Example sentences of "her [noun pl] [vb past] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Sorry ! ’ she grinned awkwardly as her fingers searched the recesses of the paper and found nothing . |
| 2 | Her fingers felt the warmth of his skin through the silk of the shirt and innocently lingered over the heavy beat of his heart . |
| 3 | Her hands slid beneath his shirt and the reality of his flesh under her fingers made the blood sing in her veins . |
| 4 | Without her even being aware she was doing it , her fingers rearranged the items on the desk . |
| 5 | Her fingers seized the scissors from his slackened grasp , and she snipped at the strand of hair he held . |
| 6 | Her fingers touched the wallet , now tucked away in her inner pocket , and she made up her mind to confide in Susan . |
| 7 | Maggie put a hand in her coat pocket , and with the tips of her fingers touched the piece of scrimshaw she 'd found in the mud where their house had once stood . |
| 8 | Her fingers pressed the switches and the lights on the ceiling of the incident room flickered into life . |
| 9 | Victorine stared at her reflection held in the ornate frame of the mirror over the fireplace while her fingers dusted the china vases that flanked it . |
| 10 | Theda looked away , although her fingers returned the pressure . |
| 11 | A daze of bliss engulfed her , and as her hand encountered the back of his head her fingers fondled the hair at the nape . |
| 12 | Her fingers drummed the table top . |
| 13 | While she measured him up for size , her fingers trailed the tape measure precariously into his crotch . |
| 14 | I can feel blood on my shoulder , where her teeth broke the skin . |
| 15 | Her words touched the hearts and minds of the students . |
| 16 | Her words belied the apprehension she undoubtedly harboured over facing her biggest test yet . |
| 17 | Her subjects included the Queen Mother , Edward Heath , Bianca Jagger ; and then she teamed up with Tina Brown ( now Editor-in-Chief of Vanity Fair . |
| 18 | Her lips formed the words , a small cry . |
| 19 | Tentatively , her lips returned the brush of his , and she heard a moan deep in his throat . |
| 20 | Her lips mouthed the words but no real sound came from them . |
| 21 | The bluish shadows beneath her eyes made the eyes themselves look enormous . |
| 22 | But as I was walking around I noticed how her eyes followed the dog with great interest . |
| 23 | Once more her eyes consumed the beauty of that sad face — she saw its fruit-like quality ( Aunt Tossie loved nectarines ) but it was an unripe fruit she saw , greenish in its pallor . |
| 24 | Without thinking she snapped off a shot towards him , and through the blur of sweat in her eyes saw the figure spin , and lurch . |
| 25 | George stopped and Libby crouched beside him , waiting until her eyes saw the figure by the tree . |
| 26 | Haphazardly her eyes skimmed the blueness as the sound grew . |
| 27 | Her eyes spanned the room , once , twice , and seemed to find something threatening in the silence . |
| 28 | She was full of tension as her eyes searched the group with seeming casualness . |
| 29 | As her eyes scanned the yard , she caught sight of him coming out of one of the stables . |
| 30 | Her eyes scanned the horizon . |