Example sentences of "her [adv] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even her tremendously high spirits were lowered by its regime . |
| 2 | In between the exterior locations Hannah sat by the coal fire in her kitchen , and by the illumination cast by an oil lamp , as the camera turned , she described her incredibly spartan lifestyle . |
| 3 | Swearing as her dead left hand crashed into a chair in the dark , Jezrael made her way across the room , sat down facing him . |
| 4 | Chief Inspector Wexford is convinced that Arlene Heddon knows more about her stepfather 's brutal murder than her remarkably consistent answers suggest . |
| 5 | She crossed her remarkably elegant legs , silky in high-heeled patent-leather shoes , and smiled in fair imitation of a Hollywood siren as she handed the cup across the table to Miles . |
| 6 | She rose on to her knees and looked as though she was praying , but her eyes were fully open and the clenched look on her remarkably white face with its mannish black eyebrows suddenly reminded him of her dead mother . |
| 7 | It may be that by the end of the century , when we are carrying all before us , some fair-minded matron will survey her predominantly female team and announce that the time has come for a Ministry for Men . |
| 8 | And equally unfortunately Ross 's only response had been a low , taunting laugh before ruthlessly pulling her furiously angry figure into his arms . |
| 9 | Surgeons had inserted a plate and nine screws into her badly broken leg and she was faced with a bill for £1,950 . |
| 10 | The blonde struck a pose and fixed a tight smile on her immaculately made-up face . |
| 11 | She had offered her immaculately powdered cheek to each man and had received a kiss from everyone . |
| 12 | He looks at her and he can see — in her dark hair , her quite high forehead , her wide , generously made mouth ( oiled and glistening ) , her intensely brown eyes — Claudia . |
| 13 | This showed a conical hard object lodged firmly in her right intermediate bronchus , granular tissue , and purulent secretions . |
| 14 | How does the Minister react to the case , of which I have informed her right hon. Friend the Secretary of State , in which home help provision was withdrawn from an elderly couple , both of whom are severely and progressively disabled ? |
| 15 | ‘ This is the first time we have had her right this season . |
| 16 | He looked into her rather desperate eyes and Maggie ran the tip of her tongue anxiously over her lips . |
| 17 | From being a simple pleasure that had helped take her mind off her troubles , it had now gone a long way towards restoring her rather battered pride . |
| 18 | Maybe nature did n't reflect her looks , or maybe because of her rather unruly appearance she had unconsciously made the inner person more … what ? |
| 19 | With her rather low power to weight ratio and low-tech engines , while being no Lightning the Fouga exhibits the classic jet characteristics of low drag , high wing-loading , slow spool-up and lack of instant propwash-induced lift with power . |
| 20 | I was intrigued to find that Shanti picked out all the cucumber from my meal , preferred my chicken to her rather mushy dish , pointed at the pickle and selected an onion from her father 's plate . |
| 21 | ‘ Not all women , ’ she replied and then regretted her rather tart reply . |
| 22 | She only became aware of her rather foolish escapade when she found Alain towering over her , looking down at her with narrowed , amused eyes , his lips quirking very close to open laughter . |
| 23 | If half the stories she picked up earned space in the column the ball was a success from her rather peculiar point of view . |
| 24 | Pat found herself wondering whether to return to Purley , but decided after all to establish herself in the South West and spread the Medau message by taking up teaching again after her rather brief retirement . |
| 25 | ‘ My mother , ’ Alain announced forcefully , his eyes on Jenna as if he was willing her not to sink back into her rather threatening stance . |
| 26 | All he seemed to be able to concentrate on was the small dimple that appeared to the left of Julia 's mouth whenever she smiled her rather lopsided smile . |
| 27 | The body was drawn around her rather large breasts , shawled with a light yellow sarsenet scarf . |
| 28 | Or perhaps it was just the usual look of her rather weird eyes . |
| 29 | She was carrying a small tapestry bag which contained her rather crumpled manuscript . |
| 30 | To be fair on the woman , he thought , had her daughter not been in the house then the mother … despite her rather theatrical tendency to clasp at her side … |