Example sentences of "her [noun] and [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps her very strengths , her enthusiasm and drive for so many causes , led to inadequate public recognition of her work . |
| 2 | She tucked stray wisps of hair back under her kerchief , then picked up her case and walked up the steps on to the porch . |
| 3 | She opened her case and unpacked with unnecessary vigour . |
| 4 | ‘ You 're in here , ’ Ven remarked , taking up her case and heading for the door on the left of the French windows — and as she followed him into a pleasant bedroom , ‘ With luck , by the time you 've unpacked , the waiter will be here with some tea . ’ |
| 5 | She had a burning desire to pack her case and leave on the first mode of transport she could find — she would even settle for a donkey if there was one . |
| 6 | He sounded so disgusted that she seized her case and bolted through the door he indicated . |
| 7 | She countered by deliberately breaking the rules , exhausting her opponents and winning by default . |
| 8 | She slipped off her robe and came to him , stepping into the shower beside him , then gave a small shriek . |
| 9 | She slid out of her bunk , grabbed her robe and stormed through the galley into his cabin . |
| 10 | Unconvinced , Hyacinth sipped cautiously , then gagged , seized the enamel bowl from her sister and spat into it . |
| 11 | Agnes moved closer to her sister and cried at her , ‘ And who would have thought you were outside consorting with one of the Feltons , eh ? |
| 12 | She held the Moosehead repeater to her chest and died with a sentimental smile on her face . |
| 13 | She gasped , clutched her chest and sank to the metal grillework which served as the floor of the corridor . |
| 14 | As Jenny walked off down the hall with the tray , Cassie shoved the kitchen door partly closed with her foot and darted to the pantry . |
| 15 | She finished her notes and looked at the list of suspects . |
| 16 | A little later , Emily was looking through her accounts and came across a bill for French calf ; thoughtfully , she turned it over in her hands , Hari would need to buy the calf too and the usual practice was to pay for it at the end of the month . |
| 17 | With her literary earnings she paid for the education of a young sister , who became her amanuensis and moved to Edinburgh with her in 1847 . |
| 18 | MAGISTRATE Michael Tobin pinned a female colleague against a wall , lifted her T-shirt and tried to rubber stamp her skin , an industrial tribunal heard . |
| 19 | Tim sprang to public prominence when personal letters he wrote to the Princess were stolen from her briefcase and offered for sale to a tabloid newspaper , which promptly handed them over to Scotland Yard . |
| 20 | Claudia looked at her watch and exclaimed in shock . |
| 21 | Then she glanced at her watch and saw to her amazement that it was already midnight . |
| 22 | She looked at her watch and realised with disappointment that it was much earlier than she had expected . |
| 23 | On her way back to the surgery , Sophie glanced at her watch and realised with a start that she had left Joanna on her own for nearly two hours . |
| 24 | Donna glanced agitatedly at her watch and walked to the main doors , trying to see the Volvo parked in the street beyond . |
| 25 | Margaret glanced at her watch and jumped off the bed . |
| 26 | Aunt Sarah 's rug needle dropped from her fingers and clattered on the stone floor . |
| 27 | She pinned them bravely to the shoulder of her dress , touched the blooms lightly with her fingers and said to the room at large , |
| 28 | Marc reached out and took the receiver from between her fingers and spoke into it . |
| 29 | Her rolled-up handkerchief was already soaked through but she went on twisting it round and round in her fingers and dabbing at her wet face . |
| 30 | Guido dropped her cases and strode across the tiled floor . |