Example sentences of "[noun sg] [subord] she [verb] on the " in BNC.

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1 She also had been able to put her feelings on hold as she concentrated on the problems facing her .
2 ‘ Get your clothes off then , ’ said this living girl as she sat on the bed .
3 It must have been nearly three months before I heard from Mrs Ainsworth , and in fact I had begun to wonder at the bassets ' long symptomless run when she came on the phone .
4 Thousands of pounds in costs were wasted when the woman said she would lose her job if she sat on the jury for the six-week conspiracy trial at Stafford Crown Court .
5 She dived into the house and hurled herself at her gran as she sat on the side of her bed , grumbling her feet and legs awake .
6 Beryl gave her some advice before she left on the night flight the following Friday .
7 The woman 's face was covered with shreds of baby as she fell on the road .
8 She took one last look at herself in the wardrobe mirror before she pulled on the sheepskin that her father had bought her for Christmas .
9 She was out of the car at once , the door slammed , her aggressive , slender height bristling with rage as she advanced on the Porsche driver .
10 After winning the love of Claire 's daughter and the respect of her husband Mike ( Matt McCoy ) , Peyton begins a systematic campaign to ruin her employer 's life , culminating in a chilling climax when she goes on the rampage .
11 She was reading a book as she sunbathed on the beach at Umgababa on Tuesday , when two teenagers , armed with a knife and screwdriver , pounced .
12 The galloping granny , from Bristol , used to run the 800 yards and 4 x 400 relay for the Imperial Tobacco company where she worked on the shop floor .
13 She took up tennis after finding that she was simply in the way if she appeared on the film set .
14 Alyssia blew some of the flyaway blonde strands away from her face and followed them to a small table at the back of the café , hoping that she would not have to endure half an hour of French conversation while she sat on the sidelines , wondering whether what they were discussing was really as animated and interesting as it appeared .
15 The first two passed the ML in the dark but Jaguar came to investigate , snapping on her searchlight as she closed on the ML in the start of an hour-long ship-to-ship fight .
16 Janet Garsden Cooper lost the shape of her face when she piled on the flab .
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