Example sentences of "her [noun sg] on the " in BNC.

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1 And she weighed Zuleika 's words , and the shadow-voices , against her own uncertain judgement , and put her boot-toe on the next step up .
2 The laughter still in his eyes , he put her case on the ottoman at the foot of the bed , turned and went out .
3 Jones based her judgement on the fact that yesterday Indonesia crushed Malaysia in the qualifying round , losing just two games in their 3-0 win .
4 To give a better understanding of how Schmincke 's Soft Pastels perform , we asked Jackie to outline her working methods and give her judgement on the Schmincke range : ‘ Working with pastels is , for me , a constant joy : I am hooked !
5 Lissa adjusted her foothold on the sloping riverbank and stared crossly at the cabin cruiser moored on the gently rippling water .
6 Every skier becomes aware , at a very early stage in his or her progress on the slopes , of the importance of the knee .
7 She was angry with herself for being ready , for letting him be a witness to her fixation on the handsome young singer .
8 She promised her support on the condition that Mays and Berthon were sidelined and Rudd was given his chance .
9 ’ Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank and of having nothing to do ; once or twice she had peeped into the book her sister was reading , but it had no pictures or conversations in it' and what is the use of a book' thought Alice , 'without pictures or conversation ? ' . ’
10 While she drank her lemonade and ate her biscuits she told the old lady about Brownies and how she had left her bike on the edge of the wood .
11 ‘ And how 's your mother , Shirley ? ’ asked Mrs Harper , carefully and conspicuously laying her clove on the side of her plate ; taking the offensive .
12 As she set her foot on the first one she turned involuntarily and gave one last look at the parade — and started uncomfortably at what she saw .
13 When Dong , 24 , leapt from the window to escape , the driver , also a woman , slammed her foot on the accelerator and sent him flying .
14 Rachaela put her foot on the red Persian carpet and started up , out of the scarlet ambience of the lamp .
15 Araminta paused with her foot on the step .
16 Nora put her foot on the jar .
17 A further protest rose to her lips , but , since she had other more important matters to think about , she obligingly went and placed her foot on the ledge and , raising her trouser leg a little , allowed him to study her beige cotton sock where there was not so much as a broken thread .
18 But I took the insole out put her foot on the insole and her foot goes over the top of it .
19 Bernice had attempted , with little success , to explain her presence on the planet .
20 A golden-toned Vuillard , ‘ Madame Vuillard à Table , dit ‘ Le Repas ’ ’ of 1903 , shows the artist 's mother in her apartment on the rue Truffaut , est. $500,000– 700,000 ( £260,000– 370,000 ) .
21 ‘ Yes , of course it is , ’ Lindsey smiled as she put her briefcase on the desk .
22 With her was her bit on the side , one John Bryan , a financial wizard , all the way from Texas , who spent much time in close proximity , valuing her assets .
23 Explain how you would deal with an agitated lady on the telephone who wants to speak to the manager because she thinks she left her watch on the washbasin of her room when she checked out .
24 Lisa glanced at her watch on the bedside table .
25 She turned away and placed her watch on the shelf above the sink , then , bending , began stuffing her clothes into the washing-machine .
26 Would she think it fair for someone to lose their job for pinching her posterior on the Indie escalator ?
27 One might have hoped for silence from Diana Mosley but now she has been giving us the benefit of her experience on the subject of sexual politics : ‘ There are quite as many henpecked husbands in the world as there are battered wives , something feminists fail to notice . ’
28 She lay , apathetic , dull as the lustreless droop of her hair on the pillows .
29 As she was drying her hair on the kitchen towel , Nora appeared through the dining-room door .
30 Carefully she put her grey office suit on its hanger , bundled up her hair on the top of her head and climbed into a paint-spattered jumpsuit , firmly resisting any further speculation about the trip .
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