Example sentences of "her [noun] [was/were] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Apricot waited until her exams were over and then went down to the Catholic church and hung about until she met Bernard coming out of confession . |
| 2 | I almost asked if her sister was in , then the tone of voice which said , ‘ Yes , what is it ? ’ told me that would n't be too clever . |
| 3 | Her chest was about to burst ; dark shadows closed in around her . |
| 4 | Elizabeth Woodville 's voice was unusually stern — her defences were down and attack was the better part of defence . |
| 5 | Blanche decided to strike while her defences were down . |
| 6 | Her hair was up , in a sort of Empire fashion . |
| 7 | Her hair was out of its fair pony tail and curled gracefully , with a life of its own , over her one and only Elvis shirt . |
| 8 | Her hair was down , making a black foam about her shoulders and setting off her silver circlet . |
| 9 | She must have known what her Mum was up to but I did n't question her any more on the subject . |
| 10 | The olive colouring of her skin was back in full bloom , and though she was wearing little or no make-up , her lips , or rather her mouth , which , with her nose , was the most notable part of her features , was bright red . |
| 11 | Her shoulders were back . |
| 12 | Just as her words were out one of the charity women came chattering in through the open doors to the terrace . |
| 13 | Her eyes were back to their natural shade of flint . |
| 14 | Her legs were out to the side like that |
| 15 | I ca n't describe it , she had , her legs were out to the side , but they were pointing down like that |
| 16 | Her tension was back in full force a minute or so later , though . |
| 17 | Clare wondered whose side her lawyer was on . |
| 18 | She married fellow student Bob Norrie when her articles were over and moved with him down to Reading to take her first job as a solicitor with Dennis Berry & Co . |
| 19 | The court had heard Mrs Fitchew 's travel agency business had failed and her home was about to be repossessed . |
| 20 | Her mood was back to normal , although there remained some problems over her finances , and the legal situation was not entirely sorted out . |
| 21 | It was less terrible because her marriage was over . |
| 22 | Leith could n't help feeling extremely sorry for her , especially when she discovered that Rosemary , brought up believing that marriages were forever , could not accept that her marriage was over — even though it had ended up such a disaster and Derek was now asking for a divorce . |
| 23 | Her auntie was in , but I was to go at any time for the telephone … |
| 24 | This meant that she was in the clinic , she 'd had the scan , she was ovulating , her feet were up in stirrups — they needed my sample there and then . ’ |
| 25 | Once her feet were back on firm ground she said she had thoroughly enjoyed the trip , which took her over Romsey town centre , the Broadlands Estate and her own home in North Baddesley . |
| 26 | She was doing well at college , all her work was up to date and she did n't seem at all under pressure . |
| 27 | Her parents were down there in the garden , Missy , her labrador bitch , at their heels . |
| 28 | Her parents were out walking there just before she was born . |
| 29 | Not that I could n't ring you any time while they 're here , ’ she added hurriedly , as if feeling guilty of being underhand while her parents were out of the way . |
| 30 | Over an hour of her ordeal was over . |