Example sentences of "her [noun sg] [coord] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Paige snapped the locks on her case and put the remainder of her possessions into her shoulder-bag . |
| 2 | Then firmed her jaw and imagined the tight lines she was seeding round her mouth . |
| 3 | The following week Rose came along to my class with her sister and started the diet immediately . |
| 4 | And she would do it , Emily clenched her hands into fists , she would fight to the last breath to keep her heritage and to preserve the good name of the Grenfells . |
| 5 | She smiled grimly : nothing and nobody was going to stop her finding and fixing the Spinward bosses in the Arcadia system . |
| 6 | In the summertime , on bright warm days when the sun was high in the sky , Endill would help her weed and tend the vegetables . |
| 7 | But when he was with her alone Wilson watched him kicking a ball down her stairs and fight with Ferdinando in her kitchen and knew the time would come when his mother must face facts . |
| 8 | A gloriously unexpected legacy from a great-aunt had allowed her to use half to start buying her cottage and bank the other half for Dickie 's education . |
| 9 | Maggie yelled , grabbing at her hair and pushing the swirling strands off her face furiously . |
| 10 | She smoothed her hair and straightened the shoulder-straps of her black camisole , then with an effort composed her face into an expression of detached amusement as she went back into the other room . |
| 11 | Fei Yen had dressed quite simply , in a peach ch'i p'ao , over which she wore a long embroidered cloak of white silk , decorated with stylised bamboo leaves of blue and green and edged in a soft pink brocade that matched the tiny pink ribbons in her hair and set the whole thing off quite perfectly . |
| 12 | Satisfied , she sat as her maid began to untwist the lead strips from her hair and tease the ringlets into perfection . |
| 13 | She paused briefly to tidy her hair and smooth the creases from her skirt , then led the way into the house . |
| 14 | A light breeze made play with her skirts and , for the first time since she had arrived at Yelton , she wished she could let down her hair and feel the wind run its fingers through it . |
| 15 | She ran her hand through her hair and turned the light on . |
| 16 | Nick combed her hair and tied the ribbon himself , badly , too loosely . |
| 17 | Maggie finished her whisky and laid the glass aside . |
| 18 | Lurching through the saloon into her own cabin , she grabbed a sweater from the locker beneath her berth and slammed the cabin door behind her . |
| 19 | Cissie , without a word , lifted the baby out of the pram on to her lap , pulled up her jumper and put the baby to her breast . |
| 20 | Removing his hand with marked reluctance from the warm swell of her breast , he straightened her jumper and smoothed the tangled hair away from her face . |
| 21 | Miss Liberty raised her veil and kissed the Sandrat on the cheeks . |
| 22 | By her defence and counterclaim the defendant claimed damages , inter alia , for unlawful eviction . |
| 23 | She did so with relief , feeling him take her weight and relieve the pressure on her waist . |
| 24 | Donna reached for her handbag and took the photo out . |
| 25 | She flung herself from her horse and smothered the burning body with her black cloak . |
| 26 | He read her mind and drew the woman away , leading her down the room to a comfortable chair . |
| 27 | Wondering if she was really rather stupid , she searched her mind and acknowledged the truth . |
| 28 | How well she was coming to know them : the Mid-day Demon of Accidie who dulled her mind and drained the words of meaning ; the Seraph-Serpents , ever hot upon his heels , whose bite flustered her to panic and anxiety ; then , by dark , the Ochim — doleful screech-owls whose appetite always demanded more than she knew how to give . |
| 29 | Then , coming to herself again , she pressed the stud at her neck and sounded the alarm . |
| 30 | She put it around her neck and let the points fall between her breasts . |