Example sentences of "her [noun sg] had the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Miss Lavant 's scarlet coat was of fine tweed , her skin had the poreless look of porcelain . |
| 2 | Her skin had the beautiful , papery-thin translucence of great age . |
| 3 | As he had suspected , her skin had the unmistakable radiance of youth . |
| 4 | I 'm just like my mum , when it comes down to it , That 's why I quite admired Auntie Muriel , in a guarded sort of way I 'd think , I really should try to be like her , she was so content , nothing ever fazed her , I did n't want to be a farmer , understand , but I did n't want to be like mum either , tied to a feckless man , trying to keep him and me , having to hustle all the time to stop from sinking I fancied myself on a corporate asteroid , settling down with someone who would cherish me and buy me everything I wanted Carmen and her crew had the same ideas , even if they acted like they were going to be bad girls for ever , |
| 5 | One minute they were having a philosophical discussion , and the next a very physical encounter , in which Shelley felt that her companion had the greater advantage . |
| 6 | Her voice had the pubescent innocence of a junior high school majorette . |
| 7 | But her mother had the same sort of chin . |