Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] she [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despising herself for her weakness she reached for the telephone , dialling Nick 's number . |
| 2 | Pausing only to change her dress and smooth her hair she went into the Casa Guidi , laboriously climbed the stairs and arriving in the drawing room in some distress through lack of breath , was hastily urged to sit down and put up her feet and take a dish of tea . |
| 3 | And it is true what your father says … when I think of what it was like after the War , and when I look around now — ’ suiting her actions to her words she looked around the café , at the ladies , old and frail , like herself , respectable in black and grey — ‘ these went through it too , ’ she said , ‘ and look at them , at us , coffee and cake on a Sunday morning . |
| 4 | To cover her confusion she enquired after the latest entertaining village gossip from Lucy , who was prone to whiling away hours at the ante-natal clinic in deep conversation with fellow village wives . |
| 5 | In her mind she went over the transformation . |
| 6 | The girls , as in her mind she thought of the Misses Cardings , had trimmed it with a deep tone of lime-green velvet ribbon and in the heart of the bow at the side they had placed two tiny red silk rosebuds . |
| 7 | In the privacy of her bedroom she grimaced in the direction of the voice and made her way downstairs , taking her time , not caring if he went grey in the process of waiting for her . |
| 8 | As Aggie pulled the arms from around her waist she glanced to the side , for Ben was no longer in the room . |
| 9 | Then as she started to unbutton her blouse she moved around the bed and sat down , turning her head to one side to read the titles of the books in the mellow light from the table lamp . |
| 10 | Prior to her retirement she acted as the Society 's Liaison Officer for the Sports Council for the last 20 years . |
| 11 | Before her appearance she sat by the edge of the stage completely terrified . |
| 12 | When she reached the bottom of the rather ornate staircase she hovered uncertainly for a moment , then with a defiant toss of her head she marched into the shabby splendour of the lounge before coming to a lame halt . |
| 13 | Half at least of her day she spent in the closed and sealed place of her lady 's captivity , half of her night imprisoned with the boy . |
| 14 | As she rubbed her hand tiredly across her forehead she stared at the cheque until the writing blurred and danced before her eyes , and every word she had flung at him , every insult , seemed burned indelibly into her brain . |
| 15 | Muttering beneath her breath she set to the preparation of the tall boy 's breakfast . |
| 16 | In her turn she came to the Sister , who extracted a folder with Orton , Stephanie Jane , EDD 13. 4.54 on it , from a pile on her left , transferred it to a pile on her right and permitted Stephanie to sit on a brown canvas and metal tube chair for another half hour . |
| 17 | Throughout her life she operated on the fruitful margin that arbitrarily separates the statutory from the voluntary body . |
| 18 | I was really disgusted with Delia Cope after reading her letter she sent in the Dec/Jan 1990/91 edition . |
| 19 | Picking up her bag she rushed from the incident room , leaving him staring after her . |
| 20 | As he turned back to his car she fled across the motorway . |
| 21 | To his relief she wriggled across the seat , leaving room for him to get in beside her . |
| 22 | Over his shoulder she glanced at the clock over the door — the hands seemed to be moving very fast and she was reluctant to say it was time she was going . |