Example sentences of "of her [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is n't just that she does n't have the stomach to eat anything because of her morbid dread of flying ; more that she ca n't accept touching anything anti-Green . |
| 2 | But , after a few seconds of delighting in the feel of her delicate skin on his , he pulled back , and never , as Fabia shyly looked into his dark eyes , had she seen such a joyous expression on a man . |
| 3 | It was argued for the defendants that the wife would not be liable to tax on the damages she received , while her lost income would have been taxable in her hands , and that therefore she should be awarded damages in respect of her net loss after deducting tax . |
| 4 | Uppity is when she no longer agrees with the man 's definition of her appropriate role within the family . |
| 5 | All her writings are characterized by an outstanding clarity and vigour of presentation , qualities which were a reflection of her keen interest in English literature . |
| 6 | Often on coming from school tired , she takes consolation in the fact that her mother seems content and happy in her role — maybe there is a chance she will be too … parents often have few outside contacts … the mother especially tries to obtain most of her emotional satisfaction from her children . |
| 7 | He whipped up the back of her skirt , and kneaded the cheeks of her knickered bum with one enormous hand . |
| 8 | He decided to try to shake Sien out of her black mood by acting angrily , responding abnormally to what he saw as abnormality . |
| 9 | For what did they know of her half-hearted attempts at abortion , the years ' endurance . |
| 10 | Her portrait by Sir William Nicholson is in the National Portrait Gallery and his painting of her famous boots in the Tate Gallery . |
| 11 | She was about to instruct the device to run one of her extensive library of icebreakers when she noticed that the control panel had an alphabetic keyboard . |
| 12 | She undertook the first serious application of photography to science by making photograms of her extensive collection of algae . |
| 13 | ‘ Suzie is n't — ’ she began belligerently , only to find her voice faltering to a halt as Rune , clearly oblivious to the start of her protest , swept his cool glance over her from the crown of her dark head to the sensible shoes on her graceful feet . |
| 14 | It was then that he sensed her extreme youth ; the twin globes of her dark breasts with their sharp , neat points were hard and solid , her skin , a deep indigo in the near-blackness , was velvet-smooth , entirely without hair . |
| 15 | Early in their friendship , when Alice had to spend a week in London and Alex was away , she had given Meg one of her spare keys to the cottage so that she could go in to collect and forward her post . |
| 16 | FOR 25 years Marjorie MacRae has devoted much of her spare time to the teaching of Scottish country dancing . |
| 17 | Larissa , 40 , became a teacher so that she would have more time with her children , but she spends most of her spare time in queues . |
| 18 | She pinched her cheeks quickly to add a little colour , and straightened the skirt of her plum-coloured sweater-dress before squaring her slim shoulders and resuming her descent . |
| 19 | ‘ Mr Wyatt , I do n't have Garry Turner 's address , and if I did I would n't keep it among my underwear , ’ she said desperately ; the sight of her intimate things in his hands was sending strange shivers down her spine . |
| 20 | He found her quietly working in her office , surveying the extent of her financial empire on a monitor screen . |
| 21 | For some countries , like Greece , Portugal and Ireland , no doubt there will continue to be largesse to be gained from her , though for the time being even this is likely to be hard to come by , as Germany piles money into her eastern territory and focuses much of the rest of her financial attentions on her former Communist neighbours . |
| 22 | She leant lower over the bed , to give her words extra emphasis , but Ace took immediate and unfair advantage of her low centre of gravity , and pulled her down on to him , his two arms holding her firmly pressed against his full length . |
| 23 | ‘ Oh , one of the early ones , ’ she said brightly , handling the work of her late husband with no notable reverence , and casually flicking through it . |
| 24 | Mrs Imelda Marcos , widow of the late President Ferdinand Marcos , hopes to resuscitate her ailing political campaign by bringing home the body of her late husband on April 12 . |
| 25 | When asked ‘ What did you like about your last job ? ’ the chatterbox 's reply includes a detailed description of her recent holiday in the Dordogne . |
| 26 | THE VISIT by Mother Teresa to Ireland is going ahead — but is expected to be scaled down because of her recent fall in which she broke three ribs . |
| 27 | How is one to measure the net economic impact on Britain of her recent membership of the ERM ? |
| 28 | She and Uncle Matthew had agreed , in spite of her strong disapproval of Ruth 's plans for the future , that she should live with them until the time came to leave . |
| 29 | His second wife was Maud , the daughter of William Pantulf [ q.v. ] , who by the time of her second marriage to Walter ( in 1282 or 1283 ) was sole heiress to the Shropshire barony of Wem . |
| 30 | Sally Gie , also a member of the Rover Tennis Initiative and the top seed , was surprised by the powerful hitting of Susie Durham in the second round , but took full advantage of her second chance with gutsy performances against Rebecca Foster , Jheni Osman and Claire Lyte in a ruthless performance in the final . |