Example sentences of "her [noun sg] [coord] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mary telephoned the therapist 2 months later because she felt unable to decide whether to return to her ex-husband or to stay with her boyfriend . |
| 2 | Perhaps her very strengths , her enthusiasm and drive for so many causes , led to inadequate public recognition of her work . |
| 3 | She tucked stray wisps of hair back under her kerchief , then picked up her case and walked up the steps on to the porch . |
| 4 | She opened her case and unpacked with unnecessary vigour . |
| 5 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | He sounded so disgusted that she seized her case and bolted through the door he indicated . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Frau Nordern glanced at her watch but seemed in no hurry to move . |
| 19 | Claudia looked at her watch and exclaimed in shock . |
| 20 | Then she glanced at her watch and saw to her amazement that it was already midnight . |
| 21 | She looked at her watch and realised with disappointment that it was much earlier than she had expected . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Donna glanced agitatedly at her watch and walked to the main doors , trying to see the Volvo parked in the street beyond . |
| 24 | Margaret glanced at her watch and jumped off the bed . |
| 25 | Quite unharmed by her experience but suffering from a fit of the sulks . |
| 26 | She had spent months regretting her experience and crying over it , but suddenly decided that the past was the past . |
| 27 | But when she had washed her hair and dressed in a new pair of designer jeans and a silk shirt that had been a Christmas present and which she 'd never worn before — it was n't to Eva 's house that she went but back down into the town , towards the theatre and the Franz Joseph . |
| 28 | The shower was wonderfully soothing and afterwards she spent a long time drying her hair and putting on her make-up . |
| 29 | She twisted her legs up under her , crunched a crisp , ran a hand through her hair and turned towards him . |
| 30 | She touched a hand to her hair and smiled at Emily , indicating she alight from the coach first . |