Example sentences of "[adv] her " in BNC.
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| 1 | But perhaps her greatest achievement with the chimps at Gombe has been to show how astonishingly close they are to humanity — and so to narrow the gap between us and the rest of the animal world . |
| 2 | Perhaps her publishers had good libel insurance . |
| 3 | Sadie would raid the bins for scraps when she could — perhaps her diet of rabbits needed to be supplemented . |
| 4 | Perhaps her erotic dream had something to do with her condition . |
| 5 | Perhaps her husband was faithful to her , as he swore ; in her present mood , that seemed just as deplorable as his imagined infidelities . |
| 6 | But she had been battling against these odds for five hours , so perhaps her judgement was a little warped . |
| 7 | But Breeze shook her head , thinking that perhaps her voice might wobble , and the old man came to her rescue by asking suddenly : ‘ Well , and when do you take up your duties in Edinburgh ? ’ |
| 8 | But perhaps her most important legacy was in divesting the public culture of political language and political idealism . |
| 9 | But perhaps her most original gift is her ability to empathise with the everyday disappointments and sadnesses of the most ordinary lives . |
| 10 | Perhaps her mother would agree to her returning for a while to Framlingham … |
| 11 | But perhaps her presence can be witnessed at the time of death . |
| 12 | ‘ I believe that only God could have saved her , but for some reason — perhaps her fear or our fear for her — we could not realise His mercy . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ She was always very quiet and withdrawn , ’ was all Aunt Lilian would say , when pressed , and perhaps her interest really was in the young man 's academic future , not in her own , or mine , because she continued to coach him by post until two days before my birth . |
| 14 | During the day if the whistle blew , she knew it meant death — somebody 's poppa or brother , perhaps her own — in that fearsome place below the ground , the mine . |
| 15 | Zara 's family and tennis friends in Northern Ireland have undoubtedly given her much of the help that she needed , but the lack of adequate facilities , together with a dormant tennis structure in the province , has left Zara — and other tennis hopefuls — without the opportunity that perhaps her efforts deserve . |
| 16 | That same year , for example , Britain 's Sue Barker enjoyed perhaps her finest hour when she defeated the pretty Czechoslovakian , Renata Tomonova in three sets . |
| 17 | Perhaps her nearsense completed for her — in her mind 's eye — those abbreviated gestures so that she perceived the weaving of a skein of death . |
| 18 | And Clara , as she went down , felt that perhaps her nervousness was just about to outweigh her anticipation . |
| 19 | Her books deal in changing perceptions rather than unalterable truths , and she herself was perhaps her most imaginative achievement … . |
| 20 | As for Sparta , perhaps her first vote was merely a warning shot , and her second was for peace ; she was publicizing her own resolve to abide scrupulously by the terms of the Thirty Years Peace : Samos was ‘ possessed ’ by Athens in 446 and so she had a right to keep it . |
| 21 | It was her third visit there , perhaps her fourth . |
| 22 | Perhaps her life was easier because of that . |
| 23 | Perhaps her tantrum had worn her out ? |
| 24 | Perhaps her money was running out . |
| 25 | Her own power and presence as a speaker was perhaps her greatest asset in converting audiences . |
| 26 | Perhaps her husband and Worsdale had agreed a certain meeting place inside or even outside the gallery . |
| 27 | Perhaps her husband was not such a shit after all , Blanche thought , just a human being who experienced the same tangled skein of feelings as held her then . |
| 28 | Perhaps her very strengths , her enthusiasm and drive for so many causes , led to inadequate public recognition of her work . |
| 29 | Puritanism , the household , and property dominate the diary , as perhaps her whole life . |
| 30 | Perhaps her greatest accomplishment came when she assumed from 1895 to 1899 the editorship and proprietorship of the Woman 's Signal , one of the most influential and outspoken feminist periodicals . |