Example sentences of "her [noun] [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her enthusiasm lit up her face , giving it a beautiful purity — the face which had caused her shame . |
| 2 | He observed Jane Pargeter come out of the kitchen — the neck of her shirt folded up , her forearms freckled but brown from a recent holiday with the same attention to detail . |
| 3 | He made her stand holding up her skirt , and to her delight applied cold cream to her ravished posterior . |
| 4 | After a particularly long photo-session , the photographer wanted one more shot and her patience gave out : ‘ Hurry up , ’ she said firmly , ‘ I 'm busy . ’ ’ |
| 5 | Her patience paid off at last when she heard Miss Hardbroom tell the girls to pack up their books , and after much clattering and bustling , the door closed and the laboratory fell silent . |
| 6 | While she awaits her birth into her own voice , she can only speak through the voices of others , but this ‘ speaking through ’ also constitutes her struggle to get out . |
| 7 | I really do think Pam has got her views mixed up . |
| 8 | Her jaw took on a mutinous slant . |
| 9 | The fingers of one hand curled around her neck , his thumb angled beneath her jaw to tip back her head . |
| 10 | She felt weak and seedy and if she went for a walk her ankles puffed up . |
| 11 | Her ankles turned over a little on the high heels . |
| 12 | The six-day separation from William and Harry over the traditional family holiday was the first time Diana had not seen her sons wake up to the excitement of Christmas Day . |
| 13 | ‘ He 's never brought any woman home before , ’ Travis replied promptly , and to her horror tacked on warmly , ‘ I could n't be more pleased that it 's you , Leith . ’ |
| 14 | " There be our Martha lying on " er bed of sickness while her sister sits up in her fancy house twiddling her thumbs ! |
| 15 | She begs her sister to go up to the top of the tower of the castle and look out for them , and keeps calling out to her , ‘ Anne , sister Anne , dost thou see nothing coming ? ’ |
| 16 | She smiles apologetically , as though one might find fault , and looks anxious : clearly , she 's dying for her sister to take over the conversation . |
| 17 | He discovered she was missing on Christmas Eve when her sister went round to his house . |
| 18 | Her sister jumped back from the letter-cage . |
| 19 | Branches clawed at her hair and she felt like she had done years ago , waiting for Jezrael to catch up , knowing she was going to be late for school , but she could n't leave her sister to struggle in on her own . |
| 20 | But when she was over here , she sold up and her sister sold up at the same time . |
| 21 | Startled , he turned , but Therese had darted , scooping her peacock train up over one arm , back around behind the screen , to the side he should have been on . |
| 22 | And her persistence paid off . |
| 23 | I could see her chest move in and out inside the light cotton jacket . |
| 24 | She thought of taking off her overall — ; she was wearing one of Lily 's blouses underneath — only when it was unbuttoned and she looked in the mirror her chest poked out in a most peculiar way . |
| 25 | ‘ Though this can seriously strain intervertebral disc structures and spinal ligaments , it does look much sexier because her chest sticks out and her sultry gaze and parted lips are emphasised . ’ |
| 26 | One of the things that had driven Hamish crackers was her inability to make up her mind . |
| 27 | Mrs Laxmi Swami , who told the court her employers wrenched out two of her gold teeth and kept her without food for days , was awarded the damages , and costs estimated at £100,000 , against Princesses Faria and Simiya Al Sabah , sisters of the Emir of Kuwait . |
| 28 | Ruth felt her insides burning up . |
| 29 | Just propped lazily against the edge of her desk , long brown legs crossed at the ankles , watching her with that cool , speculative expression in his eyes , he had the ability to make her insides seize up . |
| 30 | But in the same column Beatrice complains that she nearly had her apartment burnt down after casually remarking that artists were rarely able to distinguish between their good work and their bad and therefore only critics could decide upon the value of a work . |