Example sentences of "[vb past] her [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She strained her eyes into the broken circle of darkness , and a breath of ancient tension and fear seemed to issue chillingly from the hole the river had torn in history . |
| 2 | Belief in some prancing horned beast who conjured up all the mischief in the world strained her tolerance to the limit . |
| 3 | President Corazon Aquino dismissed her deputy within the Cabinet , Executive Secretary Catalino Macaraig , on Dec. 10 . |
| 4 | Three High Court judges sitting as Visitors to Lincoln 's Inn dismissed her appeal against the tribunal 's finding but varied the sentence to one of suspension for five years . |
| 5 | She saw her tutor 's enquiring look and dismissed her benefactor for the moment . |
| 6 | She retained her faculties until the day she died . |
| 7 | He did not deny her assertion but smiled contentedly as Constance drew her dish from the oven . |
| 8 | Rows of simple wooden benches drew her gaze towards the altar , where candles burned beside a tall , plain wooden crucifix . |
| 9 | As she drew her finger along the initials , her stomach clenched and her eyes misted . |
| 10 | Thérèse drew her forefinger across the cool iron and traced a zigzag . |
| 11 | The snorting of a horse drew her attention to the right , and she saw Scathach 's stolen mount , roughly tethered . |
| 12 | When she was about to move forward though , ready to go up to that front door and ring the bell , some sound drew her attention to the corner of the house . |
| 13 | She did not resist , but narrowed her eyes at the children . |
| 14 | It was still early , as she could tell from the light filtering through her curtains , and she narrowed her eyes at the sight of a cross Dana , who was obviously prepared to shake her again . |
| 15 | The girl in the Chinese house-coat narrowed her eyes upon the central figure in the tableau before her , and the supple lines of her face sharpened into crystal , and lost their smiling gaiety . |
| 16 | Rachaela left Alice and wove her way through the house to the library . |
| 17 | It described her marriage as the ‘ most famous and most disgraced ’ in the world . |
| 18 | Dr Christine Henderson , the first such volunteer , had recently returned from Zimbabwe and described her experiences to the IC , providing graphic examples of the sort of problems that could encountered . |
| 19 | Not , however , when Charlotte sat opposite him in an eerily empty airport cafe and described her experiences in the United States while gazing at him with an expression implying what he most wanted to believe : that she trusted him unreservedly . |
| 20 | She described her studies to the AAAS meeting . |
| 21 | Louisa snatched her cape from the peg , banged the door shut behind her and leaned against it , panting . |
| 22 | Guido climbed out and snatched her cases from the back seat . |
| 23 | She rose and stalked across the room , snatched her brush from the vanity table and dragged it through her hair with harsh , angry strokes . |
| 24 | She snatched her coat off the kitchen table and stormed out of the kitchen , shouting , ‘ And if by any chance I do need an escort , it wo n't be my bloody brother . |
| 25 | Eleanor Thorne jerked her head on the pillow and opened her eyes , awakening in time to hear the echo of her own voice . |
| 26 | She jerked her head at the boy and he went over and turned the knob . |
| 27 | She jerked her head towards the far wall . |
| 28 | She jerked her head towards the range whose temperaments ruled all their lives . |
| 29 | And I 'd like to bet there 's quite a few of the blokes down there ’ — she jerked her head to the side — ‘ look upon this war as a godsend because it 's given them a legitimate excuse to leave their shanties . |
| 30 | Heart pounding , Isabel waited until his mouth had almost reached its goal , then jerked her head to the side . |