Example sentences of "[adv] [subord] she [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 Go that way so if she goes into the Hea the Health Centre and says , you know that she 's from Hill
2 She 'd just box a few ears , knock a few heads together like she did with the Rattries , and chase them off .
3 Only while she remains in the house , ’ Doreen argued .
4 Explaining the situation , he watched patiently enough while she dealt with the disk he needed , and then he said gratefully , ‘ Thanks , Lissa .
5 She parked her car and strode through the grand , carved doorway , her heels clicking purposefully as she headed for the reception desk .
6 If she did not tread on any of the black , perhaps when she got to the end of the floor she would shiver and rouse in her own long-lost bed , in her striped sheets , and say good morning to the apple tree and look at her own face in the mirror she had not broken .
7 Her brows puckered thoughtfully as she ran through the scene in her mind again ; maybe she had over-reacted .
8 Obviously she 'd been lucky in what the travel agency had found for her , she thought approvingly as she glanced round the attractive room .
9 She spoke the word aloud as she turned off the water and began rubbing herself furiously with a towel .
10 We 're almost there , ’ Robyn pleaded aloud as she peered through the rain-soaked windscreen , between the wipers that were belting furiously back and forth as if their lives depended on it .
11 So long as she looked after the child , she would be entitled to £1 a week .
12 Shannon patted her shoulder comfortingly as she rose from the chair .
13 Only when she fumbles with the tiny metal flap of my zip does my mind shake back to the present .
14 By the time she arrived , still wrestling with this dramatic rearrangement of the stars in the family constellation , she had the beginnings of a bad headache , and it was only as she turned into the drive and saw the lights and heard voices and music spilling from the house that she thought about the party that was still , clearly , very much in progress .
15 A group of grinning Koreans from Kazakhstan craned their necks skywards as she spun like a top .
16 Not so when she went into the shop , carrying the family chicken-feed tin , to whisper , ‘ Pet-a-torn , please . ’
17 But it was n't large enough to button and showed her blouse and skirt , and so when she appeared in the yard again Ben , standing ready by the cart , grinned at her , saying , ‘ That 's nice !
18 ‘ I 'm showing Melanie the neighbourhood , ’ said Finn , clutching his sister 's shoulders and rocking her kneeling form to and fro in an embrace which made her laugh soundlessly until she looked like a young girl .
19 Ah ha , you say — that 's just because she lives in the country now .
20 Soon after she arrived at the caravan he had said : ‘ I 'm vegetarian but I do n't expect you to be , or Timmy . ’
21 Her friendship with him began soon after she arrived at the School .
22 ‘ My mother , just before she died at the age of fifty . ’
23 A GIRL was critically ill last night after her mother walked away as she fell into the River Thames .
24 Their lambent glow danced over her sable-dark hair , touched her face briefly , then slid reluctantly away as she moved into the shadows between each one .
25 She kept her face turned away as she moved about the room , and looked stony .
26 So I tiptoed downstairs when she knocked at the door
27 And it took our model 's breath away when she tried on the ring … its facets sparkling like a waterfall around the dimly-lit room .
28 He said , ‘ Perhaps I have a salvation too , ’ and his voice was so low and his look so piercing that she felt a sudden clutch of fear , just as she had in the studio .
29 She gave him a rather languid finger wave and just as she disappeared under the wing float , he then realised she was only wearing a black sporran .
30 ‘ Library , ’ said Mrs Stych shortly as she staggered through the snow towards her house .
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