Example sentences of "her [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was trapped in the middle lane , there was a solid wall of lorries to her left , and to her right a blur of fast cars . |
| 2 | In truth , I found her rather a pain on the subject and merely parried her constant questions about my job-hunting activities . |
| 3 | Given any number , it takes her only a second to work out the combination of smaller numbers which add up to it . |
| 4 | The directorship , for which he had struggled for years , represented to her only a house in Vanier Heights . |
| 5 | Moving her just a fraction away , his eyes once more holding hers captive , he added , ‘ So is n't it fortunate that I know you for the cheat you are ? ’ |
| 6 | The fund of goodwill , of love even , which she had brought with her just a year ago , must be almost exhausted . |
| 7 | It had been intended , purely and simply , as an insult , but it had come out with just a hint of that genuine curiosity that so unexpectedly had afflicted her just a moment before . |
| 8 | At the end Polyxena looks back as Akamas leads her away a prisoner . |
| 9 | No , my , my aunt was in York , we used to see her once a year , Christmas , she used to come |
| 10 | ‘ But understand , from my side , that I 'd like to see her once a fortnight , if it 's just for an hour , and that whatever holidays the other bairns have , she 's got to have the same . |
| 11 | When she became too ill and breathless to come to the surgery , I visited her once a week . |
| 12 | ‘ I call round and see her once a week to make sure she 's got everything she needs . |
| 13 | Well I think Lee , he , he just realise , I mean I mean he only sees her once a week any way , does n't he ? but you know , she is , she is a lovely girl |
| 14 | It made her more a person and less a policewoman . |
| 15 | But Emily 's great wish from childhood , confided to her small admirer David on his first visit , is to be a lady , and when her beauty and refinement attract David 's glamorous friend Steerforth , she elopes with him in the hope that he will bring her home a lady . |
| 16 | We should have driven her home an hour ago . |
| 17 | Third , her dispute with ‘ interpretation ’ , which is for her also a dispute with any kind of critical theory , is due to the assumptions of cultural differentiation built into the former and latter . |
| 18 | What if I could offer her both a father and a mother ? ’ |
| 19 | A divorced friend of mine said that it took her about a year to reach the breakthrough . |
| 20 | In March 1990 they gave her about a year to live . |
| 21 | Bit embarrassing , really , she 's supposed to be on probation but her probation officer sort of lost her about a year ago . ’ |
| 22 | Nell , watching them go , sighed and said , ‘ She did n't kiss Xanthe goodnight , you know , or give her even a hug to comfort her . |
| 23 | Josie looked at her strangely a couple of times , and asked her if she felt ill . |
| 24 | Gradually , I moved all Poppy 's bowls near the entrance to her den under the office , and fed her twice a day . |
| 25 | I 'ave to milk her twice a day and ah knaw . " |
| 26 | Well , as you know , she did n't have a sweet tooth , not her , but I — They were sent to her twice a year for as long as I can remember . |
| 27 | ‘ I 've been visiting her twice a week … |
| 28 | ‘ It gave her quite a shock , ’ said Bob Murray , managing director of the International Freight firm in Small Heath , Birmingham , where Carolyn has worked for three years . |
| 29 | But it took her it used to take her quite a while I suppose it would take couple of hours to make a bonny wreath would it . |
| 30 | He 's been going with her quite a while , though has he ? |