Example sentences of "her [noun sg] [adv] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the opinion of many people , Gordon Sloan , the Reporter on attachment from Strathclyde Region to replace Mrs Kemp , did not inspire trust or confidence , and there was a renewed call for the Secretary of State to deal with her case as soon as possible . |
| 2 | For the moment , he was the shaper of her world , the worker of her destinies ; but he was too tired , too caught up in his own changes , to follow her progress as conscientiously as he should have done . |
| 3 | She stared at it for a moment , her body feeling frozen , her heart as still as a stone in her chest . |
| 4 | ‘ Darling , I swear I started questioning her story as early as the next day . |
| 5 | Instead , he did another trick with the steering-wheel , making her lurch forward again as they turned off the road , between a pair of high wrought-iron gates , and headed up a tree-lined gravel driveway towards a fabulous , sprawling , red-roofed villa . |
| 6 | From that cold , emotionless void she watched herself speak kindly to the young girl introduced as Ellen , thank the Queen for her great kindness , beg to be excused from dining in the hall on the grounds of wishing to find her priest as soon as possible , and resolutely put all thought of fitzAlan out of her mind . |
| 7 | Scarlet had been willing to admit the truth of her words but had ceased too soon to concentrate , her mind already elsewhere as she wondered whether , if she could express herself differently and more coherently , her therapist might not have another , and a clearer , image of her . |
| 8 | It had been a part of her intention in coming here to banish those shades : already it seemed they were darkening her mind as surely as they still lowered across her father 's . |
| 9 | Bravely , she shut her mind as firmly as she could against the fears that kept crowding in on her as she hurried through the shadows cast by great trees or trod across soggy glades that made her think with a shudder of hidden bogs . |
| 10 | And best of all the pictures that flew through her mind so happily as she jolted onwards was Michael Swinton 's gratitude and delight , how touched he would be that she had thought of him , how she would seem to him like some sort of Christmas spirit , glittering in a thousand jewels , her arms laden with bounty … |
| 11 | She straightened , stretching her neck as far as it would go , meeting his eyes , if not levelly , at least unwaveringly , as he answered , ‘ A romantic go-between is someone who helps set up romantic meetings . |
| 12 | She inserted her key as quietly as possible in the front door of the house where she had a room and crept upstairs . |
| 13 | She made herself breathe through her mouth as slowly as she could to hush her own sounds , and inhaled the odours of the earth with her own warm respiration . |
| 14 | He cursed her , and blessed her , and fumed away on her errand as far as the door ; and turned there to say with genuine fury : ‘ Am I mad , that I turn you loose to take your chance among wolves ? |
| 15 | When Aggie swung round with a lightness that always denied her heavy bulk and made hastily for the door , Millie flew after her and , jumping in front of her , threw her arms around her waist as far as they would go , crying , ‘ I 'm sorry . |
| 16 | Turning , she hobbled back to her room as fast as she could and took her jewel box out of the drawer . |
| 17 | She blew her nose as daintily as was possible in the circumstances and handed the handkerchief back with a wan smile . |
| 18 | He held her head more tightly as her lips discovered more secrets . |
| 19 | Emily swallowed hard , how could she lower her pride so far as to approach the girl she had been so scornful of ? |
| 20 | She should have done so ages ago ; and if she knew her friend as well as she thought she did , then she would be intrigued and delighted by the whole affair . |
| 21 | In a silence full of his broken intention , she caught the look , passing helplessly between him and Lalage — a look that joined her love and her friend as clearly as if she had found them in bed . |
| 22 | Anna uses essential oils in her bath as well as for skin-care and as perfume to uplift her spirits . |
| 23 | Julia got up from her chair as quietly as she possibly could and left them alone . |
| 24 | She will be notified of the decision on her claim as soon as possible , and if by any chance she is not satisfied with it she has the right of appeal to an independent Appeal Tribunal , by writing to the Social Security Office within twenty-one days of its receipt . |
| 25 | They loved stories that tripped off her tongue as easily as other women talked about waiting in the check-out queue at Tescos . |
| 26 | His father died shortly afterwards , and Margery was given permission by her confessor to escort her daughter-in-law as far as Ipswich , where the latter was to take ship for home . |
| 27 | Neverthless the Republicans decided she was a dangerous , radical feminist , even though as she travelled round the country with him Mrs Clinton showed she could stand by her man as effectively as any woman . |
| 28 | Tiny little thing that he is ! ’ ) has faded out of her life as smoothly as he shimmered in and left her a Cartier pen which she seems to have mislaid . |
| 29 | Her mother had lived her life as fully as possible without the man she loved ; she could do the same . |
| 30 | His prong began to thrust in and out of her like a greased piston , and she found it slipped up her arse as often as it penetrated her vagina . |