Example sentences of "in her [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | He was a student at the teacher 's training college where my mother , in her thirty-sixth year , took a job as a lecturer . |
| 2 | The eyes of a killer … and the eyes , masked by heavy Health Service spectacles , of a spinster in her 81st year . |
| 3 | Kurt Koch tells the story of a thirteen-year-old girl who was told by a palmist that she would die in her thirtieth year . |
| 4 | Looking back at her was a young woman in her thirtieth year , with trim shoulders and strong handsome features . |
| 5 | At the point where in her first aria the prima donna expected from him an angry gesture , he exaggerated his anger so much that he looked as if he was about to box her ears and strike her on the nose with his fist . |
| 6 | In her first defence , Esther Dyson admitted by signs she had borne a child , but had pulled its head off when delivering it herself . |
| 7 | Miss F , a London student , is now in her first relationship since the assault . |
| 8 | In her first school she had been considered outstanding at maths , and had obtained six grade As in her nine O levels . |
| 9 | In her first trip away since the collapse of her marriage , the princess will board a flight at Gatwick this morning bound for Antigua . |
| 10 | The 21-year-old Ulster girl is making her international debut in this tournament and in her first singles match she came up English star Joanne Morley , losing 3 and 2 in a game which saw eight birdies , five from Morley and three from McCool . |
| 11 | Katy Reynolds won the silver in the 1981 girls ' breaststroke in her first championships and Margaretha Pedder took silver in the 1980 girls ' freestyle . |
| 12 | In her first run in the Sheikh 's colours she came second to Katies in the Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot and in October was a strong-finishing second , beaten a neck , to Palace Music in the Champion Stakes . |
| 13 | ( 74 ) In her first song she waved away one encroaching photographer who dared approach the throne unbidden … |
| 14 | To give Perdita confidence in her first chukka , he 'd put her on a dark brown pony called Chimango ( which meant bird of prey ) , who was as steady as a rock , but who swept down on the ball like a hawk . |
| 15 | Their views trickled down through the student nurses ' years and were apt to be accepted as gospel , since that saved the students the bother of forming opinions for themselves , and also it was not often a student in her first couple of years , if not longer , had the opportunity to form any opinion on our men . |
| 16 | Three cars went by her in her first half-hour on the road . |
| 17 | She did this to Marianne Prommeger , a tall Austrian , in her first fight to earn a decision . |
| 18 | In her first fight , she armlocked Jaana Utrainen ( Finland ) and followed with two decision wins against the Australian Angela Deacon and the more problematic Kate Donahoe of the United States . |
| 19 | ‘ … and moreover the most gallant gentleman of the realm , and this went on until it resulted in a divorce , and after a second marriage , which was likewise unhappy , she entered the married estate for the third time with a common tar , with whom , though he abused her daily , she herself said that she lived in much greater content than in her first marriage . |
| 20 | Its salvation twenty years later attests to the dramatic shift in Brooke-Rose 's values , her style , and her approach to narrative problems , but her propensity to see personal identity and social interaction in terms of language is nevertheless firmly established in her first novel . |
| 21 | In her first year in Britain no one visited her . |
| 22 | In her first year at teacher-training college , her older sister looks after her kids after school , but ca n't baby-sit in the evenings . |
| 23 | Emily is in her first year at Perin 's School where she is in the netball team , and also plays flute and piano . |
| 24 | Even the Prime Minister , in her first year as a tenant in No. 10 Downing Street , might score only 18 out of 31 — again rather a dubious credit risk on this rating system . |
| 25 | In her first year , it took her a day or two to settle down to London , but in her last year she was there the moment she stepped on the train . |
| 26 | Liz , like a pale convent girl too long mewed up , went wild in her first year , as she discovered the world of parties she had hitherto known only by reading and by hearsay : in those days , such was the imbalance between the sexes , women were much in demand as status symbols , as sleeping partners , as lovers , as party ballast , and Liz went out a great deal , her appearance improving dramatically as she did so . |
| 27 | cos she found out , in her first year , she had a , a mature student and I wondered how old a mature student and he turned out to be thirty five , and he was married , |
| 28 | In her first year she had one of those rare teachers who notices children and treats each one differently . |
| 29 | Only twelve seconds of Crawford 's newly found skill was seen in this racy film and , incidentally , one of the two female water-skiers glimpsed in the same scene was Charlotte Rampling in her first film role . |
| 30 | She had been disappointed in her first sight of him , but she gave him an amused little smile , hoping that he was not one who doted on cats . |