Example sentences of "her [noun sg] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And now she no longer had even the conviction of her rightness to sustain her . |
| 2 | Apart from the shock that her GP saw her in the same light as his aged mother , Marie has never looked back . |
| 3 | She went to her GP to ask him to prescribe the oral contraceptive and , before he prescribed the pill , he examined her thoroughly , including a vaginal examination . |
| 4 | Her GP informed us that she has had a further recurrence of left hemiparesis and , after investigation , the provisional diagnosis is demyelination . |
| 5 | Her GP referred her to a hospital in Watford , North London , where she underwent laser treatment to try and prevent the damage from getting any worse — but it did n't help . |
| 6 | Morton saw that Leonard and Mrs Cohen were very close , and nothing emphasised this more than her willingness to take them and their friends out for meals , especially to a favourite Greek restaurant where she would be the life of the party , not least in singing , and encouraged by good wine which the restaurateur would ply them with in order to get the mood of the evening going . |
| 7 | The extent of the work that could be undertaken would depend not only upon her willingness to consider it , but also on the finance available from the elderly person herself , her family , or the local authority , who are able to make grants for this purpose in suitable cases . |
| 8 | and Ruth says I commit myself to him , he will now be my god , and therefore your people will be my people , your home will be my home , your destiny will be my destiny the way is clear , she makes that greatest decision of her life , a decision that will affect the whole of her life but its not as say a life decision is a commitment now , we , we , we are always confronted , day after day we are confronted to make decisions , some of you make decisions and were not too committed about them , and if things alter they will change our minds , not just a ladies prerogative to change her mind , men do it as well and things happen and we think oh no well , I wo n't go through with that I 'll change my mind before its too late , but here Ruth she is not just making a decision , she is making a total commitment , a commitment that is worth time of the whole of her life , to promised to be loyal to de to Naomi and her deceased husband , she promises loyalty to Naomi 's race and the people of god , but above all she acknowledge 's Naomi 's god and her willingness to follow him to the end , you know this , how she finishes of this commitment where you die I will die its to the end its to the end of my life , I will not walk out of it and even after you 've gone mother in law , even after you are dead I am still committed to that decision , this decision I am making today where you die I will die , there I will be buried , and here she sorts of puts this solemn vow to this commitment , thus may the lord to do me and worse if any thing but death parts you and me . |
| 9 | She had drifted off , and had been fast asleep for some hours when the sound of someone 's keeping their finger pressed on her doorbell roused her from a deep sleep . |
| 10 | Do n't suppose any girls give her shit do they ? |
| 11 | Her trembling gave him the impression of her own passion being fuelled , which in its turn led him on to further , and deeper caresses . |
| 12 | Stella tries to look after her sister showering her with compliements to try to get Stanley to ‘ understand her and be nice to her . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ She wanted to ring the school the next day but her sister told her you could get into trouble if your child was not attending school . |
| 14 | Soeur Dosithée , perhaps breaking her vow of poverty , kept all the letters that her sister sent her charting the progress of her little niece . |
| 15 | She must have been mad , totally and ridiculously mad , she thought , to have let her sister talk her into making this trip , alone . |
| 16 | And Kate says her sister says he 's quite a one for the ladies . |
| 17 | ‘ Beryl would n't look after the baby so her sister took it temporarily , but then Beryl really was ill with poliomyelitis so the little boy stayed with her sister . |
| 18 | But her sister begged her so hard not to leave her and to go on sleeping with her that she gave way . |
| 19 | Beatrice was married now , with a family of her own , and because times were hard her sister helped her with surreptitious gifts of money ; and with clothes , toys , and treats for the children . |
| 20 | She felt somehow that her sister needed it , for it seemed only too probable that if Rupert was interested in any woman it was in Ianthe . |
| 21 | Her sister faced her , waiting . |
| 22 | Everyone in her orbit knew she never touched alcohol . |
| 23 | In the last second before the knifing pain in her chest forced her to breath in water she found the dangling mouthpiece , and pushed it back between her teeth . |
| 24 | She dodged away among the throng , her red hands now clutching her pockets and the tartan shawl tied over her chest to keep it on . |
| 25 | There was a funny kind of tightness in her chest preventing her from breathing properly . |
| 26 | And if , if her foot overlaps it all , take them back , cos you might be better off just getting two anyway |
| 27 | Squinting her eyes , because the contrast from bright day to the deep shadow in the barn made it difficult to see where she was going , and wary of stumbling and falling over , she grabbed at the doorframe , and shot out her foot to trip him up . |
| 28 | Her route took her along Wellingborough road , one of Northamptons busiest streets . |
| 29 | Mrs Fletcher was extremely chic , but her accent gave her a reality . |
| 30 | But besides ability , the other essential element in political success is luck ; and at the precise moment of ultimate achievement , her luck deserted her , and the hollowness of the victory was revealed . |