Example sentences of "her [noun pl] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of a far bell carried on the sweet south air — ; Her accoutrements the gay dense cover of earth . |
| 2 | And she learned her skills the hard way — working the clubs and pubs of the North of England . |
| 3 | Where he had torn the dress from her shoulders the gentle swell of one breast gave promise of the advent of rich womanhood and he longed to cup it in his hand so that its sweet warmth rested against his own flesh . |
| 4 | The next time the girl opened her eyes the young officer was staring straight into them , his face strained and anxious . |
| 5 | His words brought to her eyes the same look that is in an eagle 's eyes as she flies again above moorland of the Western Isles and watches , far below , her own shadow flighting across the wild moorland wastes of Callanish . |
| 6 | When she said this she looked full at him for the first time and ill though she seemed he saw in her eyes the full pride and command of an eagle . |
| 7 | Below her heels the 1,600 metre precipice of the nordwand yawned . |
| 8 | To add to her worries the sandy bottom was thickly covered by myriads of minute creatures in their delicate shells . |
| 9 | Round her shoulders was a crocheted shawl , and over her knees the familiar little cover made from knitted woollen squares . |
| 10 | To her ears the strange sound was very like a groan . |
| 11 | However , she also agreed to attend a conjoint session with her parents the next week . |
| 12 | She told her parents the next day . |
| 13 | A spokesman said : ‘ She was obviously deeply upset but still felt able to continue with her duties the following day . ’ |
| 14 | Liza , distraught at the news , came home on compassionate leave , which she spent in such a state of shock and distress that Harriet began to feel that the sooner she returned to her duties the better . |
| 15 | With her films The Red Shoes and Tales of Hoffman in addition to ten years at Covent Garden , she had , I think , done as much as anyone to help put British post-war ballet on the map . |
| 16 | It flowed over her hips the same way , and over her buttocks . |
| 17 | She stands squarely with her hands on her hips the whole time , beaming at Crilly and remarking often upon the colour of the sky . |
| 18 | Marie read me one of her poems the other day . |
| 19 | She knew he had killed one of her countrymen the previous evening , and she supposed he was now preparing himself for all the others he would fight . |
| 20 | With the cheese Wycliffe told them of his interview with Swayne , and of Sara 's revised version of her doings the previous evening . |
| 21 | Betty 's technique was to set all her pupils the same task and then to teach them to accomplish it . |
| 22 | As though in response to her thoughts the two-way radio in Vasili 's lap crackled into life . |