Example sentences of "her [noun] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She been to her GP to get a prescription for the contraceptive pill , but her husband waited outside , tore up the prescription , and then subjected his wife to verbal violence in public . |
| 2 | To visit Tyler 's Hard , even Oxford , in mourning for her sister made a kind of sense , yet the photographs proved she had not stopped there . |
| 3 | Her sister took a sip of her drink before answering . |
| 4 | However , before she herself was dismissed so that Dorothy could rest , her sister extracted a promise from her that she would set about finding out the boy 's address and , moreover , that Cynthia would contact her own solicitor and have him draw up a new will making Dorothy 's son her sole beneficiary . |
| 5 | As the seconds ticked by and Seawitch continued to cut a creamy path through the sapphire water , the tightness in her chest became a pain . |
| 6 | The long middle claw on her foot tore a gash in Rima 's arm and spots of blood began to well up on the brown skin . |
| 7 | He found it trying having to listen to endless complaints about her weight , her tiredness and her inability to carry a child . |
| 8 | Mrs McDougall was in her kitchen taking a batch of bread out of the oven . |
| 9 | But her pouch has a muscle around its mouth which contracts like a draw-string and shuts so tightly when she goes into the water that her young are in no danger of drowning . |
| 10 | RESOURCEFUL catering worker christine Greenall has done her bit to fill a gap in the hospital service . |
| 11 | The Braun Independent heated up very quickly , but Sarah found it tricky to use the tong without the ends of her hair having a kink . |
| 12 | She felt her heart miss a beat . |
| 13 | Glancing up at Roman 's face , she felt her heart miss a beat . |
| 14 | ‘ Are you trying to elicit some sympathy ? ’ he enquired , smiling with quite amazing effect , so that Robyn felt her heart leap a mile . |
| 15 | There was a curious magnetism about him that , for one brief moment , caused her heart to miss a beat , but a blast on the horn of an impatient motorist behind her brought her quickly back to reality . |
| 16 | Her heart missed a beat . |
| 17 | So far so good , but her heart missed a beat when she was , inevitably , called for interrogation . |
| 18 | Her heart missed a beat . |
| 19 | Her heart missed a beat when she saw that he 'd brought the Dane with him . |
| 20 | She turned round slowly and her heart missed a beat . |
| 21 | As she gazed down at it her heart missed a beat . |
| 22 | Her heart missed a beat . |
| 23 | Her heart missed a beat . |
| 24 | Her heart missed a beat . |
| 25 | Her heart missed a beat . |
| 26 | She shrank into a seat near the back , her heart beating a mile a minute . |
| 27 | Almost disinterestedly , she turned the paper over , and gave a gasp of shock , her heart missing a beat . |
| 28 | The phone rang and her heart gave a jerk . |
| 29 | Tamar glanced across curiously and as the man emerged from the shadow of the stable into the bright sunlight , her throat constricted and her heart gave a lurch . |
| 30 | But when she finally arrived at the little mews her heart gave a lurch . |