Example sentences of "and she [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Suddenly , she felt impatient with these worn-out illusions and she shrugged them off , casting them aside like old clothes as she had already discarded the dreams she had woven around Simon .
2 Piers looked at Alyssia , and she shrugged , as though to imply that they could trek along if they liked , it really did n't bother her one way or another .
3 Jack 's brow arched in enquiry , and she shrugged .
4 It was messy and tragic and Kathleen wanted to cry for her , but the cameras kept rolling and she shrugged it off and carried on .
5 He had rammed his foot down on the accelerator , the Mercedes shot forward , the little grey 's neck jerked frantically and she cartwheeled violently in the air crashing to the ground , to be dragged ten feet before Angel braked .
6 She knew where she was going , and she wasted no time in getting there .
7 And she wasted not a moment .
8 Her skin seemed to glow , and she discovered she only had to smile at the male members of the staff and they were immediately more friendly .
9 And she discovered a telephone ear-piece extension which allows her to listen and repeat the words of a caller to him .
10 When she first developed her symptoms the doctors had told her it was ‘ neuritis ’ , and she discovered the diagnosis herself by picking up a magazine article in a cafe .
11 In their anomalous behaviour electric arcs seemed to defy Ohm 's Law and she discovered the cause of this .
12 In desperation he lifted her bodily off the ground so that she was helplessly pinned against his solid frame , and she discovered to her horror that hating him did n't in any way negate the way he could make her feel .
13 ‘ Is there a problem ? ’ a voice from behind Angelica says , and she turns in surprise .
14 I shut the door , and she turns round to talk .
15 Irony in Estella 's true background after Pip has tried so hard to distance himself from the lower classes and she turns out to have come from them .
16 Apparently one of the the little erm boys she say , he wets himself all the time , and she turns round and she goes , he goes to er , ha ha , he started himself , and you have to change all his clothes , like that and she said
17 She turns round and you say something in then goes you know with absolutely no whatsoever and she turns round and goes like that like Jay does .
18 But I suppose you get insight er twenty per cent was she ca n't outrun him I think this bit she gets killed and she turns up in Little England , this come on .
19 Even to open the letter was a burden and she waited until she was alone and hidden from view to do so .
20 And she waited .
21 The week 's work was done and she waited for another hard week to start in this ugly , holiday dress .
22 If you are to prosper , as you should — ’ and she waited , but he had dropped into sleep like a stone .
23 Martin held back , and she waited until James was out of sight before she spoke .
24 He lived his separate life and she waited for him to falter and slip back into alcohol .
25 So she put on her pretty frock and the scent that smells of yesterday and Hywel took the dogs in the van and she waited .
26 She sat in the shade of the house wall and she waited , and she knew that I had gone to hide , but she did n't know where .
27 Her gown had a train which brushed the floor , and she waited while the woman following her looped it up into neat folds and attached them to the fastening at her wrist .
28 She pulled the sheet half over her head , to be ready to jump out , and she waited .
29 Twice she was in the very act , loaded fork in her hand , when her breathing quickened , her mouth drew into a forbidding shiver of disgust , and she waited for the next signal to come round .
30 His lips twisted and she waited for the inevitable cynical response , but surprisingly it did n't come .
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