Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] she [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A couple of weeks after Brighton she came into the shop , presuming we were going out together that evening — without having told me what she intended , I 'd arranged to go and see a band with a mate from art college . |
| 2 | In the evening after milking she walked in the garden alone , thinking about it . |
| 3 | After breakfast she went to the office to continue with the clerical work , but , before making a start , she tried to phone her aunt . |
| 4 | At last he raised his head , and with a feeling of dread she searched for the triumph she was sure she must see now in his eyes . |
| 5 | For example , when she has to listen to the legends of the Catholic saints , which are read at ‘ la lecture pieuse ’ in the school where she teaches English , Lucy is sickened by ‘ tales that were nightmares of oppression , privation and agony ’ ; in a silent act of revulsion she breaks off the points of her scissors as she listens . |
| 6 | Mrs Stych snapped back that all the ladies present must be well aware of the multitude of offices she held in the charitable organizations of Tollemarche . |
| 7 | As a last gesture of independence she moved towards the door . |
| 8 | Having adjusted the heat and thus satisfactorily disposed of the problem of lunch she went to the bathroom for a shower and then returned to the bedroom . |
| 9 | It was a sardonic jibe , but as she reached out to accept the proffered wine she met his eyes , and felt jolted by the gleam of warmth she detected in the grey-green depths . |
| 10 | This sympathy may have explained the level of applause she got at the end of her opening song , so that she came more confidently to centre for her second . |
| 11 | In an ecstasy of selfishness she got into the magic train . |
| 12 | However , she still retains a trademark in the numerous quotes and sources of thought she incorporates into the text , providing ammunition from scholarly sources in proving her point , even if it means twisting what they say to fit her point of view . |
| 13 | The loss of heart she experienced in May perhaps contributed to the loss of touch she demonstrated through the summer . |
| 14 | The Profitboss identifies Marilyn McGregor as the top-ranking customer service engineer , highlighting the stream of compliments she gets from the field . |
| 15 | With repairs completed in the nick of time she sailed for the operation with a depleted crew . |
| 16 | Sweating with fear she wriggled through the hole , then ducked under the freight car and crawled slowly forward on her belly between the two sets of rails . |
| 17 | Jay hated the way he came out with things she whisked to the edges of her mind . |
| 18 | After cooking her watery stew one night and seeing her younger daughter into bed she went to the public library and looked up ‘ Death ’ in a concordance . |
| 19 | As the fire was crackling into life she headed for the small lavatory in the hall . |
| 20 | It was all ending so beautifully : the picnic , and Mr Evans being so nice , and the ring and the knife , and now this last , lovely tea , with faces she loved round the table . |
| 21 | We have been promised a visit to another great showpiece in Peking — the Summer Palace built by the Dowager Empress last century from money she misappropriated from the naval funds ( so they tell us ) . |
| 22 | And with this in mind she returned to the reception desk to ask Stella if she could use the phone . |
| 23 | A quick glance at her watch showed that she would have time for a short walk outside before dinner , and with this in mind she sprang from the bed and raked a comb through her hair . |
| 24 | When she returns home from work she lives with the shutters down , with no natural light or air entering the house . |
| 25 | The chasm between her and the other writers is most apparent in comments she made at the ‘ Nouveau roman : hier , aujourd'hui ’ conference at Cerisy in 1972 , in which she clung resolutely to her conviction of the existence of a pre-verbal , extra-textual reality in mental life . |
| 26 | Rosamund Cresswell attends Farnborough Hill Convent College where she is studying for the GCSE examinations and in September she moves to the Sixth Form at Wellington College . |
| 27 | Now she grew herbs along the south-facing wall at the end ; and in summer she sat on the tiny lawn , smelling the yellow roses and watching the clematis creeping over the fence from next door . |
| 28 | Hugh did n't wake as she lay down on top of the sheet beside him and before dawn she fell into the heaviest sleep she had enjoyed that holiday . |
| 29 | In fact she lay in the warm , dark grey shadows of her room quite at peace for the first time since she had come to Italy . |
| 30 | In Gwendolen she writes of the way a black woman like Sonia , Gwendolen 's mother , is treated , either with polite indifference or as if she is not there . |