Example sentences of "her [noun] [vb past] [adv prt] the " in BNC.

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1 She crossed the room and with a resolute shrug of her shoulders picked up the receiver .
2 Her eyes ran down the black jacket to where the man 's watch was half hidden by a white cuff .
3 Madeleine started adding up again , nodding her head as her eyes strayed down the page , moving her lips .
4 But her reasoning cried out the truth — that he was a part of Maria Luisa and always would be .
5 The marriage ended when her husband gave up the struggle to find better ways of communicating with her .
6 ‘ Diana — ’ her stepmother coo-ed down the table .
7 The next two hours were hectic , the Rose Bowl 's new owner struggling alone with the lunchtime rush while her assistant made up the orders that should have been done earlier .
8 Her assistant switched on the kettle and surveyed her headmistress anxiously .
9 Gwen Evans wore neither less nor more make-up than most other women in the room , her skirt was by no means the shortest there , her dress zipped up the front right up to the collar and she had a cardigan draped casually over her shoulders .
10 Her dress fastened up the front and she began to undo the buttons .
11 Her voice came down the phone icy .
12 Her voice carried on the still air .
13 Her coat hung on the back of the door , her handbag stood open on the side .
14 She believes her children made up the allegations that sexual abuse was going on in other families because of the constant questioning .
15 K has literally just rung over the moon that I had fixed this as her mother is very fond of David and has known him for years — and it is fitting that widow of first Prof of CEGS ( as above ) be included — her dad built up the department enormously and I knew him through European seminars etc via Law Society with and others including who is a Heriot Row neighbour .
16 Police in Florida believe Magaly Carr , 29 , telephoned father-of-three Mr Bates and set up the fateful meeting where her boyfriend carried out the killing .
17 She had disdained the smaller waves in the shelter of the islands , but now she seemed to tremble as her hull soaked up the ponderous force of the ocean .
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