Example sentences of "and her [adj -er] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her father , Ray Shepherd had worked in the shipyard until it closed and her elder brother , Steve , had been out of work since leaving school . |
| 2 | Raffaella and her elder brother had had to flee to the mountains after some unspecified trouble with the Germans and had joined a local band of partisans . |
| 3 | Against her will and her better judgement , she had fallen in love . |
| 4 | If she is very apprehensive about how she is going to manage her role in society as a woman on her own , you could remind her of something she has probably completely forgotten : that she coped with life quite adequately as a single woman , before she met her husband , so there is no reason to suppose that she can not do so again , and possibly even better now because of the love they shared and her greater maturity . |
| 5 | Oh , it 's my fault , is it ? she said , and her lower lip began to tremble . |
| 6 | She lost the colour which had tinted her pale cheeks to the velvety beauty of pink rose petals , and her lower lip was drawn in slightly . |
| 7 | Flora stuck out her hands and her lower lip . |
| 8 | She could hear the concern in his voice , and her lower lip quivered . |
| 9 | Patrick walked to her and pulled her red wool dress over her head , exposing her tiny naked breasts that had never really needed a brassiere , and her lower body , encased in black tights . |
| 10 | Her cheeks , her stomach , her arms and her lower legs felt heavy , pressed under the weight of the sun , then light and drifting in its warmth . |
| 11 | LAURA PATTEN and her older sister Kate are to fly out to Hong Kong on December 20 to help their father , Governor Chris Patten , put aside local problems and enjoy a family Christmas . |
| 12 | A 48-YEAR-OLD Angus man was jailed for three years yesterday for using lewd and indecent practices to a girl and her older sister over a period of 17 years . |
| 13 | From her job , supported by the magazines she brought home , and her older skill of tailoring and dressmaking , we learned how the goods of the earth might be appropriated , with a certain voice , the cut and fall of a skirt , a good winter coat ; with leather shoes too , but above all by clothes , the best boundary between you and a cold world . |
| 14 | On 3 February 1992 the justices made an order containing terms ( 1 ) that there should be no contact between the father and the girl until after the review by the local authority in six months time ; ( 2 ) that the mother should have reasonable supervised contact with the girl ; and ( 3 ) that there should be supervised contact between the girl and her older half-sister . |
| 15 | Beryl 's love of movement and dance started at a very early age when she and her older sisters attended a local School of Dance once a week . |
| 16 | Soon Carolyn was the favourite story reader , both with Sylvia and her older brother Robin . |
| 17 | Nana and her earlier life faded from her consciousness , the emotional charge of her parting not neutralised but stored deep within her . |
| 18 | It was an article of faith which led to disputes with the RCM and lively discussions between Rebecca Sieff and her younger sister , Elaine Blond . |
| 19 | For David , Lyn , Heidi , who 's 18 , and her younger sister Carla , 10 , Danny is still very much present in the home . |
| 20 | Emma 's parents and her younger sister and brother had left their home and are being comforted by relatives … |
| 21 | 5 months ago she and her younger sister were practising jumping in a field near their home in Hook Norton in Oxfordshire . |
| 22 | A 13 year old girl and her younger brother , from Bartestree near Hereford , were stopped by a man in a white car and wearing what they describe as police uniform , who offered them a lift home . |
| 23 | Even though Mr. Darcy is deeply offended by Elizabeth 's low rank in society and that of her family 's behaviour , especially Mrs. Bennet and her younger daughters , Darcy still proposes to Elizabeth . |
| 24 | Her elder son , who had done a conservation course , would have been warden , her elder daughter — a very good journalist — would do the publicity , her younger daughter , an artist and photographer , would design the field centre and set up exhibitions , and her younger son , an excellent communicator of great charm , would show the schoolchildren round . |
| 25 | But she no longer treated him with the old irritable dismissiveness ; she knew of Edouard 's reputation as a businessman , and obviously had heard his abilities praised , for she now regarded him warily , as if trying to decide whether , after all , she might have been wrong , and her younger son might be of use to her . |