Example sentences of "her [noun sg] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She felt her contribution to the discussion had been negligible ; it had taken her all her patience just to keep her temper . |
| 2 | Margaret had admitted Dickie liked him ; I now thought of him as part of the family ; Margaret herself had lowered her resistance enough to take his advice . |
| 3 | Rubbing her hair hard to get rid of most of the wetness , she unhooked a navy towelling robe from behind the door and wrapped herself in its soft folds . |
| 4 | But she had made up her mind never to allow herself to get close to him , in case there was a repetition of that first rather disturbing kiss . |
| 5 | She made up her mind never to open the doors after dark to people knocking . |
| 6 | Holding her neck straight to keep from looking up at ‘ Sarsaparilla ’ , she followed Trotter 's bulk back to her house . |
| 7 | She moved her own hand towards her neck only to have it seized by Rune 's . |
| 8 | And once she 'd had the her arms in the dough , I had to stand by her side just to feed a drop of water gently . |
| 9 | She gave me the tip she 'd put aside for the waitress and then raided her purse again to replace it . |
| 10 | It had been her intention simply to pocket the card , contemptuously , without bothering to glance at it , but something in that darkly uncaring face of his sparked a flash of angry curiosity within her . |
| 11 | Another man drives her car away to park it . |
| 12 | Her hand trembled but she could n't even tear her gaze away to check whether any of the liquid had spilt , as Rune 's low , intense voice continued smoothly . |
| 13 | Katheryn Murphy ( Kelly McGillis ) , who is assigned to the case , is clearly marked out as one of the boys to begin with : her brusque manner , her determination always to win ( which leads to her plea-bargaining behind Sarah 's back to ensure a conviction of the rapists , but on a lesser charge ) and her interaction with the men from her office — discussing the case with them at the male territory of a sports match |
| 14 | It made her shudder just to think of how mindlessly she had behaved . |
| 15 | since Hung oan to her cherry jist to merry a |
| 16 | Finally , to avoid a scene , his wife granted him an audience and Alice returned to her room upstairs to allow them some privacy . |
| 17 | It hardly seems sensible for a reporter doing his or her job properly to ignore a source so influential and so close to the seat of power . |
| 18 | Jaqueline had retired from her job early to care for her 69-year-old mother with senile dementia , and was outraged to find that because she had a husband she did not qualify for the invalid care allowance . |
| 19 | Sources close to the ANC said that , in late December 1988 , Mrs Mandela called Dr Asvat to her Soweto home to examine injuries sustained by Stompie Moeketsi . |
| 20 | Each goal is planned for a week but some may possibly require longer ; our dieter will have to take extra time if it is taking her body longer to adjust than she anticipates at the start . |
| 21 | This time it was Jean herself who took the wheel as she took her husband home to spend a cosy few hours by his own fireside . |
| 22 | She was a somewhat intense woman who probably rather enjoyed such gatherings , but I 've often wondered if she secretly used them as a ruse to get her husband home to mind the little one while she nipped out for a breather . |
| 23 | Alerted by a slight sound , she again opened her eyes , turning her head slowly to see a cup and saucer being placed on a nearby small table . |
| 24 | She raised her head slightly to look at him . |
| 25 | She turned her head slightly to look him in the face . |
| 26 | Jezrael tilted her head fractionally to indicate mild surprise and indifference . |
| 27 | He pointed to ‘ Pergoles ’ and she lifted her head again to look from side to side . |
| 28 | At that moment the senators wife sensed the eyes of another man upon her and turned her head quickly to find a tall , leanfaced Frenchman in a white dinner jacket standing beside the governor 's aide , watching her intently . |
| 29 | She turned her head quickly to stare out of the window . |
| 30 | She becomes one with her instrument , lifting her head occasionally to smile at one or all of the band , or someone in the audience , but there 's a flow to the music that in my experience , is almost without parallel . |