Example sentences of "[noun] she [adv] [vb past] a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 ALTHOUGH LIVING IN WALLINGTON SHE ALREADY HAD A SENSE OF HER ROOTS IN WALES .
2 In her later years she never missed a hymn session on television or radio .
3 On the other hand , there were those feminists represented by Josephine Butler who believed that prostitution was evil because it destroyed human dignity but who also believed the prostitute had a right not to be harassed , and if she was an adult she even had a right to choose to become a prostitute .
4 In that role she annually presented a miniature .
5 Without conscious thought she instinctively placed a hand on his arm .
6 To this end she never wasted a word or gesture and when she saw Wexford she neither greeted him nor even lifted her head , but said to one of her little girls :
7 When fitzAlan spoke right at her shoulder she nearly leapt a foot into the air .
8 To others she merely looked a bit different , and it lent her glamour , but to him , she was as different as anyone who was n't black .
9 Over time she gradually created a Cabinet whose members owed their promotion to her .
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