Example sentences of "her [noun] set [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 She had her eyes set on a bigger catch than me . ’
2 But Ireland 's new track queen Sonia O'Sullivan also has her eyes set on the prize , and she has the taste for mega-bucks after her 3,000m win in Brussels earned her four one kilogram gold bars worth about £33,000 .
3 Well , almost all of them , she corrected herself , her blue eyes darkening and her mouth setting into an uncharacteristically harsh line .
4 Jessamy stared at him for a moment , then her mouth set into a line that was almost as determined as his own .
5 Her mouth set in a stubborn line he knew so well .
6 Her mouth set in a grim line , she went to the kitchen door .
7 Her mouth set in a stubborn line .
8 She lifted the receiver as Myra darted to the other phone and , her mouth set in a straight line , dialled the number of Roman 's office .
9 She stalked off across the road , her hat jammed firmly on her head and her mouth set in a mutinous line .
10 Kate stared back at him , her mouth set in a bitter line .
11 For a moment she hesitated , then , her mouth set in a determined line Elise would have recognised with misgiving , set about dampening her cotton nightshirt and then her hair and face to simulate perspiration .
12 Her face was flushed , but her mouth set in a firm line .
13 After those championships she has her sights set on a more demanding six-day track event in Australia ; she set a world best for 538 miles at the equivalent event in 1990 .
14 Isobel was ambitious , and had her sights set on the national news media ; unfortunately , so did every other young news-hustler in every backwater station in the country , and few of them were having to contend with sinuses that felt as if they 'd been stuffed with pillows .
15 Wade , the Commonwealth 800 metres record holder since 1985 , has her sights set on the 1500 metres in the Olympic trials meeting in Birmingham at the end of next month and is ready to test her form against top-class opposition after recovering from a knee injury which threatened to ruin her summer plans .
16 At the first of the smaller channels she turned and began to ease herself down the shallow bank , grunting , her face set against the pain she was causing herself .
17 Amanda Harris plays her as a termagant who steams about like the mad woman in the attic , her face set in a perpetual lockjawed scowl .
18 Her face set in a mask of intense fury , she slammed the doors hard as she left the court .
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