Example sentences of "her [prep] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He fondled her between her long legs for a long time , and she remained still for him . |
| 2 | Yet had n't Celia told her about her prolonged labour , and how her aunt had saved the baby by resuscitation ? |
| 3 | And why she 'd reacted the same way yesterday evening when Jake had started questioning her about her private life . |
| 4 | By then she had acquired a distinctive Geordie accent and she was upset when her friends at school teased her about her rounded vowels and up and down , sing-song voice . |
| 5 | Keith Parker , manager of Harpers Sports Centre , where Joanna was a fitness consultant , said her boyfriend had often warned her about her personal safety after dark . |
| 6 | One elderly man , eager to speak English , talked to her about her new friends . |
| 7 | Elean Thomas talked to her about her new book Soweto Stories , in which she documents her people 's unwavering resistance in the face of the shameful brutality , personal struggle , and systematic humiliation , a part of everyday life under apartheid . |
| 8 | The first time it was to stop the defence counsel from questioning her about her sexual history , the second time it was to stop Anderson referring to the victim by her last name , as if talking about a defendent . |
| 9 | The sudden tenseness of his jaw suggested that discretion would have been the better part of valour , and so it should have been , if he had n't taunted her about her sexual uncertainty . |
| 10 | Why had n't she questioned her about her constant visits to the lavatory first thing in the morning ? |
| 11 | Janine seemed to get up some enthusiasm as her mother-in-law chatted to her , telling her about her own difficult marriage , and how it was hard when one was young and unsure of oneself . |
| 12 | She gave Anne potted biographies of all the other patients and told her about her own treatment . |
| 13 | The rest of the cast seemed blissfully unaware of his absence , and not one questioned her about her own disappearance . |
| 14 | They 'd write a poem for her about my greatest fear , I said I remember last year there was a boy called Ali and he wrote a story about a poem about this bird and cos he was really scared of that and so I said I do n't suppose any of you will write about being scared of me except perhaps Adine ! |
| 15 | When I returned , Jan looked at me knowingly , as if darling Basil had told her about my embarrassing hump , third leg and cocaine habit . |
| 16 | I think my mum is still in a state of shock after I told her about my Irish selection . ’ |
| 17 | What was important to her was sitting here , like this , with Simon telling her about his personal life . |
| 18 | Her home was on the other side of Belsize Square , and he would often drop in at night to tell her about his latest ideas , just as he had done earlier with Dulcie Howes and was to continue doing with one friend or another all his life . |
| 19 | He told her about his old school . |
| 20 | But when Clift confided in her about his homosexual tendencies , she referred him to a colleague whom she felt could help him infinitely more than she could . |
| 21 | We met mainly at meals , which I enjoyed , not only because I liked her and could still indulge myself foolishly and talk with her about our special patient in Marcus , but also as Daisy , being so near the end of her training , had several friends amongst the staff nurses . |
| 22 | He 'd tell her about it one day , she thought . |
| 23 | I meant to ask her about it this afternoon , but she 'd lots of other people there . |
| 24 | She has done , I went to speak to her about it last Friday , but she was diverted cos |
| 25 | I er I forgot about them the night before and I forgot to tell her about it last night so . |
| 26 | To this the Queen returned a gracious reply which while maintaining the full impartiality of the Crown encouraged me to continue to do my best to serve her as her First Minister . |
| 27 | Gradually she got used to thinking of Angel as Corrie , but it soon became clear that she would never be able to claim her as her own . |
| 28 | And Marie and Peter will love her as their own . |
| 29 | After three years fostered to a kindly couple who treated her as their own , she went back to live with her mother . |
| 30 | His confidence in the Queen 's ability to ‘ bounce back ’ seems to be borne out in surveys , with 10 per cent more people than a year ago naming her as their favourite royal . |