Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [conj] she [vb mod] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The expanse of wooden floor , cool and clean and shining … the double bed with its hand-appliquéd quilt in a complex pattern of pastels and white … the stand of leafy potted plants , the antique free-standing mirror , whose glass oval would take in the whole length of a woman in evening dress … the modern wardrobe , built-in , that blended so skilfully into the architectural mood of the house while providing all the space for clothing that she could possibly need … two original paintings on the walls , each an impressionistic landscape in subtle , imaginative colour … |
| 2 | She had no idea how long she stayed there , simply gazing into the beautiful sea-blue eyes which had become more important than life itself to her , but everything she saw there somehow made all of her doubts , all of her fears just slide away , leaving her lighter of heart than she could ever remember being . |
| 3 | ‘ Well , I told them that , ’ Francis Morgan said irritably and his wife and daughter caught each other 's eye in silent agreement that he had n't told them that Angela was refusing point-black to be married from home and was insisting on the full London set-out , reception at the House of Commons , replying unanswerably when he had objected on grounds of expense that she could well afford to pay for it herself . |
| 4 | Instead , she felt frozen by a sense of desolation that she would never be on the receiving end of such a display of warmth from Guido . |
| 5 | I was in a very black and negative mood , I remember , and waited for the trapeze artists to fall and kill themselves , for the female contortionist to twist herself into such a knot of meat that she would never get disentangled . |
| 6 | ‘ He 's okay , ’ Sandy said , in the same kind of tone that she 'd probably use to describe an indifferent sandwich . |
| 7 | When he 'd left her at the entrance to Newcastle Place the day Pa died she 'd ached with disappointment that she might never see him again . |
| 8 | A promise was extracted from Topaz that she would never go too far or stay away too long . |
| 9 | I 'll fight you , ’ she cried in instant denial , wondering in despair if she could actually bring herself to hurt him to save herself . |
| 10 | The first few days of what she and Cara now termed their ‘ Czechoslovakian Experience ’ had been carefully planned , so that Fabia knew in advance that she would never get to see Vendelin Gajdusek . |
| 11 | Sherman agreed , on condition that she could also use the clothes in her personal work . |
| 12 | ‘ Three days without oats and she can still play , but Juan has trouble stopping her , do n't forget . |
| 13 | She had watched scenes like this so of ten in detective films and police series on television that she could hardly believe that this was real life . |
| 14 | When she married she swore on oath that she would never work for anyone outside her own family again . |
| 15 | And erm , they lived in this little cottage and erm every night erm the moth , she would always stay up really late and the mother and erm her son would go to bed and she would always go out of this erm go out of the house every night and she would go , cos she had these three fingers which were blades |
| 16 | He had infuriated her , puzzled her , and finally won her over , and every time she looked over what she had painted her stomach lurched , and she knew without doubt that she would never forget him . |
| 17 | Helen had confessed at lunch that she would sooner have been three behind than three in front — and when news came , after the first 10 holes of the fourth round , that she had fallen one to the rear of the Australian , one had the feeling that she was merely paving the way for a last-minute attack . |
| 18 | Anne-Sophie , on the other hand , lives a life wracked by doubt because she can never decide whether a garment is dirty or not . |