Example sentences of "her [noun sg] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As written words meant nothing to Marian the name of the man who called himself her foster-father presented no difficulties , but Allen , the boy from the dales of Yorkshire , who could read no more than she could , liked tossing words about and playing with them like pebbles , so he called Fat Watt when he was out of earshot ‘ What Fat ’ . |
| 2 | Having washed his hands of her , her GP expressed the view that her visit to the Centre was both a waste of money and time . |
| 3 | She been to her GP to get a prescription for the contraceptive pill , but her husband waited outside , tore up the prescription , and then subjected his wife to verbal violence in public . |
| 4 | Her case suggests the potency of the ‘ self-fulfilling prophecy ’ ; she found maths increasingly difficult and ended up with a grade D A level . |
| 5 | At the heart of her case lies the claim that the merchant , like the monk , is not generous as a virtue but rather as a matter of " " calculated business policy " " , for the sake of appearing creditworthy : We may creaunce whil we have a name , But goldlees for to be , it is no game . |
| 6 | I was looking down at her , brown knees drawn up to her chin and the open V of her shirt showing the round of her breasts , even the pinking of the nipple circles . |
| 7 | How soon would it be until her prince felt the same way ? |
| 8 | Two years ago Pauline decided to breed a foal from Bubbles , and after getting the all-clear from her vet sent the pony to the 16hh thoroughbred stallion Proa . |
| 9 | The woman on the right is rescuing a dog from a factory breeder , her vet found a listless , zombie-like animal with multiple problems . |
| 10 | Flagstad gave the songs their première , so it 's intriguing to hear her successor bring the same kind of broad sweep , sincerity of purpose and rewarding breath-control to them . |
| 11 | There is no date set for the retirement , and Mrs. Rooney is happy to stay on to help her successor learn the ropes . |
| 12 | Her successor faces an unenviable task . |
| 13 | It would be even more grimly appropriate for Saatchi to be swallowed by the French just as Mrs Thatcher lost her struggle to prevent the pound being swallowed into the European Monetary System . |
| 14 | She was planning her crusade to become a Green politician . |
| 15 | Her great success has lain in her willingness to use the vagueness and flexibility of the Constitution to her own ends . |
| 16 | This association with Mrs. Tuffield explains Queen Victoria 's ready acceptance of Princess Alexandra , and also explains her willingness to grant the prefix ‘ Royal ’ to a number of deaf schools throughout the country . |
| 17 | Would she have been a normal and contented woman had she not been Nicolae 's sister , or did her willingness to abuse every chance to profiteer from her position and to humiliate those she disliked reflect a deeply unpleasant cast in the Ceauşescu genes ? |
| 18 | She clenched her jaw to kill the sultry languor that was stealing over her at the sight of his thick lashes lying in two black arcs on his gilded cheekbones . |
| 19 | It is her responsibility to feed the chicks and keep them warm — she rarely leaves the nest when she has tiny offspring . |
| 20 | The cause of her disadvantage rests in the social arrangements we make , yet there is a tradition of social analysis which attempts to blame the girl for her failure , as if it were simply her responsibility to overcome the conditions of class , race and gender to which she is subject . |
| 21 | By the way , I 've seen to it that there are enough knives , forks and crockery for three and I 've told Gladys that it 's also her responsibility to keep the flat clean and tidy . |
| 22 | Jane and her sister shared the basement rooms off the kitchen , unlike the other two maids , whose rooms were at the top of the house . |
| 23 | London was her kingdom and she did n't want her sister taking the spotlight away from her . |
| 24 | Rachel told her the only thing she could : that her sister had a mild indisposition , and I was her understudy . |
| 25 | Whereas Emily glowed with a rich , mature sensuality , her sister had an aura of virginity which might bloom as uncorrupted goodness or corrupt with a sense of its own moral rectitude . |
| 26 | To visit Tyler 's Hard , even Oxford , in mourning for her sister made a kind of sense , yet the photographs proved she had not stopped there . |
| 27 | Her sister took a sip of her drink before answering . |
| 28 | She and her sister inherited the Treffry estates in Cornwall from their brother in 1779 , and after her husband 's death in 1786 she lived in the family home , Place , at Fowey . |
| 29 | As a final tribute to the American male , one Girl literally jumped ship as the gangplank was being pulled away , leaving her sister to face the music with their parents . |
| 30 | Between 1.00 and 1.15 a.m. she asked her sister to summon an ambulance . |