Example sentences of "her [noun sg] [verb] [pron] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because her social isolation was made worse by her inability to drive she agreed , before the next session , to take the therapist 's advice to arrange driving lessons . |
| 2 | As her parting shot she told me never to phone her at this time of the night again . |
| 3 | He cupped Luce 's cheek with his palm and smiled into her eyes , making her heart do what felt like a series of back somersaults . |
| 4 | Moll Cutpurse is variously described as one who ‘ strays so from her kind/Nature repents she made her ’ ( i. ii . |
| 5 | Even to allow such images into her mind meant she 'd dropped the barriers too far — something she could n't afford to do if she wanted to survive this experience mentally intact . |
| 6 | Her lover said she needed time and space to rethink her parameters . |
| 7 | As she opened her mouth to protest he added , ‘ Humour me . ’ |
| 8 | Her lawyer said she did not then know the consequences of the accident . |
| 9 | Mr Sodhi said he intended to give Miss Dixon a final warning but her attitude meant he felt compelled to sack her . |
| 10 | The gifts had become a pressure , an embarrassment , and her refusal to accept them had made him manipulative . |
| 11 | Her husband said she had suffered ‘ three years of worry ’ . |
| 12 | He got it from La Belle Fertoniere : her husband knew she had syphilis and allowed Francis to seduce her . |
| 13 | When her husband died she became withdrawn . |
| 14 | her husband died she 'd picked out a bit of land all this and I borrowed this and one thing and another , so well they never found a penny ! |
| 15 | When I asked why this was so she explained that since her husband died she had been managing well and felt that she had coped with all the trauma . |
| 16 | Four years after her husband died she returned from the United States to marry her foster father , Mr Taylor , who was then a widower : |
| 17 | Her husband says he found a photographer hiding in some bushes by his house . |
| 18 | Over to Mary 's quarters he went , while Alice remained locked in her apartment for fear of the plague of adders which her husband assured her infested the grounds . |
| 19 | When her husband rose she lay a while , dreaming . |
| 20 | In December 1977 the Headmistress of St Anselm 's School in Canterbury , one of Britain 's leading Roman Catholic Comprehensives , allowed a teacher who was a National Front candidate to continue in her post alter she had promised that her National Front views would not affect her treatment to black pupils . |
| 21 | Wendy was still living in Old Wolverton , and because of her shift work I did not see her very often ; and most of those with whom I had been friendliest were billeted in outlying areas . |
| 22 | For her stepmother to tell her meant that she and her father must sometimes talk about her , and that her father had undoubtedly on at least one occasion said that he thought Artemis had some ability . |
| 23 | As Nancy slid the first tape into her video machine I settled down to watch her at work , but , throughout , the advice offered me on the screen was interspersed with more from the sofa next to me , where she sat eagerly adding a tumult of tips to those already being relayed . |
| 24 | Again and again he swiped at Chloe , but she remained convinced that this was a game and every time her friend approached she darted away and went to sit somewhere else in the clearing , her tail brushing the ground frantically . |
| 25 | She turned to the door as Myra came in , her smile saying she had been successful . |
| 26 | When her father died it had been necessary for her to do some kind of work and the training in librarianship had seemed the most suitable . |
| 27 | Susan and Gay were the people she liked best in the world , and when her father died she had made a mental vow that she would do everything in her power to make life happy for this sister of hers who had worked so hard and shown such courage . |
| 28 | On our way home I explained to her that if her father discovered she had visited Wuthering Heights , he would perhaps be so angry with me that he would send me away . |
| 29 | Her father said she looked as if she had gone three rounds in the boxing ring . |
| 30 | Gina thought they must be valuable and she 's probably right ; but she 's puzzled as to why her father kept them shut away and never mentioned them . ’ |