Example sentences of "[that] [vb past] her [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the teachers who selected her for the post make it very clear that it was Emily 's ability not her sex that made her first choice . |
| 2 | She meant what she 'd said and she intended to keep her promise — but how would she survive another two weeks of living in such close proximity to Guido , when with every moment that passed her hopeless love for him grew deeper ? |
| 3 | There were paintings stacked at the side of the room — whether finished or not , she did not know — but the thing that was most touching , the thing that stopped her forward momentum was a chair by the lower window , obviously placed to look out over the valley and the distant forest . |
| 4 | Some of her hair caught inside it and she flicked it out , a careless fall of dark blonde that framed her even-featured face . |
| 5 | Dressed in a gown of deepest blue that complemented her dark eyes and rich hair , she was the loveliest creature he had ever seen . |
| 6 | Reddening with a flush that heated her whole body , she grabbed her wash-bag and night things , and fled for the bathroom , locking the door to the sound of his low , mocking laugh . |
| 7 | Once , in Ipswich , she clung to his arm during a sudden rainstorm that plastered her Indian shirt to her body . |
| 8 | As she increasingly mover her imagery towards precisely controlled representationalism , away from the apparent spontaneity that distinguished her non-representational work of the 1910s and early 1920s , she denied much of the sustained expressiveness and inventiveness that had made her formative work singular among that of her American contemporaries . |
| 9 | There was only the sound of the strengthening wind that stirred her wet curls and plastered the sweat-shirt tighter against her shivering frame . |
| 10 | The former senior deputy director has no intention of falling victim to the conservative-waged ‘ decency ’ attack that claimed her former boss , John Frohnmayer , who was forced to resign by the Bush administration amid fears the NEA would damage the President 's 1992 reelection bid ( see The Art Newspaper No. 17 , April 1992 , p. 1 ) . |
| 11 | Deep racking sobs that shook her whole body . |
| 12 | Nora 's heart missed a beat — and the next beat was a huge thump that shook her whole body — and the bed . |
| 13 | Mamma d'Agostino sighed a sigh that shook her generous frame , then stood up and walked to the kitchen door and opened it slightly , then said in a low voice , ‘ Enrico . |
| 14 | Seen from below , Lacuna 's long body would have looked comical as she ran back and forth , if it had not been for the grimace of rage that contorted her white face . |
| 15 | Everything about her seemed to have shrunk except her eyes , which were huge , inky pools that dwarfed her small features . |
| 16 | Luke took her hand , but instead of shaking it lifted it to his mouth and turned it over to press his lips to the very centre of her palm , watching the shock that widened her grey eyes at the tingling contact . |
| 17 | Three easy words that expressed her physical joy . |
| 18 | She wore a belted Japanese kimono that emphasised her cottage-loaf figure and had a warm , rumpled , half-awake look that made Maxim just want to curl up beside her and sleep for a week . |
| 19 | She was wearing a short black skirt and a tiny scrap of a top that emphasised her heavy breasts . |
| 20 | In the two short years that followed her first record Kylie became one of the entertainment phenomena of the 1980s . |
| 21 | Lou had allowed her coal-black hair to grow into a softer , more feminine style that flattered her small features . |
| 22 | Some fleeting affairs , but things without heat ; all the passion of her being , head and heart , which she sought and longed to give with a fierceness that no one knew , that belied her cool exterior , varnished nails and ( she hoped ) elegant way . |
| 23 | Certainly , there were times when the mistress had a strange faraway look in her eye , a look that belied her busy nature and preoccupation with the children she adored : a haunted lonely look . |
| 24 | They were both silent , busy with their own thoughts , apart from her directions , until he drew up in front of the divided house that contained her tiny flat . |
| 25 | The silence lasted until the Porsche pulled up outside the converted house that contained her tiny flat . |
| 26 | Juliet could n't stop the slight flush that stained her pale cheeks . |
| 27 | She was wearing a taffeta skirt of burgundy , with a pretty close-fitting cream blouse that complimented her rich chestnut hair and dark eyes . |
| 28 | Of a dive that took her 1,250 feet down to the floor of the Pacific , Sylvia Earle said , ‘ The light was faint but , when my eyes adjusted , the world I saw was incredibly beautiful . |
| 29 | Poor dear Hugh 's face was somehow much less vivid than the tall hennins a married lady could wear , that gave her extra height . |
| 30 | Robyn thought as she glanced out of the window , re-reading the sign that gave her enormous satisfaction every time she had occasion to see it . |