Example sentences of "her [noun sg] [vb past] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rachel told her the only thing she could : that her sister had a mild indisposition , and I was her understudy . |
| 2 | The raincoat kept most of it off , but her hair got a soaking even under her hood . |
| 3 | Her heart began a small private wailing , which made her ashamed and which she suppressed . |
| 4 | Her heart began a slow , heavy pounding . |
| 5 | She could almost feel the electrical impulse of them , some challenge there that made her feel threatened … and yet made her heart beat a fearful tattoo inside her chest , recognising that danger was a roller-coaster ride and that fear was often closely followed by exhilaration . |
| 6 | ‘ Darling , ’ he replied without hesitation , and , as her heart drummed a sudden staccato rhythm , Fabia pushed through another fear barrier . |
| 7 | Then her heart gave a great leap . |
| 8 | When she read the first word , J O E , her heart gave a great leap . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Her heart gave a strange flip inside her ribcage , and she sucked in a deep breath to steady herself . |
| 11 | He smiled , and her heart gave a strange little twist . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Her heart gave a sudden leap . |
| 14 | Her heart gave a sudden lurch as she looked up into his handsome face , and despite herself she sent him a radiant smile . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Her heart gave a little jump at his intimate smile . |
| 17 | Her heart gave a little lurch as she thought about running into him at some time , which she was bound to do . |
| 18 | Then her heart gave a little lurch as she met his eyes . |
| 19 | Her heart gave a frightened leap . |
| 20 | ‘ You certainly know how to charm a girl , ’ she bounced back at him , and caught his laughing expression full-on , and while her heart danced a merry jig she had to accept that , for the moment , she could forget all about the barely started upon list of questions she had lined up . |
| 21 | Her heart did a ridiculous dance inside her chest . |
| 22 | Then her heart did a double somersault . |
| 23 | Her heart did a foolish leap , despite the conversation they 'd had moments before . |
| 24 | Mary Leapor at some point in her adolescence became a domestic servant . |
| 25 | Ashley 's legs were bare , her skirt was short , and the touch of his fingers on her skin aroused a leaping response . |
| 26 | Her breathing became a tiny sound , a mew , and her hips rose from the bed . |
| 27 | He was on his feet so swiftly that she drew back automatically , worried about being here at night in her dressing-gown , and her action brought a black frown to his face . |
| 28 | In fact she was so wrathful that her mind conjured a bleak picture of the situation . |
| 29 | Her lover had a romanesque skirted tunic and a short cloak . |
| 30 | Her carriage had a Grecian flavour , her dark auburn hair piled high on the crown of her head , balanced either side by a pair of large gilt gypsy earrings . |