Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] she [verb] [verb] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Life in the office was tense , but the work was far more interesting than she had imagined it would be . |
| 2 | Donna saw it in the rear-view mirror , convinced and elated that she 'd done it crippling damage . |
| 3 | They had all been staunch Congregationalists , and Mary occasionally felt sad that she had left it all behind in childhood . |
| 4 | She was quiet as they made their way to the beach , which was every bit as packed as she had known it would be . |
| 5 | ‘ Well , there 's one thing that seems sure to me : she 's not goin' to have it as easy as she 's had it up till now , by the sound of her . ’ |
| 6 | Mingling with that of David was Anthony 's , sounding far happier and more relaxed than she had heard it for weeks . |
| 7 | ‘ It was very muddled because she 'd pieced it together out of bits of gossip picked up here and there . |
| 8 | She was working so well that her coffee was always cold before she remembered to drink it . |
| 9 | Her breathing was deep and she tried to control it , tried to stop herself hyperventilating . |
| 10 | It was not the intimate physical contact with her cousin which upset her , but the fact that subconsciously she felt so very guilty because she had enjoyed it so much . |
| 11 | She moved quickly to examine the long narrow table that had forms on either side , and although it looked clean enough she was not happy until she had washed it . |
| 12 | She had felt wonderful after she had written it , as if at long last rather than simply running away , she had struck a blow for herself . |
| 13 | He glanced over her slowly from head to foot , taking in the sleeveless green cotton dress with its tight bodice and full skirt that had seemed so modest when she had put it on . |
| 14 | The hedgehog itself was 19 stitches wide and she had saved it as a 23-stitch pattern repeat . |
| 15 | She knew she had will-power when she chose to exercise it and she was still conscience-stricken over her outburst regarding Alison . |
| 16 | ‘ It 's all right , ’ says Maggie , perfectly clear , her bell sounding again uncracked and certain as she had feared it never would . |
| 17 | She had not done this deliberately ; she was not even aware that she had done it . |
| 18 | ‘ Then one day she found that she was going to have another baby ; she was so wretched that she tried to keep it secret at first . |
| 19 | The bathroom — which was lavish even by Mayfair standards — was all glass and cool , muted blues , which had looked lovely when she had put it in , but which she now thought was cold and vaguely forbidding , and as she pulled off her pyjama top , she thought it made her flesh look white and dead . |