Example sentences of "in her [adj] state [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even in her semi-conscious state she had been able to give them the phone number of her sister Margaret in Australia . |
| 2 | Tea was very bad for children , Nicandra knew , but in her exhilarated state she accepted it happily , and hoped for a slice of soda-bread to go with it . |
| 3 | In her normal state she had the head and teeth of a savage wolf and the wings of a bat , although she would endeavour not to allow any mortal to see her thus . |
| 4 | The all-enveloping darkness made her progress difficult but in her emotional state she staggered on . |
| 5 | Because there are children and therefore the woman has obviously been part of a couple at some point , there is an assumption that in her single state she is critical , cynical and undermining of couples around her . |
| 6 | But even in her bemused state she heard , with fierce satisfaction , the harshness , the rapid breathing that belied his attempt to sound unmoved . |