Example sentences of "[Wh det] [vb past] her [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 For the first time she gave vent to loud screams , which became her usual method of attracting attention from that time : ‘ this manner of crying endured many years after this time , for aught any man might do , and therefore , suffered she much despite and much reproof ’ .
2 Mhoira Robertson did take up golf , which became her favourite pastime , and eventually the promotions came , first as Director of studies and Chief Inspector at Tulliallan Police College and finally in 1987 as Superintendent within the Lothians and Borders force .
3 Tight black slacks , black skinny-ribbed top , a length of ash-blonde hair cut with a fringe which met her arched brows .
4 Belinda , who has had chemotherapy which made her blonde hair fall out , had just one thing on her mind yesterday — her present .
5 Out of all her workmates , Kerry was possibly the least friendly , which made her current show of concern all the more special .
6 She tried a red-and-pink Chanel shift , a Lacroix confection splattered with turquoise roses and a long green tube by Azzedine Alaia which made her six foot , 128 lb body look like some exotic serpent .
7 Dr James Freemont , pathologist , of Manchester Royal Infirmary , said Clare died after developing internal bleeding which made her major organs fail .
8 Her second children 's book , Carrots — Just a Little Boy ( 1876 ) , for instance , which depicted her own family and included an irascible father , was written with great sympathy from the point of view of a six-year-old .
9 Ajayi was in the games room still , hunkered over the small table in her furs , huge as a bear , perched on a small stool all but hidden beneath the furs and cloths which smothered her old frame .
10 Nuala beat off the opposition at the Racquets Club in Lisburn and her highest scoring word was ‘ freakish ’ which scored her 118 points in one game .
11 The Fjord was small in size and the Tirpitz , which Norwegians called The Devil , lay moored close to its steep sides which afforded her excellent protection from air attack .
12 Jenny grinned , that wide , slightly toothy grin which she tried so hard to avoid , and which filled her whole face with an animation and glow that turned Antony 's heart upside down .
13 His light eyes swept in quick appraisal from her new hairstyle to the sandals which graced her nyloned feet , before he opened the door leading to the patio , standing back so she could precede him .
14 Aleus , forced Auge to become a priestess in the temple of Athena at Tegea , which secured her perpetual virginity .
15 Twisting her round , he examined her face with a wry gleam of amusement , mingled with a dark tenderness which splintered her fragile composure into a million fragments .
16 She has recovered from a chest infection which affected her last week after two solid days of filming left her exhausted .
17 Hila recently donned a tunic again to join in the Bristol class which celebrated her 90th birthday .
18 Lucy Godfrey , five , suffered massive burns in the blaze at Great Chesterford , Essex , which claimed her three-year-old sister on Tuesday .
19 The protest is by Hong Kong 's Foo2 against Cyclone and Great News , second and third yesterday behind the 83ft Drumbeat which claimed her third handicap win of the series by 3 ½min .
20 What Katherine found daunting was the ambience within : the large unsmiling woman who sat at a table in the entrance hall and stiffly handed her two sheets of paper , one with a map of the school which showed her own room clearly marked , the other with a long list of instructions printed in four languages , French , German , Italian and English ; a smell which mingled disinfectant and scouring soap ; the difference in temperature between the stifling main body of the school and the chill of the outlying wing where she found her room .
21 Carly suffers from an immune system deficiency which killed her 14-month-old brother Greig four days before she was born .
22 She patted the buffon which concealed her ample bosom , her jaw set ready for a fight .
23 The astonishing garment was made of some smooth material in a mixture of very dark greens and blues which flattered her blonde hair and made her slate-coloured eyes even more ravishing than usual .
24 She said nothing , and it occurred to Paul that she had shown little interest in any of it ; the sale of the partnership , his own worries about money , his future , which included her constant maintenance .
25 She had to stand up in the midst of a certain amount of pomp and ceremony and address a large audience , which included her own family , her husband , the Prime Minister , the Lord Mayor and a host of City dignitaries , many of them accomplished public speakers themselves .
26 Joint founder of Response is Josephine Hunt , whose long-running battle with The Sun , which called her handicapped son ‘ the worst brat in Britain' , was also featured .
27 The indescribable sting wrenched a high-pitched squeal from her throat , as she clutched the leather skirt which covered her burning seat .
28 A warning pulse quickened within her body , but there was also a kind of excitement , a high tension which disrupted her normal caution .
29 Erika smiled , an enchanting open smile which illuminated her entire being and the entire room .
30 By late 1943 , when Liselotte was approaching her seventh birthday , she had taken to banging her head , a symptom which worried her foster mother more than her doctor , who ‘ could not be persuaded to view the matter very seriously ’ .
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