Example sentences of "her [noun sg] give [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Ronni felt her heart give a sudden leap inside her .
2 Lindsey felt her heart give an extra thud .
3 She felt her heart give an erratic thud as his eyes held hers , heard his soft intake of breath as he turned slowly to face her .
4 Blue eyes that made her heart give an alarming little lurch .
5 Or perhaps he should n't , since it had made her heart give an enormous , inexplicable leap .
6 Then her heart gave a great leap .
7 When she read the first word , J O E , her heart gave a great leap .
8 Rachel stared at Jennifer and her heart gave a great lurch as what her sister had just said began to sink in , then she frowned .
9 Her heart gave a strange flip inside her ribcage , and she sucked in a deep breath to steady herself .
10 He smiled , and her heart gave a strange little twist .
11 Sarah was in the kitchen when she arrived , and her heart gave a sudden leap as she recognized the plump , rosy-faced woman as one of the two who had driven away from the Foundling Hospital that fateful day .
12 Her heart gave a sudden leap .
13 Her heart gave a sudden lurch as she looked up into his handsome face , and despite herself she sent him a radiant smile .
14 Her breath caught , and she sent him a startled look and , as her heart gave a merry flutter to see that his dark-eyed glance , dark and good-humoured if she was not mistaken , was on her again , ‘ Are you inviting me to call you — Vendelin ? ’ she dared , and hardly believed that it could be so .
15 Her heart gave a little jump at his intimate smile .
16 Her heart gave a little lurch as she thought about running into him at some time , which she was bound to do .
17 Then her heart gave a little lurch as she met his eyes .
18 Her heart gave a frightened leap .
19 Her heart gave an unsteady lurch .
20 Her heart gave an erratic lurch .
21 Madge Main bought an old building near her home to give a local band somewhere to practise .
22 Her husband gave a tired sigh .
23 Her hand was retained and to her astonishment given the slightest but most certain squeeze .
24 Her father gave a short laugh .
25 Her father gave an angry gesture .
26 Then Dotty Blundell , who a moment before had drooped under the weight of her leopard-skin coat , flung back her shoulders and lowering her chin gave a peek-a-boo smile .
27 Her daughter gave a hollow groan at the idea of Luke ‘ helping ’ to do anything .
28 Her companion gave a muffled grunt and attacked his steak vigorously .
29 It came to a halt just a couple of yards away , and her stomach gave an uncomfortable lurch as the door opened and Eleanor got out .
30 And instead of rebelling her stomach gave an appreciative little rumble .
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