Example sentences of "[conj] [noun sg] [conj] she [vb past] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Such identity and unity as she possessed in these years was essentially the identity and unity of a system of power , though one beginning to decay .
2 For the first time I had an opportunity of seeing Barbara at work in detailed negotiations , and whatever small credit attached to me for the major idea , the scale and ingenuity that she expended on the detail and in making it possible to arrive at a suitable settlement was beyond praise .
3 Her face reflecting her disgust , and horror as she stared at the other woman , Ellie turned to glance at Feargal to see how he might be taking this insulting piece of arrant mischief-making , and was astonished to see that he looked not angry , but almost sad .
4 One more guilty secret that Maggie felt obliged to keep from everyone was the deep fear and disgust that she felt at the thought of sexuality .
5 Frankie watched her now with a mixture of awe and delight as she pranced in little pirouettes around the kitchen .
6 When he pulled himself together he rang Rachel , in search of that mixture of common sense and warmth that she applied to all emotional crises .
7 Her confinement with Sycorax stretched back and back and she stood within it , a speck , a smudge .
8 It was this nightmare image of panic and despair that she kept in her mind 's eye as Simon talked his way confidently through his own philosophy of life .
9 Diana clearly remembers witnessing a particularly violent argument between her mother and father as she peeked from her hiding-place behind the drawing-room door .
10 A touch more eyeshadow and mascara and she twirled for Mrs Freer .
11 A strong bond based on a frankness about his own lifestyle was formed between father and daughter as she developed into a quietly studious girl who enjoyed her excursions to visit her father at work on the film sets .
12 Melanie wrestled with self-pity and memory as she sat in the kitchen with her book while her aunt sewed the last seams of the Greek tunic .
13 She set out across it , wishing she had a dog with her and admiring , over her shoulder , the neat prints of boot sole and heel that she left behind her as she walked .
14 Anita Harris , who followed Camel with Carry on Doctor in 1968 — playing a nurse who looked more sexy in her cap and apron than she had as a belly dancer in the earlier film — suffered from being the butt of Ken 's jokes in both pictures .
15 Bella shook her head as she had shaken it since childhood when she thought about her sister 's foolishness in almost everything .
16 Her blue eyes were cold as slate as she turned to her husband .
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