Example sentences of "her [noun sg] [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She clenched her jaw to kill the sultry languor that was stealing over her at the sight of his thick lashes lying in two black arcs on his gilded cheekbones . |
| 2 | By the way , I 've seen to it that there are enough knives , forks and crockery for three and I 've told Gladys that it 's also her responsibility to keep the flat clean and tidy . |
| 3 | Her foot nudged the discarded arrow and , unthinkingly , she bent to pick it up . |
| 4 | Perdita , not in a party mood , had stayed in her tent reading The Maltese Cat . |
| 5 | What 's that girl got in her hair look the red hair band round . |
| 6 | It would break her heart to leave the lovely old stone barn in Buckinghamshire . |
| 7 | Miss Lavant 's scarlet coat was of fine tweed , her skin had the poreless look of porcelain . |
| 8 | Her skin had the beautiful , papery-thin translucence of great age . |
| 9 | As he had suspected , her skin had the unmistakable radiance of youth . |
| 10 | Her decision represented the final abandonment of a lifetime 's loyalty and could not have been easy to take . |
| 11 | Meh'Lindi whisked an electrolumen from her sash to supplement the dull rubescence of the single glow-globe . |
| 12 | While belatedly fulfilling her curtailed general education , she did not neglect her ambition to master the French language . |
| 13 | She saw too , in her mind 's eye , the heaving bulk of the buffalo bull struggling in the grass in its death throes , saw once more the blindly charging cow and the ragged black vultures flopping down out of the sky , and all these images crowding through her mind heightened the vague sense of turbulence that was growing inside her with the gathering storm . |
| 14 | Either that , or she made up her mind to marry the wretched fellow . |
| 15 | On the pale skin of her neck lay the red-and-purple butterfly of a love-bite . |
| 16 | He 'd brought home some hairs from the cross on the back of a donkey when she was cutting her teeth , and Ma had made a little black silk bag to put them in so they could hang round her neck to keep the funny turns away . |
| 17 | When her condition deteriorated the local authority decided , contrary to W. 's wishes and the opinion of the consultant attending her , to transfer her to a unit specialising in the treatment of eating disorders . |
| 18 | ‘ Guyana , ’ she lilted as one of the keys on her ring opened the topmost door on the last floor of the ramshackle old house . |
| 19 | ’ The price of clean air must include changes in how each resident uses his or her car says the official plan adopted by the South Coast Air Quality Management District . |
| 20 | Fascination held her still and silent as she watched the slow , deliberate passage of the hand that moved across and down , over her stomach , the snowy whiteness of her skirt emphasising the rich coppery depth of his tan . |
| 21 | Gently , under the comforting warmth of the duvet , he removed her jersey and bra , but his hands , not satisfied , sank lower , their movements purposeful as he removed her skirt to reveal the black woolly tights . |
| 22 | When she was politely asked about her father 's health her reply startled the assembled company . |
| 23 | Mrs Ozal 's supporters — among them many of those who deserted the party en masse in the 1989 municipal elections — like her attempt to dislodge the Islamic conservative wing , which now controls the party in Istanbul . |
| 24 | The laughter turned to gurgling , as she willingly opened her mouth to receive the gushing stream of piss . |
| 25 | Her mouth brushed the smooth velvet of his shoulders , and moved down to sweep lightly across his turgid male nipples . |
| 26 | Shabby , he 'd thought , and plain , so that he was taken aback by the neatly-rounded woman who answered his knock , a most presentable person in a dark , well-cut woollen dress with what looked like a gold brooch at the neck , her smooth oval face miraculously ironed of the creases he remembered , her mouth smiling the serene welcome of a woman who has no reason to expect trouble from a knock at her door , a woman who eats well and sleeps well and can settle all her bills . |
| 27 | As her anxiety grew the small towns and villages looked grey and inhospitable . |
| 28 | The echo of her exit filled the high-ceilinged room for some seconds afterwards . |
| 29 | Aelin wished them goodbye , members of her household helping the injured Hearthwares to mount their steeds . |
| 30 | And to her home returns the happy Fair … |