Example sentences of "her [adj] [noun sg] [conj] a " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | There was a longer gash on her right elbow and a bruise forming at the top of her arm . |
| 2 | ‘ Is your mother a blonde ATS girl with a mole on her right shoulder and a slight lisp ? ’ |
| 3 | During her later years she was never visible till mid-day , by which time she would , in an upstairs drawing-room , be found occupying a cushionless chair at a large central table ; with a glass of port at her right hand and a volume of sermons at her left . |
| 4 | With all three services already represented , the Queen may choose to honour the Earl of Carnarvon , her racing manager and a personal friend . |
| 5 | Ms Sultana said that before the registrar 's office wedding Mr Ahmed , of Heather Road , Birmingham , asked her family for her British passport and a copy of it was forwarded to him . |
| 6 | In Bolivia she had only two cameras ; her trusty Nikon and a Hasselblad CM500 and a wide-angled lens . |
| 7 | In Bolivia she had only two cameras ; her trusty Nikon and a Hasselblad CM 500 and a wide-angled lens . |
| 8 | Harsh and unsympathetic treatment rouses her defiant spirit and a passionate outbreak leads to her consignment to Lowood Institution . |
| 9 | Allitt , 24 , from Corby Glen , near Grantham , also denies attempting to murder the 15-year-old brother of her flat- mate and a 73-year-old woman . |
| 10 | Kahlo 's naked body becomes not just the tortured self of her personal biography but a visual counterpart to the injured and defiled manifestations of Mexico 's colonised past : La Llorona ‘ the weeping woman ’ of popular myth and La Chingada , the raped and abused mother described in Paz 's The Labyrinth of Solitude . |
| 11 | And when her maids had got her dressed and done her hair and she had breakfasted by her tall windows overlooking her manicured rose-garden and a green , daisy-starred meadow , she had nothing to alarm her throughout the day but the possibility of a visit from the formidable Mrs Covington-Pym or the awkwardness , as she took her carriage-exercise , of encountering the wife of her dear friend Mr Adolphus Moon who had made himself so very agreeable . |
| 12 | Claire shambles to the desk , three bags over her left shoulder and a plastic Duty Free bag in her hand . |
| 13 | Little by little everything that was most English about her had been eroded and all she had left of it was her honesty , her natural courtesy and a slight reserve she could not entirely eliminate . |
| 14 | Mrs Rand , an avid Scrabble player , crossword fan and reader , lived alone in Stockton until just before her 100th birthday when a fall meant moving into the residential village . |
| 15 | She thought it was from her father that she 'd inherited her logical mind and a way with figures . |
| 16 | So by the end of February , with the Hopewell in mid-ocean and all his fortunes pinned on her safe arrival and a high price for her goods , Kit was n't in good heart . |
| 17 | And she was always turned out with the meticulous make-up and clothes of a Barbie doll , an arch exponent of power dressing with padded shoulders to her grey suit and a tight pencil skirt that drew attention to her long , shapely legs . |
| 18 | Although procedurally they are selected by the appointments secretary at Downing Street , in practice the Queen is asked for her informal approval before a nomination is made : the prime minister 's private secretary writes to the Queen 's private secretary saying ‘ the |
| 19 | Mrs Aquino also hinted that her Vice-President , Mr Salvador Laurel , and her first cousin and a Marcos associate , Mr Eduardo Cojuangco , were involved in the plot . |
| 20 | A nail-biting finish , but finally won by Moira Creek at her first attempt and a complete stranger to Pooh culture . |
| 21 | She 'd hardly arrived at her specified destination when a small Arab urchin slid up to her side . |
| 22 | He claims that industrial society is characterized by boring and monotonous work , lack of freedom for the individual to control his or her own life and a compulsion to acquire material possessions , directed by the mistaken belief that they bring happiness and fulfilment . |
| 23 | Each inmate had her own locker and a screen for privacy . |
| 24 | His marriage to Ann , a social worker with the deaf in her own right and a sign language interpreter who had worked with the BDA in the past and would continue to do so , strengthened Verney 's qualifications for his new task . |
| 25 | She deposited the tray on the desk , then took her own tea and a small piece of cake back to her former post , slotted a new tape into the machine for the next instalment of the story and settled down to enjoy the rest of the afternoon in peace . |
| 26 | Hopkins used her frailty , her diminutive size and a ‘ beautiful speaking voice ’ as symbols of the power of female purity . |
| 27 | Rosa 's insides turned over , all her carefully fostered haughtiness resolved itself into a small sweat on her upper lip and a moistness in her palms . |
| 28 | This will give her financial independence and a steady income . |
| 29 | In 1989 T. moved to live with her paternal grandmother and a year later she went to live with her boyfriend . |