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

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1 As we have seen , the feminine is at some fundamental level uncontrollable within the poem , even Britomart succumbs to passions which cause her knightly skills to lapse .
2 She lived for only seven weeks during which time her two sisters , Clare , five , and Victoria , three , bought her a small teddy bear .
3 She had done clerical work before she married , at which point her widowed mother came to live with her .
4 He captured her in a variety of poses and moods which reflect her many facets : as a grande dame in a hat and fur collar ; as a great courtesan — ‘ Madam Pompadour ’ he called the painting , perhaps deliberately mis-spelling it ; in a wicker chair ; demure in front of the piano ; and he sketched her all the time , with quick , deft strokes .
5 British-born Rachel , who now lives in LA , has decorated her California home in English country style ( but more cottage than grand manor ) , at the same time as launching a number of furniture stores which reflect her personal taste .
6 The 24 texts which comprise her first work , Tropismes ( 1939 ) , are in fact closer to prose poems than traditional narrative .
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