Example sentences of "although her [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And even then she managed to land one blow on the side of his head , to get her teeth , albeit briefly and not very deep , into his shoulder , to kick him a time or two although her bare feet fell short , each time , of a vital spot . |
| 2 | Marie Thwaites has a sunny disposition , rarely stops smiling and has happy memories of her experiences as a hired hand , She considers herself one of the fortunate ones , although her innocent description of the daily regime she had to endure would be considered intolerable indeed cruel today . |
| 3 | Although her melodic idioms , word-repetition in airs , and frequent modulations owe much to Italy , her plain key-schemes resemble those of her tragedie en musique , Céphale et Procris , written and performed when Lully was still alive ( 1685 ) . |
| 4 | She seems oblivious to the weather , although her only shelter from the rain is the broad brim of a black sombrero . |
| 5 | Although her black garments and veil are a sure omen of death , the Black Baroness 's charming laugh and exquisitely beautiful face ensure she always traps her victim . |
| 6 | If you are lucky , you may even see Nancy Blackett at anchor among the little yachts and ancient barges and houseboats , although her present owner , Michael Rines , usually keeps her at Ipswich . |
| 7 | Although her wide-ranging attacks on the public housing-building ‘ industry ’ go further than her data alone would justify , the story of post-war public housing seems to have come full circle . |
| 8 | Although her twenty-six-year-old boyfriend has an income from his job managing a shop , he has so far taken little interest and no responsibility for her or the baby . |
| 9 | Below her hospital gown , her legs were still as she remembered — although her reinforced thigh and shin bones made them two and a half inches longer . |
| 10 | Shirley Booth played this role , and although her squeaky voice is a bit of a shock at first , she still dominates the recording , with only Johnny Johnston 's warm baritone making any real impact alongside her . |
| 11 | Although her maximum grant is only £2,845 a year , the banks still see her as a good catch . |
| 12 | Now twenty-eight , one year younger than Carrie Bradley , the young Irish lady was still single and had no urgent desire to wed , although her pale beauty could turn many a young man 's head . |
| 13 | The girl behind the desk in the untidy and cluttered reception area of the Informer , sitting below a poster protesting about Eskimo rights and an original cartoon showing the American President as an ageing cowboy astride a Cruise missile , had certain page-boy qualities , although her tip-tilted nose supported a pair of granny glasses and she was working hard at her chewing-gum . |
| 14 | Although her popular image was contrived , it served the whole nation , inspiring art , literature , music and pageantry . |
| 15 | ‘ The Color Purple ’ is written in the form of letters to God but transcribes as a diary which is a style close to the way Celie speaks , although her later writing matures , it does not lose its frank appeal ! |
| 16 | In all this , he was backed by Lavinia although her main interest lay in trying to keep their heads above water and hanging on to the estate . |
| 17 | And now although her whole body cried out for fulfilment and she longed for Joss Barnet to complete what he had surely come to do , she knew that she must not let it happen . |