Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] she " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although she felt a little guilty about letting him do it Sally found she quite liked the feel of his fingers stroking her flesh and teasing her nipples but when he tried to put his hand up her skirt beneath her scratchy petticoats she tried to stop him . |
| 2 | And for eight hours she devoted herself to sufferers and staff — smiling , chatting and listening . |
| 3 | Within eight hours she had developed central abdominal pain , vomiting , and distension . |
| 4 | Walking towards the station , having promised to bring back with her all sorts of expensive food items Tina had requested from Selfridges ' Food Hall , Cecilia thought how much she liked living on her own and that at seventy-six she was too old to have Jasper and Bienvida running around her , fond of them as she was , not to mention Tina 's boyfriends and the odd hours she kept and her lying in bed till noon . |
| 5 | Well should have been really taking two of her strong tablets she says , you know , and she has . |
| 6 | Her diet was mostly handfuls of peanuts and crisps from private views she had attended . |
| 7 | For eight minutes she struggled unsuccessfully , changing her posture , hammer grip and the position of the nut , while Ricci rested nearby , apparently just keeping an absent-minded eye on her daughter . |
| 8 | For the remaining eight months she will continue her TV production work with FCEI , which has been a member and partner of WACC for several years . |
| 9 | To occupy the intervening months she took a job in a hospital . |
| 10 | A woman standing next to her thrust a baby into her arms , and with her usual politeness she stayed holding it long after she would have liked to go away . |
| 11 | Strange words she chose ; on the back of a letter of mine I found words made out of HORSELESS and NOVELIZE . |
| 12 | Then she thought about those other long low huts she 'd seen in the fenced-off meadow beyond St Michael and All Angels . |
| 13 | It was strange , too , Anne thought , that everyone got on with their normal lives , in spite of the constant raids and disturbed nights , and had become used to seeing servicemen in so many different uniforms thronging the streets and the cinemas , and in the public houses she was sure , although she had never been in one . |
| 14 | It is nonetheless evident from her poetry that at different times she was visited by aspiring poets and dramatists . |
| 15 | A little after 0530 hours she was 45 miles ( 72km ) from the estuary , when she crossed the tracks of the Wolfe-Mowe destroyers , sent out earlier that night to sweep for mines that the Germans thought had been laid by the British force . |
| 16 | But within 12 hours she was dead . |
| 17 | It was no use waiting for Bella to answer her door : if it was one of her favourite programmes she would pretend not to hear the door bell . |
| 18 | Although she was just yards from the safety of nearby houses she was too frightened to call out . |
| 19 | For some minutes she again wondered if Cara would have fared any better . |
| 20 | All she had were some notes she made in the car , witnessed by Dexter . |
| 21 | I thought after a few times she 'll stop and she 'll accept it . |
| 22 | The big dog had snapped it from his fingers eagerly enough , but after rolling it around in her mouth a few times she spat it to the floor and pawed at it , growling and sniffing her distaste . |
| 23 | A few times she shouted at them , saying that they were disturbing the peace of the neighbourhood , but this did not discourage them ; a few evenings later they would come back with new songs . |
| 24 | If a black pupil comes to see her a few times she automatically labels them as troublemakers . |
| 25 | A few times she was aware that he was watching her , but managed every time to resist the temptation to look up , unsure of just what she might see in his eyes . |
| 26 | I mean , when our Bon was learning I went with her a few times she frightened the life out of me ! |
| 27 | But after a few notes she stopped and turned round on her stool to face me . |
| 28 | Meanwhile , back at the ranch there was Antonia — busy dreaming of her days at No. 10 , her chauffeur-driven car , her designer millinery and all the social skills she could bring to the job of Prime Minister 's wife . |
| 29 | Alright old Goldilocks she stumbled across the house . |
| 30 | After waiting a few minutes she collected the pictures from the slot outside the booth , put them in her bag without looking at them and hurried home . |