sun and in her frozen hand was a knife sharpened by erosion from a rock . |
| 10 | On a superficial level this can be seen in her long and mutually admiring correspondence with Voltaire , and in her financial help to Diderot and the unsuccessful visit to Russia which he paid at her invitation . |
| 11 | Anna works on a farm and in her spare time paints her nails ! |
| 12 | Not only does Diana play the piano at home , she invariably has a background of classical music playing in her sitting-room and in her private study . |
| 13 | I pointed to where , just visible against the dark-background of the cliffs , the grey boat raced , the foam white under her bows and in her long wake . |
| 14 | But equally she is likely to take considerable exception to the arrival of any stranger and in her current mood you would probably end up with mincemeat ( mincefish ? ) . |
| 15 | And in her final words to Wilekin in this exchange she manages to give an ambiguous hint that she may be prepared to entertain Wilekin — along with her husband : ( " You could go home , dear brother . |
| 16 | She tracked Ana to her room , a room further along the balcony , and in her usual manner she came straight to the point . |
| 17 | When Hannah was young and in her formative years , this dichotomy was even more pronounced . |
| 18 | And yet that high broad forehead was his , the little tilted nose was his , his the pointed — although in her case , flat — ears , and in her huge eyes he saw his own little ones . |
| 19 | Liz had never admired , and had at times expressed somewhat freely ( and in her own view wittily ) her lack of response to Henrietta 's frigid style and vapid conversation , but nevertheless felt herself , in Henrietta 's presence , rendered almost as dull as Henrietta , and moreover uneasily aware that in other houses , in other milieux , at a distance , in other circles , she had seen Henrietta sparkling , laughing , surrounded by life — vacuous life , feverish small talk , no doubt , but life — a life that froze in Liz as she contemplated her guest 's stiff blue taffeta gown ( this was surely a gown , not a dress , and , not even English , probably French ) , her exposed white bosom , her diamond necklace ( well , probably diamonds , why not ? ) , her high white forehead , her thin dark-red lips . |
| 20 | Bearing the name of Mandela , and in her own right , she increasingly became one of the symbols of resistance to racist tyranny both at home and abroad . |
| 21 | She had her eyes on the figure striding across the hall towards the telephone table , and the look on her face caused him to close his own eyes for a moment , for he knew how she had taken what Martin had said : although it had been voiced lightly it was meant to have serious intent , and in her own mind his marrying would mean once again that she would have notice to quit . |
| 22 | She was in her own body again — although with the pirate 's disabilities and in her ruined evening dress . |
| 23 | Manu , the famous ancient Hindu law-giver , said that in her childhood the woman must be under the control of her father ; in her adult life she must be under her husband 's control and in her old age her son must control her . |
| 24 | Jean met you when she was just 16 and in her last year at school . |
| 25 | Pamela was twenty one and in her last year at St Hilda 's . |
| 26 | Indeed , as Fairbairns points out , both in this article and in her novel Benefits , when a houseworker fails to carry out her domestic duties ‘ properly ’ someone else ( usually another woman ) is brought in by the state and paid to do the identical job . |
| 27 | Fiona Fullerton , then only fifteen and in her third feature film , played Alice . |
| 28 | Jane Fry , the winner of the competition is 14 and in her third year at Croesyceiliog Comprehensive School . |
| 29 | Kevin , in turn , was being watched by his wife , Enid , who had gaoler 's eyes , was more regal than the Queen , and in her spotted dress looked like a Sherman tank with measles . |
| 30 | But in her small corner it was as if time had decided to take an extended coffee-break . |