Example sentences of "her [noun sg] [adv] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She defended her case so well that the prior gave judgement in her favour . |
| 2 | In the opinion of many people , Gordon Sloan , the Reporter on attachment from Strathclyde Region to replace Mrs Kemp , did not inspire trust or confidence , and there was a renewed call for the Secretary of State to deal with her case as soon as possible . |
| 3 | For the moment , he was the shaper of her world , the worker of her destinies ; but he was too tired , too caught up in his own changes , to follow her progress as conscientiously as he should have done . |
| 4 | Fidelma stumped out of the room , deciding she had pressed her luck far enough and Timothy put his cup down , oddly disturbed . |
| 5 | The pup guzzles her milk so steadily and so hungrily that it swells almost visibly . |
| 6 | She had put her hair up so as to look older than her sixteen years but even so she straightened her music and her shoulders with such self-consciousness that the maturity of her voice came as a shock to him just as it always did . |
| 7 | She plaited her hair so tightly that it hurt her , straining hair and flesh until it felt as though the white seam down the back of her head might split and the brains gush out . |
| 8 | She stared at it for a moment , her body feeling frozen , her heart as still as a stone in her chest . |
| 9 | ‘ Darling , I swear I started questioning her story as early as the next day . |
| 10 | Instead , he did another trick with the steering-wheel , making her lurch forward again as they turned off the road , between a pair of high wrought-iron gates , and headed up a tree-lined gravel driveway towards a fabulous , sprawling , red-roofed villa . |
| 11 | From that cold , emotionless void she watched herself speak kindly to the young girl introduced as Ellen , thank the Queen for her great kindness , beg to be excused from dining in the hall on the grounds of wishing to find her priest as soon as possible , and resolutely put all thought of fitzAlan out of her mind . |
| 12 | Frustrated , she changed into her gardening clothes and went out to collect and spread her promised share of Iris 's manure heap — an activity which cleared her mind wonderfully so that when Harris rang at two o'clock she had at her fingertips every point she wanted to put to him . |
| 13 | Her wings might be old and her talons blunt but strangely her illness had sharpened her mind even more and she knew that somehow a chance would come . |
| 14 | Scarlet had been willing to admit the truth of her words but had ceased too soon to concentrate , her mind already elsewhere as she wondered whether , if she could express herself differently and more coherently , her therapist might not have another , and a clearer , image of her . |
| 15 | It had been a part of her intention in coming here to banish those shades : already it seemed they were darkening her mind as surely as they still lowered across her father 's . |
| 16 | Bravely , she shut her mind as firmly as she could against the fears that kept crowding in on her as she hurried through the shadows cast by great trees or trod across soggy glades that made her think with a shudder of hidden bogs . |
| 17 | And best of all the pictures that flew through her mind so happily as she jolted onwards was Michael Swinton 's gratitude and delight , how touched he would be that she had thought of him , how she would seem to him like some sort of Christmas spirit , glittering in a thousand jewels , her arms laden with bounty … |
| 18 | She straightened , stretching her neck as far as it would go , meeting his eyes , if not levelly , at least unwaveringly , as he answered , ‘ A romantic go-between is someone who helps set up romantic meetings . |
| 19 | Writing this down , I realize she is afraid , but this morning she shared her fear so publicly and laughed so heartily that this did n't strike me till now . |
| 20 | She had lost her fear long ago but she had not been close to a man like this for over two years . |
| 21 | She may know that her tears will relieve her tension more effectively than shouting back or pretending not to notice , or they may be tears of anger rather than the vulnerability so despised by her colleagues . |
| 22 | She inserted her key as quietly as possible in the front door of the house where she had a room and crept upstairs . |
| 23 | Then she was giving him her mouth again so that he might swallow the choked cries of pleasure rising from her throat as the frenzy claimed her once more , and a little later she was thrashing against him , pleading hoarsely for his possession , until Luke held her down and sank into her with a harsh groan . |
| 24 | She made herself breathe through her mouth as slowly as she could to hush her own sounds , and inhaled the odours of the earth with her own warm respiration . |
| 25 | Robert , who had been very silent , said suddenly , ‘ I know it 's too soon , but your little daughter might feel her loss less deeply if you gave her another dog . |
| 26 | He cursed her , and blessed her , and fumed away on her errand as far as the door ; and turned there to say with genuine fury : ‘ Am I mad , that I turn you loose to take your chance among wolves ? |
| 27 | When Aggie swung round with a lightness that always denied her heavy bulk and made hastily for the door , Millie flew after her and , jumping in front of her , threw her arms around her waist as far as they would go , crying , ‘ I 'm sorry . |
| 28 | Sukova made her work extremely hard before she was able to celebrate a 4-6 , 6-1 , 6-4 victory . |
| 29 | She was hurt , more than she believed possible , to know that Roman regarded her work so lightly that he could throw an elephant-sized spanner in her path without even thinking . |
| 30 | It was clear , furthermore , she was a housekeeper who took her work very seriously and in spite of her youth , she seemed to have no difficulty gaining the respect of her staff . |