Example sentences of "and [vb past] her [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thereafter , the defendant must have pulled down her pants and tights and stabbed her private parts a number of times . |
| 2 | After drying her hair Ruth tied it back from her face with a white velvet ribbon and planned her next move . |
| 3 | Sarah was invited to Diana 's wedding and entertained her royal friend in her apartment near Clapham Junction in south London . |
| 4 | She eased herself out of the lounger and plopped down by the edge of the swimming-pool and plunged her aching foot , bandage and all , into the cool water . |
| 5 | ‘ Then your mind is wandering , ’ Isabel said , and attacked her second helping of the pudding . |
| 6 | The ‘ sexually mature ’ 14-year-old followed the officer from an early-morning bus as she travelled to work , pushed her through a gate and attacked her only yards from the police station , said Peter Testar , prosecuting . |
| 7 | Grace Kelly , every inch a lady on screen , became every inch a princess when she married Prince Rainier in 1956 and became Her Serene Highness of Monaco . |
| 8 | Willie shuffled with embarrassment and avoided her large gaze . |
| 9 | She kept , it was said , her own household and ruled her own fiefs , and although her name had never been linked with any man Alexei knew of , marriage to her was not a prospect which he thought he would be able to face with equanimity . |
| 10 | But she would never forget the very different lifestyle of her early years — she was 20 when they emigrated ; the veneration of her father and her father 's father , the gross insecurity under which they lived ; the ever-present threat of injury and loss , and the belittling malice ; experiences which moulded and coloured her whole existence , as did her knowledge of Polish , Russian and Yiddish . |
| 11 | He looked up and met her startled eyes . |
| 12 | Lisa had put aside her own doubts and hugged her little daughter . |
| 13 | She and Jane were sisters , but while Jane was slender and dark , Sarah was broader , and lacked her younger sister 's intense dark beauty . |
| 14 | She was excited despite herself , her eyes darkening , staring through black lashes , her mouth parting with unconscious invitation as she moistened her lips and lowered her hot gaze to his chest . |
| 15 | Then she drew him up to her , and lowered her own head to take him in her mouth , her tongue darting out in tender forays at the base of his penis , stroking his belly with her hair as her teeth gently nibbled his manhood . |
| 16 | Lady Selvedge then rose and made her little speech — the one she always made on these occasions , for the ‘ cause ’ , whether Church , Conservative Party or District Nursing Association , was always a good one and it was safe to urge her hearers to spend just a little more than they thought they could afford , however relative the amount might be . |
| 17 | She designed and made her own clothes , sometimes colouring the fabric with home-made dyes ; this gave the articles a most individual style and character . |
| 18 | She felt ashamed that she had left him and made her own escape . |
| 19 | She made her own chutney , and made her own pickles , even though she was at work . |
| 20 | The astonishing garment was made of some smooth material in a mixture of very dark greens and blues which flattered her blonde hair and made her slate-coloured eyes even more ravishing than usual . |
| 21 | She ran like the wind back to the apartment and tumbled her few clothes into bags , then raced back through the back alleys to avoid the crowds and finally met Lucenzo pacing up and down by the column . |
| 22 | He made quite a fuss about it , saying it was time she left the nest , stood up to the forceful Elise and lived her own life . |
| 23 | The only reality of the event had been her mother 's reaction , which was silent , grim , and grudging to the last ; not a tear did she shed , and after the funeral , as she turned away from the graveside and started to walk slowly through the cemetery mud she set her mouth in that prophetic way , and straightened her thick body , and then , as she passed a gravestone announcing that death is but a separation , she opened her mouth and said , " Well , he 's gone , and I ca n't say I 'm sorry . " |
| 24 | She shrugged , went over to the bidet , washed herself and inserted her tiny scrambler . |
| 25 | She organised a rent strike and got her whole street rehoused . |
| 26 | She led with the chin and got her own way most of the time . |
| 27 | Andrew enjoyed her company and respected her imperious resilience to the classic effects of drinking . |
| 28 | After a rapid shower , and a vigorous teeth-cleaning session , she sought her hair-brush and applied her pent-up energy equally vigorously to taming the riotous cloud of curls . |
| 29 | IN THE LAST ISSUE of Observations Wynne Harlen wrote about ‘ what is educational research ? ’ and described her favourite quotations as coming from Lawrence Stenhouse . |
| 30 | Luke reached across the desk and caught her nervous fingers between his own , smoothing them gently until they lay quietly against the ruined paper . |