Example sentences of "her [noun] [verb] she [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs Fletcher was extremely chic , but her accent gave her a reality . |
| 2 | Her employers told her the work was too stressful for someone in her condition . |
| 3 | A glance at her watch gave her the perfect excuse to leave immediately … |
| 4 | Despite the tears , Athelstan still wondered if her adultery made her an assassin or perhaps an accomplice to murder . |
| 5 | Jacqui gurgled something incomprehensible , as Kattina 's tongue shot into her mouth to save her the embarrassment of replying . |
| 6 | Her defiance gave her the courage to lift her eyes to his for the first time , and she saw the surprise and sudden uncertainty that flashed across them . |
| 7 | I woke up a few times and got Mum out of bed all bleary-eyed and irritable in her nightie telling her a bogey-man was after me . |
| 8 | Being fond of tapestry work , this was frustrating until her husband made her an adjustable frame so that she could work her tapestry at eye level . |
| 9 | Her husband gave her a hug and hurried inside , saying he was going to take a quick bath , then he 'd be down for drinks . |
| 10 | For laughing and singing at a funeral her husband gave her a reproving tap , and she had to return to her home in the lake . |
| 11 | Matadial 's statement of 12 January 1987 , like her deposition , did not mention the conversations in 1986 but did refer to that of 9 January 1987 , but her account in the statement of her telephone call on 11 January was that , when her husband gave her the receiver , she recognised the voice of the defendant who said , ‘ I have just shot Paulette . |
| 12 | ‘ … at least her husband bought her a nice little boutique in Hauz Khas Village . |
| 13 | Prosecutors did not go ahead with charges that she plotted to handle part of the proceeds of the robbery by allowing her husband to buy her a Tudor mansion . |
| 14 | She responds to a comment by the monk on how she appears to have passed the night in sexual " labour " by bemoaning what she suffers as a wife , implying that her husband gives her no pleasure in bed and is mean with his money . |
| 15 | She formed a instinctive rapport with many patients , her efforts giving her a real sense of achievement . |
| 16 | ‘ Why does n't her nephew send her the money for the fare ? ’ asked Mary , one of the Sprites , who had often done a good turn for Miss Miggs . |
| 17 | They fell much in love , and her father gave her a fine dowry of fat lake-cattle and his blessing for a happy marriage , with the proviso that the groom never raise his hand to the water-fairy . |
| 18 | Her father gave her a smart blue dress , her mother an equally smart green dress . |
| 19 | Once more her father gave her a scathing look . |
| 20 | Her age makes her the ideal candidate for a pension mortgage . |
| 21 | Only her anger gives her the energy to lift her arm to look at her watch . |
| 22 | The narrow chink presented to her vision showed her the spot where the prince sat . |
| 23 | This profound sense of destiny which has influenced her life gives her an intuitive awareness that she has been singled out for a special role . |
| 24 | Her figure though slender was well formed and her height gave her an almost regal appearance . |
| 25 | But her host saved her the trouble . |
| 26 | She stood at the foot of the staircase which led up to the tower but even Jacqueline , so well known for her early rising that her grandfather called her the Dawn Patrol , was silent . |
| 27 | And although her slenderness gave her an air of fragility , Guy had felt the gentle curves of her body when he 'd searched for a concealed weapon . |
| 28 | Her background made her an early starter in the love stakes . |
| 29 | And up her arse give her a shot . |
| 30 | The knowledge that a fat bag of coins was hidden among her stockings in the top drawer of her dresser gave her a cosy feeling of security . |